Carved in Stone by Donna McDonald

Author:Donna McDonald [McDonald, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, General Fiction, cookie429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9781466207202
Goodreads: 11578123
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2010-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Will let himself into Michael’s house late Sunday evening. He was scruffy and needed a shave but totally happy with the way the weekend had gone. They had spent Saturday getting to know each other, and it had been almost three Sunday afternoon before he and Jessica had even left the hotel.

It had cut their time at the museum to a couple of hours, but they had only walked around holding hands instead of looking at art anyway. He hadn’t been able to stop touching her, and judging by how often she’d leaned her breast against his arm, Jessica hadn’t been much better off.

He missed her even now.

“Dad, that’s the very best I’ve seen you look in a long time,” Michael said with a laugh. He stood in the kitchen doorway drinking a beer and grinning. “I won the bid on Blue Blaze.”

Will grinned at his son. “Yes, I know. I spent a lot of time this weekend getting to know the artist. ”

Michael laughed, feeling only mildly envious. He just wanted someone like her, or more to the point, he wanted the woman he wanted to be like Jessica. He’d be way okay having Jessica as a stepmother. It was a step in the right direction for the men in his family.

“So when’s the wedding?” Michael asked, figuring he’d just plant a seed.

“It was just a weekend, Michael,” Will said tersely, running a hand over his head as he walked past his son to retrieve a beer from the refrigerator. It was the first time he had missed his hair in several days.

“Was it?” Michael asked. “You look awfully content for it to have been just sex. You look almost happy, Dad.”

Will sat at the table, took a long drink, and rubbed the cold, sweaty bottle across his forehead. “No. I guess it wasn’t just a weekend for me, but it was for Jessica. I seduced her and made her want me, but that’s not the same thing as her wanting what happened between us.”

Will took another long pull on his cold beer. “Jessica doesn’t want to be in love with me and is going to fight like hell not to be,” he said, his voice rough with the edges of panic he couldn’t let himself focus on. “I remind her of her husband. She’s not over him yet.”

“Her husband? She was married at seventeen for not even a year before he died. How can she still be in love with him after all this time?” Michael asked, sitting across from his father and frowning.

“I don’t know, but I know that’s the problem. She openly compared me to him several times, and has probably mentally compared me to Nathan Daniels dozens of others. It’s what’s scaring her away from me—that, and because she suspects I’m in love with her,” Will said.

“Is she right?” Michael asked, mentally crossing his fingers.

“Where did you decide to put her art?” Will asked instead, trying to change the subject. He wasn’t ready to talk about how committed he already felt to Jessica Daniels.

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