The Blake Boys 4: Texas Heat by Rhonda Laurel

Author:Rhonda Laurel [Laurel, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, interracial romance, Multicultural, Contemporary, United States, African American, Multicultural & Interracial, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 9781940223971
Amazon: B00JRFGIQY
Publisher: Etopia Press
Published: 2014-04-16T04:00:00+00:00

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Tate looked at his phone for the third time in twenty minutes, trying to decide if he should call her. Isabelle had been gone for five hours, and he was beginning to worry. It irked him that she didn’t want to reveal where she was going, and he silenced the voice in his head that told him it was none of his business. Walking into that kitchen with Jake and seeing her put breakfast on the table had suddenly become too real and comfortable to him. They had been living Morgan and Seth’s lives for over a week, and then they had to go and make love. The intimacy that filled the room had made him angry. This wasn’t his life. His life was touring, drinking, and loose women. It wasn’t sharing meals with a beautiful, sophisticated woman and a great kid. It was the life he was sure he could never have, and there it was mocking him.

Where was she? Did she run off and call Ned? Was there someone else in her life? He’d never bothered to ask if she was seeing someone back home. He usually had finely tuned radar for women who belonged to someone else, and he didn’t get that feeling from her. She’d been in a pretty good rush to get out of the penthouse, but he’d just lied to her. He didn’t have to accept that call from Sheree. Sheree had been calling him for over two weeks now. When he’d walked into the kitchen, the first thing he’d wanted to do was take Isabelle in his arms and kiss her senseless. That was about all he could have done with Jake in the room. Instead he’d taken the low road and intentionally tried to hurt her feelings in order to avoid feeling anything himself.

They needed to talk. Tate looked at his nephew, who must have thought he was nuts for moving his play area to the foyer. He felt like an idiot, but he wanted to make sure she couldn’t escape to her room when she returned home. The ping of the elevator signaled someone was coming to the penthouse. The doors opens and Isabelle stepped out with shopping bags in her hand. She had on an entirely different outfit, a blue sundress that fell just above the knee, and she’d done something to her hair.

Tate gave her an appreciative once over. “You look nice.”

“Thank you,” she mumbled.

“Izzy pretty!” Jake reached for her.

“Thank you, Jake. You are going to break some hearts when you grow up.” She kissed him on the cheek. “Poor Morgan is going to be hiding in bushes with a shotgun for the rest of her life.”

“Seth has a plan in place.” Tate waggled his eyebrows.

“I bet he does.” Isabelle took a deep breath. “Tate, about last night.”

He didn’t want to hear what she was about to say. So, she’d gotten some retail therapy while she was out. He wasn’t ready to be dismissed from her life despite what an ass he’d been earlier.

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