Temptation in Texas: A Christmas Special by Lynda Chance

Author:Lynda Chance
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Fifteen minutes later, Lauren sat propped on the bed in a semi-reclining position, clutching a sheet to her naked form and watching as Logan leaned against the doorframe between the bathroom and the bedroom, holding her within his unrelenting gaze. He now wore only a pair of clean but stained and ripped shorts, the ones he usually wore when he worked in the yard. Why he even continued to take care of the yard and not hire the work out was a question in itself. It had to be because he was so meticulous; he was such a perfectionist that he didn’t trust anyone else to do the job correctly. And besides that, she knew he really enjoyed doing it. He was cooped up in his office all day, and taking care of the yard was his excuse to be outside.

But at the moment, he made no move to go outside, or in fact, to leave the room at all. He stared at her intently, his gaze running down her body and then up again, stopping at her eyes. As she recognized the expression on his face, she knew, without a doubt, that it was time to pay the piper. His baser needs having been satisfied, he now wanted answers.

Shit.

As he leaned against the doorframe, a subtle tension filled his form, clueing her in that his casual attitude wasn’t casual at all. “Why were you up in the attic?” he questioned, biting out the words one at a time.

She struggled to maintain an even pulse; it wasn’t as if his question was a surprise, she knew it had been coming. She took a breath and tried to figure out where she should start. It was a given that her Christmas surprise would be blown to smithereens. But where to start, exactly, so that he wouldn’t pop a fuse and go completely Rambo on her ass?

She continued to hesitate as she mulled it over.

“Tell me,” he demanded succinctly, his patience obviously being tested.

She twisted the coverlet between her fingers and began slowly, “Will you please try to understand that it was only your happiness I had in mind?”

He glanced heavenward before crossing his arms over his bronzed, naked chest and spearing her with his gaze once again. His lips firmed into a flattened line. “Honestly? I doubt that’ll help you much.”

A sharp spiral of both apprehension and desire triggered a flood of heat in her belly. “Logan—”

He inhaled deeply and his shoulders seemed to expand before her eyes. “Spit it out, babe.”

In addition to the heat and nerves flowing through her veins, she also fumed with frustration and disappointment. If only he’d stayed out of town one more day, as planned. Sure, he would have asked her a million questions after the attic room was completed, but at least she would have gotten to give him a fantastic present before the shit hit the fan.

Unfortunately, the shit was hitting the fan now, and there wouldn’t even be a surprise to make the fight they were about to have worth it.

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