Just Between You and Me by Jones Jenny

Author:Jones, Jenny [Jones, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2009-09-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

The woman wobbles as she takes a menacing step closer. I have to say, of all the stuff I’ve done, I’ve never been in a bar fight. God, don’t let this be the first time.

“Debra, I’m sure he’s now a wonderful—”

“And he still talks about you.”

Ew. “That means nothing. Probably just leftover loyalty from science class.” I curl my fingers around my fork just in case I need a weapon. “I let him peek at my final.”

“I hear that’s not all you let him peek at.”

I shoot to my feet with a gasp. “Now that is not true! That lying little—”

“Excuse me for interrupting,” says a smooth voice.

Behind the bleating shrew stands Connor, a hint of a smile on those full lips.

Debra cuts Connor with her drunk-girl eyes. “Maggie and I were just chatting. Catching up on old times.”

He forces his big body in front of her and pulls me to him. “Maggie had her heart set on a dance with me, and I can’t put her off any longer.” He stares down into my face, his gaze glowing with love and other fallacies. “Come on, sweetheart. But if you start crying on my shoulder during the love song, I’m not wiping your nose this time.”

His fingers lace with mine and give them a squeeze.

“Yes, dumplin.’ ”

Connor leads me onto the floor where other couples move in time to the raspy ballad coming from the stage. He pulls me flush with his chest, resting one hand on the small of my back, the other keeping my fingers captive.

I try to take a step back, but his arms don’t budge. “I leave for two minutes.” He smiles at a couple we pass. “Two minutes and you’re about to come to blows with Ivy’s meanest librarian.”

“That woman’s a librarian?”

His hand at my back rubs a slow circle. “You should see her when you have overdues.”

A giggle escapes and I look into his face. As the band sings about a love that makes the sun rise, my eyes meet Connor’s. Something flutters in my chest, but I ignore it. Probably indigestion from my altercation with Debra.

“I’m not kissing you tonight,” I whisper.

“I swear that’s all you think about.” His smile is wicked. “I’m not just a piece of meat, Maggie.”

He pulls me so close, my head has nowhere to go but to his shoulder. I rest my hands behind his neck and listen to the sound of his heart beating. Inhale his light cologne. Close my eyes and pretend this is someone I know. Trust. And for the first time ever—I feel safe.

“I’m sorry if I upset you.” His chest vibrates with each word.

I give this some thought as the music lulls my weary brain. “Sometimes I don’t know what you want from me.”

He pushes air out his mouth. “I don’t know either.”

A saxophone takes a solo and wails a soulful melody. Connor and I fall into an easy quiet as the music does all the talking.

This man scares me. I stand next to him, and the fireworks in my heart are like a Fourth of July finale.

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