THE BENNETTS' CHRISTMAS (The Bennett Family and the Masters Family #6) - Brenda Jackson Page 0,100
across her lips and seeing it heightened the beat of his pulse. “You know you have nothing to worry about, right?”
“I’ll always be worried, and extremely thankful.” He paused, then changed the subject. “Are you looking forward to Christmas? It’s next week.”
“I know. It’s hard to believe it’s that close.” She took another sip of her coffee. “Christmas is my favorite holiday. I told you about splitting my time between Dad in New Jersey and Mom in Atlanta. I think of it as celebrating two holidays. What about you? What are your plans?”
“I’ll be going home to Maine. I’m off until after New Year’s, but I’m not sure I’ll stay in Maine the entire time.”
“I’m lucky. My vacation starts Christmas Eve,” she said. “I won’t be due back at the hospital until after New Year’s as well. I think Monica has time off too. We’re both attending the Bennetts’ family reunion, which starts the day after Christmas. If you get back here before New Year’s, you’ll have the entire house to yourself.”
If she thought that would make him happy, she was wrong. “I’d like it better if you were here sharing the house with me.”
She didn’t say anything for a minute, and then she pushed her empty plate aside. “I think we need to talk about the changes that will take place once Monica returns.”
“I’m hoping I can change your mind about them.”
She shook her head. “That won’t be happening, Parker. We were only trying to work all that sexual chemistry out of our system.”
“Do you honestly think we’ve done that, Sebrina?”
“After Monica gets back, there won’t be any other option.”
He shook his head. “There are always options.”
“Not for us, Parker. I thought you understood that.”
“The only thing I know, Sebrina, is that whenever I look at you, I want you. You smile, and I want you more. Whenever I catch your scent, I get hard. When I look at your lips, I remember your taste, in your mouth, between your legs, as well as other places. But it’s not just all sexual. I love the time we’ve spent together outside of the bedroom. All of our outings. I don’t want to give any of that up.”
“You don’t have a choice. Sure, I enjoyed our time together, but—”
“Why don’t I have a choice, when we both know we’re good together? Do you honestly think we can ignore the chemistry again, now that we know how absolutely incredible sex is between us? Even now as we speak, I want to take you right here on this damn table.”
He saw heat that was as fiery as his thoughts were, ignite in her eyes. He knew she was thinking about some of the wickedly wonderful things she’d done with him.
“If you think I won’t be able to resist you, Parker, then watch me. In fact, after Monica returns, I think we should start dating other people again.”
Was she serious? How could she think he’d want another woman after having spent all this time with her?
At least she wanted to spend the next two nights with him. Then, for her, it would be over. But he didn’t intend for anything to be over. Their lives were entwined, and it was meant for them to be together.
Pushing his chair back from the table he stood and went around the table to stand beside her. He offered her his hand and without hesitation, she took it. Then, tugging her up from her seat, he swept her into his arms and took her to the bedroom.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
“WELCOME BACK, MONICA. I missed you,” Sebrina said, giving her sister a hug.
“I’m glad to be back. The cruise was great and I...”
At that moment a man, a very good-looking man, strolled out of the kitchen dressed in jeans and a pullover sweater. And he definitely favored Chris Hemsworth a lot.
Seeing where her attention had gone, Sebrina turned around. “Parker, I’d like you to meet my sister, Monica. Monica, this is our new housemate, Parker Stanhope.”
Monica smiled and extended her hand to him. “Hi, Parker. It’s nice to finally meet you.”
Monica couldn’t help studying Parker. She’d had joint calls with Kennedy and Victoria on her way home from the airport, wanting to know what to expect. For some reason, neither one would elaborate on Sebrina’s relationship with Parker, but both had described him as a very nice and extremely handsome man. They hadn’t lied. But no man in her mind was more handsome than Landon.