Watch and Learn by Stephanie Bond

Author:Stephanie Bond
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9781426822698
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

FROM HIS YARD, Chev saw the peacock and cringed. Considering the way Gemma had slammed her car into Park and come charging out, he wouldn’t be surprised if she were about to wring the poor thing’s neck.

The bird veered away, emitting its high-pitched mewling noise. Gemma chased it around the yard, windmilling her arms and stomping her feet. In her voluminous black coat, she looked ridiculous, but the peacock must have found her menacing. The bird lunged, flapping its wings and careening wildly to stay a few feet ahead of her.

The men standing around him laughed and made circular motions with their fingers indicating that Gemma was loco. Chev smiled and waved them on their way, then stood for a few minutes watching Gemma chase the squawking bird around her yard, laughing to himself.

It was therapeutic, he reasoned, for her to lash out at the bird. The woman had had her life torn apart and was clearly struggling to put the pieces back together. He couldn’t blame her for snapping over a few unearthed flowers. The colorful animal was a handy target for her pent-up frustrations.

For the bird’s sake, he decided to intervene.

As he walked up behind Gemma, she stopped and leaned over to grasp her knees. She narrowed her eyes at the cock, which had also stopped running and was eyeing her intently. “I wonder how you’d look on a platter,” she muttered.

“The meat is supposed to be an aphrodisiac,” Chev offered.

She turned and straightened, looking adorably sheepish, her cheeks pink from the exertion.

“Not that I can say firsthand,” he added. “Peacocks are protected in most parts of the world, but some cultures still consider the meat a delicacy.”

She glared at the bird. “We’d have to catch him first.”

As if the bird had heard her, he extended his wings and flew up into a nearby tree, then called down to them in triumph.

“I guess that’s the reason they’ve been around for centuries,” Chev said.

She stamped her foot clad in a chunky black high heel, then groaned when she realized what she’d stepped in.

Chev bent over laughing, then wiped his hand over his mouth. “Sorry.”

“I called animal control,” she said, indignant, “but they said they didn’t have a place to take the bird even if they could capture it. They told me not to feed it, and if it hasn’t left in two or three weeks, they would give me the name of a preserve to contact. They said that I was encroaching on the peacock’s habitat.”

“Unfortunately, that’s true. We all are.”

“But why did it pick my yard?”

He grinned. “I guess he just liked the look of your grass.”

Her cheeks turned a deeper shade of pink. “Do you think he’ll ever leave?”

“Eventually his instincts to mate will drive him to move on if he doesn’t find what he’s looking for.”

The humidity in the air between them suddenly became sticky with mutual desire. His sex grew heavy as he imagined what lay beneath the belted raincoat. Considering the black mesh panty hose and high heels, he was sure it was something pretty damn fantastic.

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