article.”
“Does
that mean no, don’t put it into the article?”
“That’s
what it damn well means.” A vein pulsed at the side of his forehead. She’d
never known Connor to have a temper, but he looked as pissed as hell. She’d
been put on more equal footing than she’d intended. Best to let him stew on the
information and for her to get the hell out of the store.
Jennifer
stood. “What day will be convenient to spend some time with you?”
“Check
with Betty and we’ll set something up for maybe next week.” He looked at his watch. “If you don’t mind I
have to go see someone on urgent business.”
“Sure
and I look forward to spending the day with you.”
She
extended her hand. At first she thought that maybe he was going to ignore it,
but then he finally slipped his into her waiting palm. He gave it a firm grip
while looking her directly in the eye. He was too late on taking her virginity.
Some guy had done that in college, but that didn’t mean a girl had to give up
on fantasizing about the two of them getting horizontal. The bulge in his jeans
wasn’t so apparent now, which made her think he did have a hard on earlier.
Showed she was in with a chance. Also, it proved that the information she’d
shared with him was new to him and without a doubt had taken the edge off his
arousal.
Connor
finally let go of her hand. She turned and left. She headed out the door,
making her way back to the parking lot but decided to stop and take one quick
look. She smiled. Clearly he wasn’t in that urgent of a rush because he had his
nose against the window pane watching her.
Chapter Two
Today
wasn’t going at all like he’d imagined. First of all Jennifer Nealon had walked
through his door. What had happened to her? The once nerdy girl with the tea
saucers for glasses and chunky body had turned into a sex goddess. She wore no glasses,
and her auburn hair hung in light waves around her face. She had pretty blue
eyes he could actually see now that the lenses were gone. And she had a body
that had gone from chubby to downright curvylicious .
He’d been lost for words when he’d first set eyes on her after all this time.
His body had reacted in a way that any man’s would. Blood had rushed to his
dick, giving him a hard on that made him fantasize about bending her over the
copier, pulling down her panties, and taking her.
She’d
always been smart, a straight A student, and now she had looks that matched her
intelligence. That was double trouble for any guy to fight off.
Then
she’d told him about Sarah, his ancestor who’d been the mail order bride. He’d
lied when he’d told her he knew about her being with two men. He knew all about
Jon Nolan-Delaney, but apparently not enough. Like the man’s name was Delaney
and Nolan had come from Shaun, who’d also messed around with his ancestor.
She’d had four possible bastards. He was descended from one of them. Did that
make him a bastard too?
Connor
hadn’t liked lying about knowing, but he wanted time to get more information
and to do some damage control before this got out. He was guessing not many
folks around town knew about it or he would have heard gossip by now.
Did
his sister know about this? He’d go pay her a visit.
“Betty,
I’m just going out to see Katy.”
Betty
put her head around the door out back.
“Everything okay?”
“Fine,
and could you call Jennifer and tell her any day’s fine with me if she wants to
follow me around. Maybe the day I go to the school and chamber of commerce.”
He
would have been looking forward to spending the day with her had it not been
for the bombshell she’d just dropped on him.
“Will
do,” said Betty.
Connor
grabbed his cowboy hat, stuck it on his head, and headed outside. He’d been
right about the heat. Not yet noon and it was already baking in the sun. He
felt like getting some air to clear his head. He’d walk instead of drive to his
sister’s store.
His
“Does
that mean no, don’t put it into the article?”
“That’s
what it damn well means.” A vein pulsed at the side of his forehead. She’d
never known Connor to have a temper, but he looked as pissed as hell. She’d
been put on more equal footing than she’d intended. Best to let him stew on the
information and for her to get the hell out of the store.
Jennifer
stood. “What day will be convenient to spend some time with you?”
“Check
with Betty and we’ll set something up for maybe next week.” He looked at his watch. “If you don’t mind I
have to go see someone on urgent business.”
“Sure
and I look forward to spending the day with you.”
She
extended her hand. At first she thought that maybe he was going to ignore it,
but then he finally slipped his into her waiting palm. He gave it a firm grip
while looking her directly in the eye. He was too late on taking her virginity.
Some guy had done that in college, but that didn’t mean a girl had to give up
on fantasizing about the two of them getting horizontal. The bulge in his jeans
wasn’t so apparent now, which made her think he did have a hard on earlier.
Showed she was in with a chance. Also, it proved that the information she’d
shared with him was new to him and without a doubt had taken the edge off his
arousal.
Connor
finally let go of her hand. She turned and left. She headed out the door,
making her way back to the parking lot but decided to stop and take one quick
look. She smiled. Clearly he wasn’t in that urgent of a rush because he had his
nose against the window pane watching her.
Chapter Two
Today
wasn’t going at all like he’d imagined. First of all Jennifer Nealon had walked
through his door. What had happened to her? The once nerdy girl with the tea
saucers for glasses and chunky body had turned into a sex goddess. She wore no glasses,
and her auburn hair hung in light waves around her face. She had pretty blue
eyes he could actually see now that the lenses were gone. And she had a body
that had gone from chubby to downright curvylicious .
He’d been lost for words when he’d first set eyes on her after all this time.
His body had reacted in a way that any man’s would. Blood had rushed to his
dick, giving him a hard on that made him fantasize about bending her over the
copier, pulling down her panties, and taking her.
She’d
always been smart, a straight A student, and now she had looks that matched her
intelligence. That was double trouble for any guy to fight off.
Then
she’d told him about Sarah, his ancestor who’d been the mail order bride. He’d
lied when he’d told her he knew about her being with two men. He knew all about
Jon Nolan-Delaney, but apparently not enough. Like the man’s name was Delaney
and Nolan had come from Shaun, who’d also messed around with his ancestor.
She’d had four possible bastards. He was descended from one of them. Did that
make him a bastard too?
Connor
hadn’t liked lying about knowing, but he wanted time to get more information
and to do some damage control before this got out. He was guessing not many
folks around town knew about it or he would have heard gossip by now.
Did
his sister know about this? He’d go pay her a visit.
“Betty,
I’m just going out to see Katy.”
Betty
put her head around the door out back.
“Everything okay?”
“Fine,
and could you call Jennifer and tell her any day’s fine with me if she wants to
follow me around. Maybe the day I go to the school and chamber of commerce.”
He
would have been looking forward to spending the day with her had it not been
for the bombshell she’d just dropped on him.
“Will
do,” said Betty.
Connor
grabbed his cowboy hat, stuck it on his head, and headed outside. He’d been
right about the heat. Not yet noon and it was already baking in the sun. He
felt like getting some air to clear his head. He’d walk instead of drive to his
sister’s store.
His