dreams. Why wasn’t she good enough?
He cupped her face in his hands, staring down into her eyes. “Are you afraid that once I see you in a swim suit, I won’t want to get to know you better?”
She closed her eyes, unable to meet his. “Yes, I am. I know it makes no sense, but that’s exactly what I’m worried about.”
He shook his head, leaning down and brushing her lips softly with his. “Well, you want to get rid of me, right? Don’t you think it’s smart to get it over with? Just in case I do run?”
She sighed “Probably. It’s been nice knowing you.” Her eyes opened, and she looked up into his. “How ‘bout one more real kiss for me to live on forever before we swim?”
“How shallow do you think I am?”
“You’re used to being surrounded by perfection.” May shrugged. “Just kiss me.”
He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers, determined to show her how much he cared in the only way he knew how. She wouldn’t listen to him, so maybe he could communicate this way.
Her lips parted for him, and she wrapped her arms around his neck. She pressed against him, realizing her robe had come open, and she could feel his hard chest against her breasts, which had flattened between them.
He moved his hands inside her robe and around her, pulling her even closer against him. His hands stroked her back through the thin fabric of her suit. “I think you have an incredible body,” he whispered against her ear.
She pulled back, looking up at him, her lips swollen from his kiss. “You don’t have to lie to me.”
“Are you back to thinking I’m a professional liar?”
She nodded. “The one thing I don’t understand is what you’re getting out of all this. I’ve already told you I’m not sleeping with you. What do you want from me?”
He grinned, his hand stroking her cheek. “I want you . All of you. I want your love every day for the rest of my life.”
She stepped back and shrugged her robe off her shoulders, throwing it onto a lounger a few feet away. Standing in front of him, she let him look his fill, before she waded into the pool.
One of the selling points of this house for her had been the pool. It was heated, and she had been sure she would use it all but the coldest months of the year. She didn’t use it nearly enough to pay for the chemicals she put into it, but she still loved it.
Bob walked in after May, wondering what else he had to do to convince her. He’d started her book the night before, but he’d been so tired, he hadn’t gotten past the first couple of pages. “I like how your butt looks in your suit.”
May gasped, turning around and looking at him. “That was highly inappropriate!”
“Probably. But I only have a week to convince you my feelings for you are eternal, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I can’t do that by staying appropriate.”
“Are you trying to drive me batty?” she asked, glaring at him.
“Why would I try to drive you batty? I don’t want a crazy woman for a wife.” He trailed his finger across her shoulder, over her strap, and down her arm. “Or for the mother of my children.”
“Children?”
“Well, yeah. You want kids, don’t you? I saw how good you were with that little girl at the airport.”
“She was sweet, wasn’t she?”
He nodded, his eyes never leaving hers. “I was a lot more impressed by the woman reading her all those books, though. I liked the voices.”
She laughed. “My college didn’t have a degree in creative writing, so my degree is in oral interpretation of literature, with a minor in creative writing. So technically, I have a degree in reading aloud.”
“I have a degree in history education with a minor in theater. My mom said no child of hers was going to major in theater. I had to get something I could actually do something with.” He grinned down at her. “If they ever decide to kill off Bob on Lazy Love , I can fall back on a career teaching high school
He cupped her face in his hands, staring down into her eyes. “Are you afraid that once I see you in a swim suit, I won’t want to get to know you better?”
She closed her eyes, unable to meet his. “Yes, I am. I know it makes no sense, but that’s exactly what I’m worried about.”
He shook his head, leaning down and brushing her lips softly with his. “Well, you want to get rid of me, right? Don’t you think it’s smart to get it over with? Just in case I do run?”
She sighed “Probably. It’s been nice knowing you.” Her eyes opened, and she looked up into his. “How ‘bout one more real kiss for me to live on forever before we swim?”
“How shallow do you think I am?”
“You’re used to being surrounded by perfection.” May shrugged. “Just kiss me.”
He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers, determined to show her how much he cared in the only way he knew how. She wouldn’t listen to him, so maybe he could communicate this way.
Her lips parted for him, and she wrapped her arms around his neck. She pressed against him, realizing her robe had come open, and she could feel his hard chest against her breasts, which had flattened between them.
He moved his hands inside her robe and around her, pulling her even closer against him. His hands stroked her back through the thin fabric of her suit. “I think you have an incredible body,” he whispered against her ear.
She pulled back, looking up at him, her lips swollen from his kiss. “You don’t have to lie to me.”
“Are you back to thinking I’m a professional liar?”
She nodded. “The one thing I don’t understand is what you’re getting out of all this. I’ve already told you I’m not sleeping with you. What do you want from me?”
He grinned, his hand stroking her cheek. “I want you . All of you. I want your love every day for the rest of my life.”
She stepped back and shrugged her robe off her shoulders, throwing it onto a lounger a few feet away. Standing in front of him, she let him look his fill, before she waded into the pool.
One of the selling points of this house for her had been the pool. It was heated, and she had been sure she would use it all but the coldest months of the year. She didn’t use it nearly enough to pay for the chemicals she put into it, but she still loved it.
Bob walked in after May, wondering what else he had to do to convince her. He’d started her book the night before, but he’d been so tired, he hadn’t gotten past the first couple of pages. “I like how your butt looks in your suit.”
May gasped, turning around and looking at him. “That was highly inappropriate!”
“Probably. But I only have a week to convince you my feelings for you are eternal, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I can’t do that by staying appropriate.”
“Are you trying to drive me batty?” she asked, glaring at him.
“Why would I try to drive you batty? I don’t want a crazy woman for a wife.” He trailed his finger across her shoulder, over her strap, and down her arm. “Or for the mother of my children.”
“Children?”
“Well, yeah. You want kids, don’t you? I saw how good you were with that little girl at the airport.”
“She was sweet, wasn’t she?”
He nodded, his eyes never leaving hers. “I was a lot more impressed by the woman reading her all those books, though. I liked the voices.”
She laughed. “My college didn’t have a degree in creative writing, so my degree is in oral interpretation of literature, with a minor in creative writing. So technically, I have a degree in reading aloud.”
“I have a degree in history education with a minor in theater. My mom said no child of hers was going to major in theater. I had to get something I could actually do something with.” He grinned down at her. “If they ever decide to kill off Bob on Lazy Love , I can fall back on a career teaching high school
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