THE BENNETTS' CHRISTMAS (The Bennett Family and the Masters Family #6) - Brenda Jackson Page 0,28

her early teens. All her cousins had gone on about how cute Grady was. Now, those same cousins would likely think the same thing about Grady’s nephew.

“I like it. It’s spacious and I love the blue walls. Then again, blue is my favorite color.”

She blinked, realizing he’d spoken. He was looking at her, and she figured he had caught her staring again. Clearing her throat, she said, “I’m glad. Blue is Kennedy’s favorite color as well. This was officially Kennedy’s room, though she rarely slept in here.”

“Why?”

A smile touched Sebrina’s lips. “It was more fun for her to sleep upstairs with us. It was like an ongoing sleepover, the kind we’d have when we were kids.”

“I understand that you, Kennedy, Victoria and Monica were really close growing up.”

She nodded. “I guess Rae’jean told you that.”

He chuckled. “Yes, Rae’jean told me.”

She saw the fondness in his eyes when he mentioned her older cousin who she thought of as an honorary aunt. It was obvious that he and Rae’jean had a close relationship, even though Grady and Rae’jean never married. But then, she knew that Grady and Rae’jean had remained good friends. Rae’jean was even a friend of Grady’s wife and was the godmother to their kids. Sebrina had thought that entire situation odd until she’d asked Rae’jean about it. Her older cousin had told her the whole story. She wondered if Parker knew it.

He raked his fingers though his hair. “Uhmm, I drove straight here and didn’t have the chance to grab anything to eat. Is there a place close by where I can pick up something?”

“Sure. There’s a sandwich shop on the corner. I go there all the time.”

He nodded. “Have you eaten lunch yet?”

His question surprised her. “No.”

“Care to join me? I could use some insight into what I should expect when I get to the hospital.”

She could understand that. Every hospital was different. “I’d be happy to join you.”

“Thanks.”

Then neither said anything for a moment, but just stood there looking at each other. She wondered if he could feel the sexual energy flowing between them. Maybe joining him for lunch was not a good idea. But then, she had never been someone who would let her attraction to a man overrule her common sense, and she wouldn’t start now. She began backing up slowly. “I just need to change my clothes. I’ll be right back.”

“Take your time.”

Sebrina turned and almost ran out of the room, swinging the door closed behind her.

Parker drew in a deep breath. P arts of him were still recovering from what had passed between him and Sebrina Bennett. There was a definite attraction at work here. In fact, he suspected it was a whole lot more than that.

Rae’jean had told him all about her younger cousins—Sebrina, in particular, because they shared the same profession. Rae’jean’s exact words had been...“You’re going to really like Sebrina. She’s a great person...”

But she hadn’t told him how beautiful Sebrina was, or that she possessed a smile that could turn a man’s brain to mush. He shook his head. And, as a neurosurgeon, brains were his specialty. When she had opened the door with a smile, looking super-sexy in a pair of leggings and an oversized t-shirt, he’d nearly swallowed his tongue. There was something about the way she had looked at him with those gorgeous brown eyes that made him glad that he was a man. With just one encounter, every muscle in his body ached with desire.

Ached?

Parker rubbed his hands down his face. He needed to pull himself together. He’d seen beautiful women before, and over the years, he had dated quite a few. But nothing had prepared him for the onslaught of wanting he’d felt for Sebrina Bennett the moment he set eyes on her. He really liked her short, stylish haircut, and the way her curls capped a beautiful face that was a perfect honey brown. She had a cute nose, and rounded chin. Her oval shaped dark eyes were framed by thick ebony lashes and bordered with perfectly arched brows. Then there were those lips. Whether she knew it or not, they were hypnotic, sensual and outright seductive.

But it wasn’t only her face that drew him in. She had high round breasts that tempted him to touch. And her small waist, with just the right curves, would make any man take a second look.

He’d have to make sure his best friend, Evan Maples, didn’t visit any time soon. Evan loved beautiful women—all beautiful women…often