Throwing Heat: A Diamonds and Dugouts Novel by Jennifer Seasons

Author:Jennifer Seasons [Seasons, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-10-14T21:00:00+00:00

“HOW COULD YOU leave me like that?” Leslie demanded the minute she entered Peter’s house. To leave her on the bar feeling vulnerable like that. Ugh! How dare he do that to her? And then he’d had the gall to stand outside, looking all dark and sulky under the streetlight while he’d watched her climb inside her car and lock the door.

That was the second time he’d pulled a stunt like that. It was also the second time he’d left her hanging and she was so beyond pissed about it that she could scream. Really, really loud.

And she almost did when he didn’t respond right away. “Kowalskin!” He’d better be ready to grovel like a beggar. “I know you’re here.” His annoying yellow Suck-U-V was in the garage.

Nothing.

Not a peep came from anywhere inside the big house. Leslie flipped on a light and scanned the two-story entryway and sunken living room for signs of the jerk. She couldn’t believe he was hiding.

Was it possible he’d fallen asleep in the few minutes he’d had before she’d arrived behind him?

“No way,” she muttered under her breath. Not unless he was her Grandpa George. That man could fall asleep faster than she could blink. And he did it with his eyes open, which was just way creepy.

As each minute ticked by and she didn’t hear anything coming from upstairs, Leslie’s temper began to deflate. Why does he do this to me? She wondered. He’s so frigging hot and cold.

It was absolutely infuriating.

If she was also a little mad because of just how quickly her convictions about rebuilding her career had imploded as soon as his hands were all over her, well, she was willing to blame that on him too.

Rational or not, Leslie really didn’t care. This was the second time he’d brought her to another world and then left her to come crashing back to earth alone, vulnerable and insecure. The two emotions she hated most. They left her exposed and weak and she just couldn’t deal with feeling that way. Especially over a man. So yes, she was willing to suspend fairness and hang it all on him.

“Peter!” Something almost like paranoia crept into her stomach and dispersed all through her, sending her nerves pinging. Because of him she had almost thrown her one chance at professional redemption away, and she was terrified. Terrified deep down because she knew what it meant.

It meant one of two things. Either she wasn’t nearly as committed to rebuilding her life as she thought she was, or she was willing to throw it all away over Peter because he had a hold on her. The first one she was pretty sure was wrong because every time she thought about giving in to temptation and sleeping with Peter—when she was clear-headed and not strung out on his pheromones—a wall of determination deflected the idea before it could so much as gain a toehold.

The second one was the one that was making her hyperventilate.

How could she possibly have feelings for a man who didn’t even really want her? Self-loathing cut into her.

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