The Single Daddy Club Boxed Set by Donna Fasano

Author:Donna Fasano [Fasano, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781939000187
Publisher: Hard Knocks Books
Published: 2013-01-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

His blue eyes clouded over with—What was it? Shyness? Self-consciousness? Indecision? There was no trace of the guilt she'd seen before, that wide-eyed horror that conveyed he thought he'd done something terribly wrong, that look that made even her feel guilty for the kiss they had shared and prompted this need for the discussion they were about to have.

No, this was more of a fearful expression.

But what did a strong, self-assured man like Jason Devlin have to fear from her? She wasn't certain, but she'd seen that odd tension on his face before—on the evening when she'd asked him if he'd wanted to kiss her.

He'd turned her down that night, so she knew she needed to tread easy here. If he wasn't interested, he wasn't interested, and that would be that. But instinct told her something altogether different.

She watched as his eyes closed and he stepped away from her, his head tipping to one side almost timidly. Dear Lord, but this bashfulness was so cute, so… appealing.

He kept his gaze averted, and she began feeling a little nervous herself. Absently tugging on the satin sash of her robe, she asked, "Have I done something wrong? Something to upset you?"

"No," he assured her, finally meeting her gaze. "Oh, no."

Good, she thought, relief flooding her. For a moment there, a horrible idea had passed through her brain, and she felt she might have misread his interest in her altogether. But then she remembered the deliciously intimate kiss they had just shared back in his bedroom, and Katie knew that Jason simply had to feel as attracted to her as she felt to him. She'd have been absolutely brain dead to have misinterpreted.

"Then, would you please talk to me?" she pleaded softly. "These conflicting vibes you're sending out are confusing me. What with the way you're acting now, and the way you acted in the bedroom earlier tonight, I don't know what to think." She lifted her hands, palms up. "Jason—" her voice lowered to a near whisper "—what is it that's happening here between us?"

He raked his fingers through his deep russet hair and glanced around the living room. The awkward, little-boy-lost expression on his face was more than a little endearing.

"I guess," he began haltingly, "after that display back in the bedroom, I don't have to... tell you how I feel. It's got to be pretty damned obvious. But since we do need to talk about... what happened, I guess discussing my feelings would be the best place to start."

She eased herself down onto the sofa cushion, hoping he would follow, but he didn't. He simply stood there a few feet from her, and she could see him struggling with whatever it was that was so obviously churning inside him.

When he didn't continue right away, Katie prompted, "Okay, I'm listening."

He took a couple of steps in one direction, then turned and paced back to his original position. He reached up and scrubbed at the back of his neck. Finally, he focused on her, steady and intent.

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