Wanted! by JoAnn Ross

Author:JoAnn Ross [Ross, JoAnn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-02-03T01:20:37+00:00

7

Rory was awakened by the sound of music. Confused, he looked around for the source. "What the blazes?"

"It's the clock radio," Jessica murmured sleepily, reaching over to hit the Sleep button, muting the sound.

She glanced up at him. His eyes were clear from pain this morning and even with his four-day-old beard, he was the most handsome man she'd ever seen.

"I think this is where I'm suppose to leap out of bed and pretend to be embarrassed," she said.

"Are you embarrassed?"

"I don't think so." Strangely, her mind seemed to be operating on two levels. One part was appalled that she was lying in bed with a strange man. Another part, the side that was winning, found the experience extremely pleasant.

He smiled at that. "That's a very good beginning."

"I am confused."

"I know that feeling. Very well."

"And now you're not?"

"I don't understand how I came to be in your time, but I know why I'm here."

He sounded so sure of himself. Jessica still found the idea of time travel incredible. However, when you stopped to think about it, so were faxes, organ transplants and the Internet. And the government was spending a fortune trying to discover life on other galaxies. Why wasn't it possible to transcend the bounds of time?

"Why?"

"That should be obvious." He cupped her cheek in his palm. "To be with you, of course." And to avenge Emilie's murder, but this comfortable, lazy morning did not seem the time to bring up that unpleasant subject.

"You can't really believe I'm Emilie."

Rory shook his head. He'd given the matter a great deal of thought during the night as she'd slept in his arms and realized that Jessica Ingersoll was not the same woman he'd married.

"I believe," he said slowly, thoughtfully, "that you and Emilie both possess the same spirit. But your unique life experiences, and the different time in which you live, have made you a distinct individual."

"There is much of Emilie in you, Jessica Ingersoll. But you're still very much your own woman." He stroked her cheek with the pad of his thumb. "A woman I find very appealing."

His body was warm against hers. And hard. Jessica could feel his erection against her belly and realized that if she just moved a smidgen…

No! Sleeping in the same bed with the man on such short acquaintance was bad enough. Having sex with him would be a huge mistake. But dear heavens, she thought as she read the blatant desire in his darkening gaze, how she was tempted!

"The ideas of time travel and reincarnation are a bit much for me to handle before my morning coffee." She tried for a breezy, flippant tone and knew she wasn't fooling either of them for a moment. "I think I'll take a shower and—"

Her words were cut off in midsentence by the ringing of the phone. She stiffened instinctively.

Understanding her fear, Rory reached out and scooped up the receiver. "Who is it?" he growled.

There was a pause on the other end of the line. Then a muffled curse Rory recognized immediately.

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