No Ordinary Love by Ann Christopher

Author:Ann Christopher [Christopher, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Iris Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Baptiste reached for his champagne, trying to disguise some of his avid interest in Samira’s next move. He was far too invested in this one woman’s words, moods and reactions. He knew that. He also knew that the fierce longing he felt deep in his gut was unusual for him and probably unhealthy.

What had gotten into him?

For the life of him, he couldn’t figure it out.

Women came and women went, and the world still turned on its axis. So there was no need to ever get too worked up over one particular woman, especially one who claimed she didn’t want the drama. Hadn’t he learned that lesson early and vicariously through the heartbreak of the various “uncles” and stepfathers who had cycled through his flighty mother’s life through the years?

No, it was never wise to give a woman too much control over you. Women already had most of the power anyway, being the gatekeepers to sexual pleasure. A man had to keep his head.

A smart man never allowed himself to want too much.

Baptiste knew all this.

Yet desire for everything Samira burned inside him, and it was all he could do to keep the heat of it off his face when he looked at her.

She had done something extraordinary to him, this one.

Perhaps she was a sorceress. That would explain a great deal.

Memories of last night had spent the day darting into his mind at inopportune moments, a normal occurrence when one found an exciting new lover. The unusual part? The extent of his preoccupation had left him distracted and largely unproductive on an important workday.

Even worse, it wasn’t just sexual distraction he felt.

He’d wondered things about Samira.

Was she as excited to work with him as he was to work with her?

Why had her ex-fiancé visited her today? Did she want him back, despite what she said? Why had she worn the man’s ring?

What had her entire life been like up until this point?

The only thing Baptiste hadn’t wondered today?

Whether he’d imagined the way she’d responded to him last night or the way she’d looked at him this morning when he kissed her.

No. That much he knew, and his outsized ego was not to blame for the certainty.

She wanted to see more of him as much as he wanted more of her.

It was just that she was determined not to face this inconvenient truth when her romantic life was already complicated enough.

He sipped his champagne, watching her and waiting.

Christ.

She was beautiful in her confusion, with her brown eyes shadowed and her jaw tight. Wary, like an elegant cat with her back to the wall. She wanted him to coax her. Wanted him to convince her that her trust would not be misplaced. He felt it all the way to his bones.

His job was to show her the way, even if, as Melody suggested, being adopted had taught her to be wary of the people in her life.

The thing about cats?

You had to let them approach you. When they were ready. Not before.

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