Shades of Temptation by Virna DePaul

Author:Virna DePaul
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9781459241213
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-09-17T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

WHEN JASE WOKE IN the morning, he wasn’t surprised to find himself alone in his big bed. He didn’t bother calling out Carrie’s name, either. She wasn’t in the house. He suspected she’d hightailed it out a while ago and was now in full-on denial mode.

The question was whether he was going to let her stay in it.

Truth be told, after their explosive night together, he was feeling shell-shocked enough to think that some denial could be a very good thing. He’d known bedding Carrie would be a momentous experience, but he couldn’t have known just how earth-shattering it would be. Once again, thoughts of a future with her kept intruding, and it was enough to scare the shit out of him.

Though he wasn’t the player everyone, including Carrie, thought he was, he definitely valued his freedom and had always savored the variety of women he dated and bedded. In addition, he truly appreciated the benefits of simplicity when he was off the job. Sure, he’d enjoyed the past few days he’d spent with Carrie, and that included their circling and sparring, but he couldn’t be sure it wasn’t just a fluke and that Carrie’s combative nature wouldn’t grow tiresome as more and more time passed.

He had to tread very carefully here, not just for himself, but for Carrie, too.

Though Carrie hadn’t let him completely inside her emotional walls, and certainly hadn’t declared her undying love for him or demanded any kind of commitment, the fact that she’d slept with him wasn’t something that he could take lightly, either. Hell, the fact that he was her first lover in six years was meaningful enough, but given what he knew about her, that she’d been raped, that she had major trust issues when it came to men finding her attractive in spite of her strength, he knew the chances that she felt something for him besides just sexual attraction were high. What bothered him most, however, was how pleased he was by the thought. And how much he wanted her to ask for a commitment from him.

Thoughtfully, he rubbed his jaw, then got up and got ready for work. When he went out to the living room, he found a note on the kitchen counter. Gone shopping and have several appointments this morning but I’ll catch up with you afterward. Carrie.

Well, that was right to the point, wasn’t it? No smiley faces, hearts or even a “love” in the signature line to make him believe she viewed last night as anything more than having scratched a much-needed itch. So he’d play along for now. At least until he got things straightened out in his own head.

He called her cell phone.

“Hi, Jase. What’s up?” she asked softly.

Hearing her voice immediately had him recalling how she’d sounded when he’d been on top of her and making her beg, just as he’d promised she would.

Jase, please. Stop. Don’t stop. That feels so good. That feels amazing.

He closed his eyes and replayed the moment

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