Suddenly Annie's Father by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2015-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Carrying Val off to his bedroom struck Slade as being both the smartest and the dumbest thing he’d ever considered. She was the kind of woman any man would count himself lucky to have in his bed. He knew there was a sizzling passion between them just waiting to explode. He sensed she would be every bit as generous in bed as she was in other ways.

At the same time, he also knew that he wouldn’t walk away from the experience unscathed. He’d already become addicted to setting off those sparks in her eyes, to seeing her mouth curve into a slow smile. What would happen when he’d experienced the most intimate caresses? When her body had welcomed him?

Worse, he was taking advantage of her, taking what she offered without being willing to offer her anything in return except what they shared in bed. He was setting himself up for guilt and her up for heartache.

Knowing that, he actually managed to get himself to halt at the door to his room.

“You can call it quits now,” he said, his voice husky. “No harm, no foul.”

“Not a chance, cowboy.”

The sparkle of anticipation in her eyes was as bright as a star. Gazing into her eyes, he knew there wasn’t a chance in hell he could turn back now. He wanted it all, needed her in ways he’d sworn never to need a woman again. Sex was one thing. This was something else entirely, no matter how hard he tried to convince himself otherwise.

It was barely dusk outside and the room was in shadows. Slade wanted it that way. As desperately as he wanted to see every inch of Val, he was just as desperate to keep her from getting a good look at the scars from the accident. His leg wasn’t a pretty picture. Suzanne had made it clear more than once that the crisscrossing of stitches disgusted her. He had to assume that most women would feel the same.

As Val’s fingers lightly touched his cheek, his attention snapped back to the here and now, back to a touch so tender it set off longing right along with fireworks. He pushed all thoughts of his ex-wife from his head and concentrated on the woman who could make him weak-kneed with a glance.

He settled her on the edge of the bed, then sat next to her. When she reached for the buttons on his shirt, he stilled her hand. “Slowly, darlin’. We have all the time in the world.”

She gave him a faint smile. “I keep thinking you’ll change your mind. You have before. And dinner is on the table.”

“Dinner can wait.”

“It’ll be ruined,” she lamented.

“It can be heated up again. You seem to forget that I was used to ruined before you came along.”

She touched a hand to his cheek once more. “So this is it then? You’re not going to back out?”

“Not this time,” he assured her. “Remember something. We’ve never gotten to this point before, and for good reason.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.