Ruby Tuesday by Mari Carr Page B

hence Riley’s confusion.
    “You have a chance to gain some real experience in the bedroom. I can’t even begin to imagine what tricks Sky Mitchell must have up his sleeve as a lover. I bet he could fuck curls into that straight red hair of yours. Besides, this is something you can tell your children, your grandchildren.”
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    “I’m going to tell my grandchildren that I had sex with Sky Mitchell?”
    “Think about it, Teag. If Mom had pulled us aside and confessed to fucking Elvis before marrying Pop, you would have been impressed. Admit it.” Riley said the words with such assurance, Teagan couldn’t do anything but laugh. Her sister’s warped vision of the world never failed to amuse her.
    “I’ve never really thought of that, but I guess some small part of me might have thought that was cool. Maybe.” Actually, Teagan thought she would have been more impressed to know for sure that her mother had never slept with any man except her father, the love of her life. Sadly, her mother had died when Teagan was sixteen and she had never had a chance to ask her mother the questions that burned in the back of her adult mind. Had her mother waited until after marriage? Had she regretted waiting?
    “So you’ll do it?” Riley asked.
    “Do what?”
    “Seduce Sky,” Riley said impatiently. “Haven’t you been listening?”
    “I’ve listened and I’ve heard. I’ll think about it, Riley.”
    “Don’t think. Do.”
    Teagan smiled and lay back down on her bed. “It’s too early to do anything right now. Do you mind if I sleep a few more hours before jumping Sky Mitchell’s bones? If he’s as wonderful as you seem to think, I’ll need my rest.” Riley laughed, clearly appeased. “Sleep sounds good.” Her sister crawled into bed and Teagan shook her head in amazement as Riley drifted off to sleep instantly. It was an incredible talent her sister possessed and she was terribly jealous of the other woman’s ability to fall asleep within seconds of laying her head on the pillow. Teagan, on the other hand, couldn’t settle down to rest as her mind replayed Riley’s words.
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    As he repeatedly liked to point out, Sky was a rock star. No doubt women fell into his bed like coins in a wishing well. There was no way she’d allow herself to become just another nameless face on his list of sexual conquests.
    Was there?
    For the first time in her life, she felt the principles she’d tried to live by wavering.
    She was tempted in ways she’d never faced and she wasn’t sure she’d have the strength to continue to refuse Sky’s advances. Truth of the matter was, her somewhat old-fashioned ideals had never been tested because she’d never met a man she wanted to sleep with. Until Sky. He was attractive, funny, talented and…shit. She sighed heavily.
    If he was a normal stranger off the street and they’d met in some ordinary way, she would definitely have said yes to a date with him. And she would have come upstairs after that first date full of anticipation and hope for a second.
    But he wasn’t normal. He was Sky Mitchell. And she was screwed.
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Chapter Four
    Teagan returned home from the preschool the next day feeling apprehensive, nervous. She’d snuck out of the apartment this morning like a thief as she’d tiptoed down the hallway and out the door far too early. She’d had to kill nearly an hour at a local coffee shop before the preschool even opened. Her restlessness in the face of Riley’s bizarre sex lecture had left her out of sorts and confused and she’d run away rather than try to face Sky.
    Now she’d had too much time to think about it all and she was on the verge of a serious panic attack. Or at least that’s what she assumed this was. She was usually the queen of calm.
    Shit. She never lost control of herself like this, but the thought of facing Sky while images of red-hot sex flashed through her mind seemed impossible. Sky would be able to