Harlequin Special Edition May 2014 - Bundle 1 of 2: The Prince's Cinderella Bride\The Husband List\Groomed for Love by CHRISTINE RIMMER

Author:CHRISTINE RIMMER
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4603-3573-4
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The warm water from the shower relaxed Mitzi and the rose-scented lotion soothed her skin. She slipped into the white nightgown, relieved to discover it wasn’t quite as sheer as she first feared.

Of course, the safest thing would probably be to sleep in her clothes. Safe. She snorted. How ridiculous to have reached the ripe old age of thirty-four and be apprehensive about spending the night with a man.

If they had sex, it would be because she decided to have sex with Keenan. And that, she told herself, opening the bathroom door, wasn’t going to happen. Not only for her sake, but for his, as well.

Keenan passed her on his way to the bathroom. Mitzi noticed the pajamas Mrs. Thompsett had loaned him were still on the bed.

Mitzi scooped them into her arms. “Heads up.”

He whirled and the blue pj’s hit him in the face.

“Don’t come out of that room without those on.” Her tone held a warning edge.

Keenan grinned, lifted a hand in a mock salute. “Yes, ma’am.”

Mitzi was propped in bed, reading a Home and Garden magazine she’d found on the bedside table, when Keenan returned several minutes later wearing the pajamas.

His towel-dried hair curled lightly above his collar. She caught a faint floral aroma as he strolled by with the clothes he’d been wearing in his hands.

“Love the new scent.” Her smile widened when he turned and scowled. “Such a manly fragrance.”

“All the soaps were the same,” he told her, his tone filled with disgust. “Roses.”

He placed his folded clothes atop the antique dresser inlaid with burl.

“I happen to like the scent.”

“That makes one of us.” He plucked at the two-sizes-too-large pajama pants he wore. “And these are a joke.”

“Aren’t we Mr. Cheerful?”

Rain hammered against the roof and a crack of too-close lightning shook the house.

Keenan’s gaze jumped to her face. His tight expression eased into a smile. “You’re right. I could be stretched out on cold concrete in the hangar.”

“Wait until you feel the mattress.” Mitzi patted the spot beside her. “Heavenly soft.”

The look Keenan shot her was clearly puzzled. “I thought I’d grab a pillow and stretch out on the floor.”

“Are you crazy? Why would you do that?”

His gaze searched her face. “You don’t mind sharing the bed?”

“Not as long as I get my half.”

Keenan didn’t say another word. He flipped off the main light and hopped in beside her. The only light in the room came from a fussy bedside lamp that cast a golden glow.

Outside, thunder continued to rumble, but the torrent on the roof had turned soft and soothing.

It had been a long time since she’d slept with anyone, Mitzi realized. She and her sister had shared a bed for years. But once she’d moved away from home, she’d insisted on her own space.

She’d never slept all night with the men she dated. Having a man beside her all night had always seemed so...intimate.

When Keenan was in the shower, she’d decided it was time to break herself of the hang-up.

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