Jodie's Mail-Order Man by Julianna Morris

Author:Julianna Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The thought of taking you to bed every night certainly appeals to me.

Jodie bit her lip, trying to concentrate on the scenery going by outside the Jeep. She wanted to think of anything but Donovan’s provocative statement. She ought to be annoyed with such a sexist statement, but it was hard to be angry with that kind of sensuous approval.

After what seemed like an eternity, Donovan pulled to a stop by the Carneys’ house and flexed his fingers on the steering wheel. He didn’t make a move to get out, and Jodie was equally uncertain what to do.

It seemed as though more should be said, but what?

There wasn’t any manual on etiquette for mail-order marriages. And even if there was, how many women found themselves attracted to the brother of their groom-to-be?

“I guess we’re agreed we should spend as little time together as possible,” Jodie murmured finally.

“We’re agreed.”

She sneaked a look at Donovan’s profile, wondering if he felt as grim as he sounded. “Okay.”

All at once he turned toward her, an angry expression on his face. “Out of purely egotistical curiosity, why are you so certain we’re incompatible? It’s more than our difference of opinion about marriage, isn’t it?”

Jodie swallowed. She couldn’t explain without admitting that he disturbed her too much, that he was too much like a man she could love. If she’d met him as a girl, before falling in love with Mark Richards and being widowed, she would have chased after Donovan Masters with all the intensity a fearless teenager could muster.

But not now.

Now she knew what it was like to fall in love, only to get her heart smashed into tiny little pieces.

Still, she stole another glance at Donovan’s tense face and searched for words that would satisfy him without revealing the truth. She didn’t want him misunderstanding things, the way she’d misunderstood. If their signals hadn’t gotten crossed, they wouldn’t have kissed and nearly made love. If they slipped again it might be a disaster.

“Well?” he demanded.

“To be honest, you’re too much like my first husband.”

“I’m what?” Donovan looked at Jodie, astonished. It was the last thing he’d expected to hear. Sure, he knew he was a pilot, too, but that was only superficial. “You can’t be serious.”

She pushed her hair back with her fingers and shrugged. “There are some similarities.”

Donovan was certain there was more to Jodie’s explanation, and he suddenly knew that he didn’t need to hear it. He already knew too much.

He knew Jodie smelled like an angel and kissed like a goddess. He knew her body was soft and sweetly rounded, and so responsive, he wouldn’t be able to sleep remembering it.

Hell, for that matter he might never sleep again.

A woman had never turned him on quicker and harder. Donovan wanted to believe it was because she was unattainable. Safe. If they’d met under any other circumstances he would have promptly high-tailed it away, because she was the permanent sort of woman he’d always avoided.

Only, Donovan couldn’t deny he would have been too curious about Jodie to stay away.

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