A Man's Promise by Brenda Jackson

Author:Brenda Jackson [Jackson, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-05-26T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Five

After making love, Shiloh had dozed off awhile, only to wake up a short while later to discover it had grown dark outside and Caden was standing at the window looking out. He was naked, and from behind, the man looked like a real live Adonis, 100 percent pure man. He’d always been in great physical shape and, as a woman, she couldn’t help appreciating that fact.

“Any reason you left me alone over here?”

At the sound of her voice, he turned around and crossed the room to rejoin her in bed. “I woke up because I thought I heard a noise down below in your courtyard.”

She chuckled as she cozied closer into his arms. “Probably a stray cat. Even with the gate closed, they get in from time to time looking for food, which is why I don’t put my trash out at night.”

Caden tightened his arms around her. She hadn’t said anything about him leaving; nor had she invited him to spend the night. Tomorrow was a workday for both of them. But there was something he wanted to know, and now was as good a time as any to ask.

“So, what do you plan to do about Dr. Aiken?” he asked, looking down at her.

She lifted a brow and chuckled. “Why do you want to know? Feeling territorial?”

“Yes.” He was being totally honest. He hadn’t liked seeing her that night at the restaurant with another man, and when they had returned from dinner at Sutton Hills tonight, he hadn’t missed noticing Dr. Aiken had called and left a message, although she hadn’t played it back yet.

She didn’t say anything for a minute and then she said, “That’s a good question, and in a way I feel bad about it.”

“About what?”

“Going out with him in the first place. That was our first date although, according to Sedrick, he’s been interested in me for a while. I thought it would be a nice way to get back into dating as a way to move on. Sedrick warned me not to go out with Wallace if I really wasn’t over you. Then. I really thought I was.”

“Now that we’re back together...?”

She sighed. “I’ll talk to him. He’s a nice guy.”

Caden shrugged. “That may be the case. But I’m nicer.”

Shiloh pulled back to look up at him and grinned. “Are you really?”

“Need me to prove it again?” He really didn’t care what her answer would be because he intended to make love to her anyway. He would not be spending the night, but he intended to make her miss him, yearn for him and only him when he wasn’t here. They had agreed to take things slowly, but he also intended to be thorough where she was concerned. He wanted to be the only man she ever thought about, when she was awake or when she was asleep.

“You’re taking too long to answer,” he said, pushing back the bedcovers to reveal her nakedness.

“I’m thinking.”

“What’s there to think about?” he asked, lowering his hands between her legs.

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