Texas Proud by Diana Palmer

Texas Proud by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-07-13T19:17:48+00:00


Chapter Nine

“Just a sec!” Mikey called in a strained, deep voice.

There was a muffled laugh from the door. “Mandy’s got more coffee. Come on out when your movie finishes.”

“We will. Thanks!” he called back.

The footsteps withdrew.

He let out the breath he’d been holding. Bernie sat beside him as if in a daze, her top still up around her neck, her breasts pressed hard into the thick hair on Mikey’s broad chest. He looked down at her with wonder.

“I guess the jig would have been up if Sari had opened that door,” he laughed.

She smiled dreamily up at him. “I guess.”

He drew in a hard breath. “I suppose we’d better stop while we’re ahead.” He drew back and looked down at her bare breasts with fascination. “Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of women undressed,” he murmured. “But none of them were half as beautiful as you are, honey.” He stroked her soft, firm breast and leaned down, putting his lips reverently to it. “I’ll live on this my whole life.”

Her heart skipped. She just looked at him with everything she felt for him in her green eyes. His jaw clenched. He still wanted her, now more than ever. But he managed some control as he pulled down the bra and fastened it, then drew the sweater down over her waist.

She smiled and fastened the buttons of his shirt. He looked rumpled and his hair was mussed from her hands in it. She loved the way he looked. He was a little flushed, too, and his dark eyes danced as they met hers.

“You’d like Vegas,” he said. “For visits, anyway, it’s an exciting place. Plenty of music and neon lights. An oasis in the desert.”

She put her hands on his chest, over the buttoned shirt. “I don’t guess you’d like a little Texas town that draws the sidewalks in at dusk,” she said without meeting his eyes.

“I’d like wherever you called home, Bernie,” he said solemnly. “We come from different places. But that doesn’t mean both of us can’t adapt to something else, even if it’s just for a little while.” He bent and kissed her very softly. “I didn’t want to stop. You go to my head like whiskey. It was like sailing on the clouds.”

She laughed and pressed close. “For me, too.”

His arms contracted, holding her close and rocking her. “We’d better finish watching the movie. There may be a quiz after.”

She laughed with pure delight. “Okay.”

He drew her gently down beside him and clasped her hand tight in his. They watched the screen until the credits came on. Mikey turned off the entertainment center and drew Bernie along with him out the door and into the kitchen.

Paul and Sari looked up as they came into the room. Both were grinning.

“Yeah, we got a little friendly,” Mikey said defensively. “It was me, mostly.”

“It was me, too,” she said, and smiled up at him.

“You don’t need to excuse anything to us,” Paul chuckled. “We’ve only been married three years.”

“He means, we’re still on our honeymoon,” Sari teased.



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