A Brother's Honor (Grangers) - By Brenda Jackson Page 0,115
right to know. But the one thing she would not do is allow him to feel obligated in any way. She was financially able to raise a child on her own without depending on any man. However, that didn’t mean she wouldn’t expect him to do right by his child.
But then, the other side of her mind reasoned, it’s a child he didn’t ask for and you don’t know if he even wants a family. He asked, and you assured him you were on the pill and therefore protected. He might think it was entrapment.
The thought of him believing such a thing sent chills down her body.
She stood and began pacing. She was probably getting worked up over nothing. Chances were she was fine and that there was a reason she was late and felt nauseated this morning. She would clear things up when she got home and took that test. When it showed it was a false scare, she would drink a glass of wine, shower and go to bed.
She smiled, thinking that sounded like a good plan.
Shana turned at the brisk knock on her door. Before she could call out for the person to come in, Jace opened the door and closed it behind him and locked it. He then braced against the door and stared at her. “I wanted to see you earlier, but I had a meeting.”
“I know,” she said softly, knowing at that moment how much she loved him. “You’re seeing me now.”
A smile fanned across his face. “I am, aren’t I?”
He strode across the room, and when he reached her, he pulled her into his arms and captured her mouth in his. And it was a kiss that had her feeling weak in the knees from how expertly his tongue was mating with hers, long and greedily.
Her body slid effortlessly closer to his, and he tightened his hold while deepening the kiss. The heat from his body was burning up her senses, stoking her hunger for him and surging her into a mist of desire so thick she couldn’t think logically.
So she didn’t.
All she wanted to think about and concentrate on were the sensations this kiss was making her feel and how easily her body was responding. Her hands couldn’t stay still, and she reached up and caressed the side of his face where their mouths were joined and stroked his warm, smooth skin. She loved him. God, she loved him, and whether or not he loved her back, she never wanted to lose this. Being the woman he wanted.
Moments later, he broke off the kiss and whispered against her moist lips, “I needed that.” He refused to release her from his arms.
She smiled up at him. “So did I. What about your father? Did you get a chance to talk to him?”
He nodded. “Yes.” He then told her what was said.
She didn’t say anything for a minute and then asked, “What do you think your dad meant by saying your mother could have been involved in something?”
“I don’t know, baby, but I intend to find out.”
Baby. She wondered if it was a slip of the tongue and whether he even realized he’d said it.
He glanced at his watch. “I have a three o’clock meeting, so I need to go. What are you doing later tonight? Around seven?”
She thought of the pregnancy kit and pushed it out of her mind. “Nothing.”
“May I drop by?”
“Yes.”
He smiled and brushed a kiss across her lips. “Okay, I’ll see you then.”
She wanted to let it go and couldn’t. He hadn’t brought up his ex-wife, so she decided to do so. “And how is Eve?”
He turned around before reaching the door and shoved his hands in his pockets. “Right now, Eve’s situation is rather complicated. She needed a place to stay for a week, and I’m helping her out.”
Shana fought the disappointment that settled around her heart. “A week?”
“Yes. I’ve put her up in a hotel.”
He’d put his ex-wife up in a hotel? “That’s very generous of you.”
“Yes, it is.” He then walked back over to Shana. Pulling her into his arms, he brushed a kiss across her lips. “I’m involved with you now. Don’t worry about Eve.”
She nodded. “Okay.”
She watched as he walked back to the door, unlocked it and then walked out of her office. He hadn’t wanted her to worry about Eve. Was it because the woman meant nothing to him anymore? He certainly hadn’t acted as if he was glad to see her this morning.