The Doctor's Secret Son
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“Which should tell you something.”
She sighed. “That I’m crazy?”
“That there’s something between us.”
More than he knew.
“That doesn’t mean we should act on that something,” she tried to reason, reminding herself that she had to think of Joss, not her crazy body’s reaction to him.
“Should I apologize that I want you still, Chrissie? Do you want me to pretend I don’t find you attractive?”
Her heartbeat thundered in her ears. “If I said yes, would you?”
He studied her a moment, then took on a slight look of remorse. “If you said yes.”
Say no. Say no. Say no.
Chrissie wasn’t sure where the inner voice was coming from, but the phrase beat in perfect rhythm with her racing heart.
“I know you’re struggling with this, Chrissie. I see it in your eyes when you look at me. I felt it in your kiss. You wanted to let go and just feel, but wouldn’t allow yourself.”
He certainly had her pegged.
“My question is why?”
“Been there, done that,” she reminded him.
“Was our time together so bad?”
“No, but I’d like to think I’ve learned a thing or two over the last four years.”
“Such as?”
“Such as I shouldn’t get mixed up with sexy strangers.”
“I’m not a stranger.”
“Sure, you are.”
His brow inched upward. “You believe that?”
“Yes.”
“Then we should get to know each other this weekend.”
She narrowed her gaze suspiciously. “To what purpose?”
“To know each other. There doesn’t have to be a purpose beyond that.”
In the flickering light of the shadows, Chrissie stared at him. Get to know Trace? Why?
What about when Joss asked about his father years down the road?
Simple things like what was his favorite color and had he played sports or had any major childhood illnesses? Shouldn’t she know how to answer her son? Wouldn’t it be horrible to have to say she didn’t know anything beyond the fact that Trace had seemed a likable, good person, and had made her laugh and feel as if she was sexy?
He still made her feel sexy.
Every time his eyes lit on her, they shifted as if molten gold had been poured in their depths. Trace wanted her. Whatever the attraction between them was, it was powerful. The way he looked at her made her feel beautiful, desirable. It was a heady sensation.