Page 58 (1/2)

She walked into the kitchen, prepared to find Sadie and Jeb sitting at the kitchen table reading the paper and drinking a cup of coffee with John But they weren’t there Just Brody Only Brody Brody lowered the paper and peered over the top of it She only saw his eyes but she saw theray turned to steel as his eyes raked over her body frolance

Lou took a deep breath and turned to pour herself a cup of coffee Strong arht kiss on her neck She jumped and then leaned back into hi,” he murmured as his lips traveled across her shoulder, his hands pressed firmly to her belly

“Morning,” she said quietly, her head thrown back on his shoulder Her pulse began to quicken

“You sleep okay?” he asked against her throat

“Like a baby,” she responded

“No nightmares?”

“Not a one”

He turned her around in his arms Her hands automatically went around his neck Her eyes smiled into his

“That?

??s aht of sleep you’ve had in weeks”

“Ain to describe it How did you sleep?” she asked

“I had this lovely lady with her botto her just moments before, how do you think I slept?”

“Poorly?”

“Nope I woke up a few times,” his lips touched tenderly to hers “I wanted to ravish you again but I didn’t I aentleman”

“Why didn’t you?”