Harlequin Desire March 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Joanne Rock

Author:Joanne Rock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Whatever Luke had been expecting, this wasn’t it. The “him” in question was seventeen, extremely tall and gangly, with a hank of hair that kept falling over his eyes, and he was going to his first prom in a few weeks. He needed to know how to dance.

“Ow!” Fiona hopped a little after the boy stepped on her foot for the third time.

Luke winced. This was painful to watch. How the hell did Fiona make a living doing all of these short-term jobs? Teaching a kid to dance. Finding an alligator. Now she’d probably be limping for a week.

“I’m never getting this.”

“You’re doing fine, Kenny,” she said to the boy, who towered over her. “You just have to relax.”

“How can I relax when I’m worried about stepping on you? I can’t do this. I’ll break Amber’s foot.” He shook his head and held both hands up. “I’ll just stick to the fast dances.”

Luke sighed and shook his head. He’d been watching this disaster for a half hour now, and he had to wonder how this kid was the star of the basketball team. He had zero rhythm. He was too tense, too. He held on to Fiona like she was a live grenade about to explode. He was probably more relaxed on the court, Luke thought. Hell, he’d have to be.

“Okay.” He stood up and walked to Fiona. “Let’s try something else.” Talking to Kenny, he said, “You just sit down and watch.” To Fiona, he added, “We’ll show him how to do it.”

How he’d gotten into this, he wasn’t sure. Luke had thought about Fiona all day. What he’d wanted was to get her alone on a flat surface somewhere. Instead, he was slow dancing for a teenager in his parents’ den.

“Oh, good idea,” she said, and gave Kenny an encouraging smile. “Watch us for a minute or two, then we’ll try again.”

“It’s useless.” He swung his dark brown hair out of his eyes and scowled.

“Only if you quit,” Luke said. Taking Fiona in his arms, he looked into her eyes, but his words were for Kenny. “Hold her closer.”

“I can’t hold on to Fiona like that. It’s too weird, man.”

“You’re practicing,” Luke reminded him. “You’ll want to hold Amber close, right?”

“Well, yeah…”

“Okay. Hold her close.” He pulled Fiona in tightly to him. “Put your feet in place before the music starts—on either side of one of her feet.”

Kenny studied him. “Okay…”

“You don’t have to be fancy about it. Going in circles will get the job done for you.” Luke started moving and paid no attention to Fiona’s bright smile. She was enjoying this. Well, surprisingly enough, so was he.

The music played and Luke moved with it. “Listen to the beat and keep up with it. Slow or fast, if you stay with the beat you won’t look uncoordinated.”

“Hey!” Kenny the basketball star was offended.

“And you’ll notice, I’m not stepping on her feet because I’m barely lifting mine.”

“Yeah. That works…” Kenny nodded and looked a little less defeated.

“Her steps will follow yours in the dance.

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