Sean by Donna Kauffman

Author:Donna Kauffman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

9

LAUREL TIGHTENED THE BELT of her bathrobe and went to unlock the back door. The robe was heavy fleece and covered her from neck to ankle, and yet as Sean moved past her into her kitchen, she was acutely aware of how naked she was beneath it.

She should probably have steered him into the living room, but somehow it seemed wiser to stay here, in the more utilitarian, sterile surroundings of the kitchen. She flipped the small light on over the sink, not up to the intrusion of the overhead lighting. She motioned to the small round table in the center of the room. “Would you like some coffee? I’d be glad to make some while you explain what the hell you were doing outside my house at midnight.”

Her testy tone brought a hint of a smile to his otherwise very serious expression. “Yes, thanks. Black would be fine.” He sat at her table, and it struck her how big he was as he angled his chair so he could stretch out his legs.

She turned her back to him, getting the makings of coffee from the cupboard. It didn’t matter in the least how imposing he was, she told herself. Nor was she going to imagine what he’d look like, sprawled naked across her queen-size bed. She didn’t have to. She already knew exactly what he looked like sprawled naked in bed. God. “Go ahead,” she instructed him. “I’m listening.”

“I’ve done some poking around.”

She stopped in midscoop, then willed herself to continue. She felt his gaze on her, knew he hadn’t missed her telltale pause. But there was no need to let him see how much he affected her, or how seriously his intrusion in her life could affect her. “Have you?” she said, striving for a conversational tone.

“Laurel, the gig’s up. I know what’s going on.”

She did stop now, wishing her heart hadn’t begun to race. Her palms began to sweat. She wasn’t sure if it was fear for herself or for what she’d unwillingly dragged him into. Both, she decided. Carefully concealing that fear, or so she hoped, she turned to face him.

He really was imposing. Maybe it was the casual clothes. She realized she’d never seen him in jeans and a T-shirt before. If she wasn’t so damn preoccupied by the constant strain, she’d have laughed at the realization that, no, she’d pretty much only seen him in work clothes…and naked.

And somehow the T-shirt that hung on all the right muscles, the jeans that molded themselves to his thighs so casually she knew he’d worn them many times before, painted an image in her mind even sexier than the one of him in bed. Or at least an image just as sexy.

She shook those thoughts from her mind. This wasn’t about them, wasn’t about their relationship, former or future. If only things were that simple. Her life at the moment was anything but.

“I told you to leave this alone,” she said.

“You told me to leave you alone until this was over.

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