Snowbound with the Single Dad by Cara Colter

Author:Cara Colter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-06T17:41:04+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“I’M NOT GOING AWAY.”

Noelle shouldn’t really feel as if a statement like that was making her bones melt. After all, it was disrespectful of her right to choose.

And she certainly shouldn’t feel shaky and confused and as if her world was upside down. But having the most gorgeous man in the universe standing outside her door, threatening to break it down and then saying in that commanding tone that he was not going anywhere, was not exactly what she had bargained for when she’d decided it was harmless to do things a little differently, to let go of a little control.

There was no sense reading too much into it. I’m not going away did not mean Aidan would be around for good. There was no kind of promise of permanence in this evening. It wasn’t even a date. He’d been hasty in making that abundantly clear! He’d just stay long enough to stir up her nice, quiet life, to plant seeds of discontent, to leave her testing out a new self without the security of the old one to run back to.

This whole evening had been so ill advised. Why had she said yes? Why had she said he could pick her up here? Now Noelle realized she didn’t want him to see her modest studio suite, never mind the dress.

She put her shoulder against the door and pushed, trying to get it closed. It was a metaphor for life. Once you had opened certain doors, it was nearly impossible to close them again.

“Move your foot,” she told him.

“No. You don’t even sound sick. Were you plugging your nose?”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Move your foot, or I’ll—”

“Get an ax and chop it off? You did warn me axes were dangerous.”

He had no right to be making light of this situation. And the ax? Just a reminder of how different their worlds were.

“I’ll call the police.”

“Sure you will.” His tone was ever so faintly mocking, and ever so faintly gentle. “I’ll just slip inside while you go get your phone, because it doesn’t really look like you have one hidden anywhere in that dress.”

So! He could already tell the dress was inappropriately skimpy. She let go of the door and yanked it open so suddenly he stumbled forward.

“There, are you happy?” she asked him.

He regained his balance quickly. His eyes widened. His jaw went slack. He raked an unsteady hand through his amazing hair.

She stood, feeling terribly undressed. The silence stretched. She tilted her chin at him. Naturally, he looked glorious in a beautifully cut formal tux jacket, a brilliant white linen pleated shirt beneath it. The buttons had been replaced with studs, and the cuffs sported diamond jingle-bells cufflinks that matched the ones on the necklace she had not been able to put on. He had on a red bow tie. It was too bad she wasn’t going. That shade of red would have looked very nice with her dress.

He was too big and, naturally, it made her place seem small, as if he filled every inch of it.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.