Sweet Caroline by Lissa Matthews

Author:Lissa Matthews
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Entangled; Brazen; Lissa Matthews; romance; contemporary romance; contemporary; contractor; hard hat; blue jeans; successful; determined; fun; business owner; crafter; erotic; erotica; fling; forced proximity; second chance; Georgia; Blue Ridge mountains; handy man; Georgia
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Caroline whipped her head around to find Derek standing in the doorway of the barn with his new bride. Embarrassment should have come crashing in. Humiliation. Something. But nothing did. Nothing but pride and a twisted feeling of satisfaction. She grinned at the couple.

Buck took the buckle off the hook and loosened the leather from her wrists. He kissed her on the forehead. “You okay?” he whispered.

His gaze was on her. He was concerned, and she was touched. “I’m perfect.”

He helped her to stand and brought her clothes to her. She simply laid them on the workbench and turned to face her guests.

“Rings. Nice touch, Caroline.”

“Yes, thank you. They were a gift to myself for your wedding.” She went to stand closer and held out her hand to his wife. “Hi, I’m Caroline. Congratulations on your marriage.”

At first, the woman didn’t seem to know what to do, but finally she shook Caroline’s hand. “Brande. And thank you.”

Could he have picked a woman with a more cliché name? “To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?”

“We?”

“Well, yes. As you can see and could no doubt hear, I’m not alone.” She glanced over her shoulder and smiled. “Buck, this is Derek.”

Buck nodded and came up behind her, wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her against his solid warmth.

“We already know one another, Caroline. Didn’t he tell you? He’s the one that made the floggers you loved so much.”

For some reason, it didn’t surprise her. “Really? I guess I’ll have to see about having some more made for me. But, that still doesn’t tell me what you’re doing here.”

“I have a proposal for you.”

She could swear her eyebrow lifted of its own accord, rather than by any command her brain gave. “The last proposal you had for me didn’t work out so well.”

“We had some good times, you can’t deny that.”

He was right, damn him. “No, I can’t.”

Derek waved his hand in an up and down gesture at her. “Wouldn’t you like to get dressed before we talk?”

“Would it make you feel better if I did? I wouldn’t want you to be uncomfortable.” She glanced at Derek’s wife who was looking over Caroline’s shoulder at Buck and appeared to want to eat him for breakfast. “Brande?”

The woman reluctantly removed her gaze back to Caroline’s face. “I would rather you be dressed.”

“Buck? What do you think?” she asked over her shoulder. He kissed the tip of her nose and smiled.

“Why don’t you at least put your jeans back on? The sweater is your choice. Your nipples are still going to poke at the fabric, though. It’s actually a big turn on to see them all pointy and hard under your shirts.”

He was teasing her, joining her in the play. “Okay.”

When he let her go, Caroline got dressed and led the way to the house. Buck followed close behind Derek and Brande. Without his touch, a little uncertainty set in and some of her bravado started to slip.

Once inside the house, she put on a new pot of coffee while Derek and Brande sat at the kitchen table.

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