Maternally Yours (Mills & Boon Desire) (Dynasties: The Connellys, Book 2) by Kathie DeNosky

Author:Kathie DeNosky [DeNosky, Kathie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

Lost in thought, Brett silently steered the Jag through the gates of Lake Shore Manor and out onto Lake Shore Drive. He wasn’t sure whether to be amused or insulted by Elena’s promise to his mother.

On one hand, he found the idea of a woman as petite as Elena vowing to keep him safe almost laughable. He was at least ten inches taller and outweighed her by a good seventy-five pounds. What chance would a woman of her stature have against anyone posing a threat to him?

On the other hand, his ego had taken a glancing blow. He didn’t like that she might have the opinion he couldn’t take care of himself or her. Did she see him as nothing more than a desk jockey with the self-defense skills of a slug?

“Before you sit there and build my statement to your mother into a personal insult, remember this,” Elena said quietly. “I’m trained to observe situations and analyze any and all potential danger.” She reached over and placed her hand on his leg just a few inches above his knee. On contact a shaft of heat snaked up his spine and quickly spread through the rest of his body. “I wasn’t saying you couldn’t protect yourself, only that I would be there to alert you if I felt there was a threat.” She gave his thigh a playful pat, sending his blood pressure skyrocketing. “Besides, I carry a gun. You don’t.”

Startled that she’d read him correctly, he jerked his head around to look at her. “I wasn’t thinking anything like that,” he lied. He wasn’t about to admit that her assessment had been accurate. After all, a man had his pride.

She gave him a smile that said she saw right through him. “Whatever you say, Connelly.”

How did she do that? How did she know what he was thinking? Was he that transparent?

Deciding it was time to change the subject before he opened his mouth and proved her right, he asked, “What have you got planned for this evening?”

She removed her hand from his leg and placed it in her lap. He reached over, took hold of it and placed it back on his thigh, then covered it with his own. He liked having her touch him.

“I really don’t have anything planned besides a hot bath, putting on my sweats and moccasins and vegging out in front of the TV with a toasted cheese sandwich and a can of soup,” she answered, her voice sounding a little shaky.

Satisfied that he got to her as much as she did him, he grinned. “Why don’t we go by my condo so I can change clothes and get Babe, then we can pick up something more nutritious than soup and veg out together?”

She gave him a long look and for several seconds he thought she was going to turn his idea down. “I have to warn you, I don’t have a remote control to my TV,” she finally said, grinning.

“My God, woman, this is the twenty-first century, not the Stone Age.

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