Sin City Temptation (Kimani Hotties) by Sharon C. Cooper

Author:Sharon C. Cooper [Cooper, Sharon C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-02-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Gunner glanced at the clock. Five-fifteen in the morning. He had only slept for three hours and for whatever reason, he couldn’t fall back to sleep. Thoughts of Trinity and their first date infiltrated his mind. He’d had more sleepless nights since she’d been under his roof than he cared to count. Last night, or better yet this morning, had been the worst. The long, cold shower he had taken when he retired to his room did nothing to tame the fire that she had stoked within his body. Her sexy outfits, her womanly curves and everything else about her were wreaking havoc on his self-control.

I might as well get up.

He slipped into his briefs and reached for his phone. It was really too early to be calling anyone, but he dialed anyway. For the past three years, it had been tradition for him to call his father on this day.

“I was wondering when I’d hear from you,” his father said after answering the phone on the first ring.

“Hey, Pops. Did I wake you?” Gunner fluffed his pillow and lay back on the bed. His brain was awake, but his body was wound tight. “So how’s the family? Have my niece and nephew worn you out yet?”

His father had retired earlier in the year and had volunteered to help Gunner’s sister around the house when her husband was deployed to Afghanistan.

“They’re great kids. I can’t believe how big they’re getting and how smart they are. Brina has been helping me learn how to use my new laptop, and Sam is going to be the next Aníbal Sánchez. That kid has a serious arm on him and lives and breathes baseball.”

Gunner smiled. “You definitely sound like a proud grandpa.”

Silence fell between them before his father spoke. “Your grandpa would have been seventy-five today. I sure do miss that old man.”

“Yeah, me, too,” Gunner said, his voice heavy with emotion. It had been three years since his grandfather passed away from pancreatic cancer. The cancer had gone into remission for a number of years, then came back with a vengeance, taking his grandfather’s life within months. There wasn’t a day that went by that Gunner didn’t think about him, especially during this time of the year. He had been Gunner’s biggest fan and the one who spearheaded his career.

“Dad would have been so proud of the man you have become. Like I am. I know I don’t tell you this often, but I am so proud of you, son.”

“Thanks, Pop, the feelings are mutual.” Growing up, their family didn’t have much, but there was no doubt that his parents loved him and his two sisters. “So have you talked to Mom lately?” His parents divorced a couple of years after Gunner’s youngest sister moved out. Unlike many other divorced couples, his parents were still the best of friends.

“Actually, I talked with her yesterday and she’s well. She’s still enjoying her missionary work in Haiti.” After the divorce, his mother pursued her life-long desire to travel the world and help people who were in need.

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