Texan Seeks Fortune by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-21T20:23:42+00:00

Chapter Ten

He caught himself watching Brianna while they all ate lunch.

Watching her and thinking.

It surprised Connor that he had mixed feelings about what had just happened between them. Normally, whenever he kissed a woman, no matter who initiated the kiss, it registered as a pleasurable experience, one that, on most occasions, led to something more physical. But then, for one reason or another, the effects would always fade and he would move on to something else.

To someone else.

But this time it was different. Or it would be different, he thought. If he was inclined to get involved with Brianna. What made it different was that she came as a package deal. There were children to consider. Children he actually found himself liking.

Children who would be hurt once he left, he thought. Because he always left. No matter how long or short the relationship lasted, he never committed to it, not in any sort of a permanent way. It just wasn’t him.

And yet...

There was no “yet,” he silently insisted. Whatever this strange feeling was, it would be over with soon enough. And he’d be home again, living the high life again.

He couldn’t think about this now, Connor silently insisted. He had a dangerous woman to track down and catch and everything else had to come second—if it came at all. Which it wouldn’t, he promised himself. Right now, he still had credit card activity to follow up on. The woman had to be out there somewhere.

A small, high-pitched voice broke into his thoughts, scattering them.

“Why aren’t you talking?” Ava wanted to know, looking up at Connor.

To cover his temporary lapse, Connor said the first thing that came to his mind. “Because I’m busy eating.”

“I can eat and talk at the same time,” Axel told him. “Why can’t you?”

This time it was Brianna who came to his rescue. “Because it’s not polite to talk with your mouth full,” she told her son.

“I don’t,” Axel protested, looking hurt as he looked at his mother. “I chew fast. See?” he asked, giving her a demonstration that involved chewing and then opening his mouth for his mother.

“Oooh, gross!” Ava cried, wrinkling her nose. “Make him close his mouth!” Her request was directed toward Connor. “He’ll listen to you.”

This was getting out of hand, Brianna thought. First he’d thrown her for a loop by kissing her, and now her children were acting out because of him.

“Axel, behave,” Brianna ordered. “You, too, Ava,” she told her daughter, who had started to laugh at her brother, pointing a finger at him because he’d been called out.

“What did I do?” Ava wanted to know, pouting.

“Axel, Ava, Mr. Fortunado was nice enough to bring over pizza for the two of you. At least try to behave like little people instead of little wild animals,” Brianna requested.

Grateful to have something to focus on besides his confused feelings toward Brianna, Connor looked at her two children.

“Would you two have liked me to bring something else for lunch besides pizza?” he asked.

“Oh no, we love pizza,” Axel told him with feeling, stressing the word love.

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