Tempted by Blood by Laurie London

Author:Laurie London
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HQN
Published: 2011-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

ARIANNA TIPTOED DOWN THE DARK hallway back to her room, though she wasn’t sure why she was trying to be so quiet. The girls and Alfonso were in a totally different wing of the house.

She wasn’t sure what had happened back in Jackson’s room. She could’ve sworn he had wanted to make love to her—why else would he have invited her into his bed? But when he tensed as she touched him then jumped up as if he couldn’t get away from her fast enough, things became pretty clear. He’d obviously had a change of heart. Maybe he’d been genuinely grateful for the care she’d given him, but things had progressed in a way he hadn’t wanted or expected.

Rather than wait for him to emerge and then endure all sorts of awkwardness when he asked her to leave, she’d decided to save him the trouble.

She stared at her bare feet as she walked, noting in the back of her mind that she was badly in need of a pedicure. Maybe Lily had polish in the house. If not, she’d see about running to the store. It’d give herself something to do tomorrow, since she was without her computer.

A cold draft ruffled her hair as she rounded the corner. Good. The chill would help her hormones cool down and her head to clear.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

She snapped her head up to find Jackson leaning against her door with his arms crossed, essentially barring her from entering. How had he gotten here before she had?

The breeze. Of course. He’d shadow-moved.

“In there,” she said, pointing.

“No, you’re not. You’re coming back with me.” From his tone, it was clear he didn’t expect her to argue. He grabbed her hand and without waiting for an answer, he led her back down the hallway.

“But I thought—”

“What? That I had changed my mind?”

“The thought had occurred to me when you got up suddenly like you did.”

“Don’t leave my bed again.”

What the— “You’re ordering me back to your bed?” The kind of women he slept with must respond to this sort of thing. Well, she wasn’t one of them.

She dug her heels in to pull out of his grasp, but instead of holding her arm tighter, he let her go, shocking the hell out of her. The tiny worry lines on his forehead were back and his eyes were apologetic. Had she read his tone wrong?

“I…sleep better with you there,” he admitted. “I want you with me.”

She glanced down the hallway at her door, then back at him, aware of the fact that she had a choice to make. If she left and went to her room, they’d both wake up later and things would be relatively the same. Was that what she wanted? Because sex had a way of changing the status quo, adding expectations to a relationship where none existed before.

In his haste, he had thrown

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