Private Indiscretions: And the Long Hot Summer by Susan Crosby & Rochelle Alers

Author:Susan Crosby & Rochelle Alers [Crosby, Susan & Alers, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373601950
Google: 257GAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0373601956
Publisher: Silhouette Books
Published: 2005-02-01T03:05:57+00:00

The week had passed quickly for Kelly and her students. They’d frolicked and splashed in the in-ground kiddie pool before they were served a picnic lunch under a large tent. Everyone napped, then swam again. When the parents came to pick up their sons and daughters later that afternoon all remarked how tanned and healthy they looked.

On Thursday Heather brought a kitten to school to show off her new pet. Miss Buttons had caused a stir when she jumped on the table to press her tiny nose against the fish tank. Kelly had to issue her first mandate: no pets in school.

It was now late Friday afternoon and she lay in the bathtub, eyes closed, and her hair wrapped in a silk scarf. A soft sponge pillow cradled her head. She had just completed her first full week teaching, and had almost forgotten how much energy it took to keep up with preschoolers. The only time they were still and quiet was at naptime.

The doorbell rang and she jumped, opening her eyes. “He can’t be here!” she gasped. Ryan had called her earlier that afternoon to inform her he would come by to pick her up at six. Rising quickly, she stepped out of the tub, splashing water onto the tiled floor. She reached for a bath sheet, wrapped it around her wet body, and walked out of the bathroom.

She hadn’t taken half a dozen steps when she saw him. Kelly sucked in her breath. Ryan stood in the middle of her parlor, dressed in an ecru-colored suit that made him look like a GQ cover model. His black hair was neatly brushed off his forehead and his deeply tanned gold-brown skin radiated good health. But it was his eyes—a smoky-gray that pulled her in and refused to let her go.

“Did you know that you left your door open?”

Her eyelids fluttered as she shook her head. She couldn’t remember whether she had closed or locked the door. “I must be slipping. That never would’ve happened back in New York. By the way, what are you doing here so early?” Her voice had dropped to a whisper.

“I told you I’d be here at six.”

“But…but it’s not six.”

Extending his left arm, the face on his timepiece showed beneath the starched cuff of his stark-white shirt. The hands indicated that it was exactly six o’clock.

Clutching the towel over her breasts, Kelly wrinkled her nose. “I’m sorry, Ryan. I must have lost track of time.” She backpedaled, unable to believe she had fallen asleep in the bathtub. “Please excuse me while I put some clothes on.”

A mysterious smiled curved Ryan’s mouth. “Please…don’t,” he said in a quiet voice. “I happen to like what you’re wearing.”

Kelly stared at him. “I’m not wearing anything.”

His eyes widened until she saw their sooty centers. “Exactly.”

Her heart pounded an erratic rhythm as she turned on her heel and rushed into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her. The clothes she had selected to wear lay across the bed.

Trying not

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