Sally sipped her drink, watching him work. His muscles bunched and strained as he nailed new boards to her porch. Would he look like that if he was nailing her? She flushed with the idea. She must go do some chores. She couldn't sit her and stare at him. She was getting all the wrong ideas.Looking out over her property, she tried not to look back at Sebastian. She liked the sight of him. It woke up her lady parts. Oh, they were alive and humming. If he looked at her the right way, her pants would fall off.She shook herself."You okay?" he said.He'd paused, with a board in his hand. Sweat rolled down his chest that had just the right amount of hair on it. Not too much. Not too little. None on his back. "I'm fine. I'm just making a mental list of all that I have to get done.""I understand that. I do that every morning before I get out of bed."Oh, crap. Now she had a picture of him in bed. Shirtless. Under the covers. His hair rumpled. His eyes a little sleepy. She'd bet his voice wa
"Yeah. My truck won't start. My brother can't come and give me a jump for an hour."Sally pondered the possibilities. There was enough food for both of them. She couldn't just let him sit in his truck while she ate. Pushing the door open farther, she motioned him inside. "Come in. I'll feed you dinner while you wait."He put up his hands, not moving from the doorstep. "You don't have to do that."She eyed him. He looked tired and a big guy like that was probably hungry. "Yeah, I do. I'd feel guilty if I did any less. I have plenty. I don't know how to cook for one."She didn't. She'd cooked for her family for years. Soon she'd be cooking for guests. More than just herself. She ate leftovers more nights than not because she always made so much. He cocked his head, a lock of hair falling across his forehead. He had those forearms that spoke of hard work. As if they'd been sculpted from marble. "You sure I'm not putting you out?"He stood on the doorstep. He was adorable in his shyness.
Sally couldn't believe that those words had actually come out of her mouth. Sebastian wasn't running from her house. She knew she wasn't the ideal woman, but she was good in bed. She knew this. She'd bet he was good in bed. She took another spoonful of her soup. Sebastian stared at her with his spoon halfway to his mouth. Maybe the thought appalled him. Maybe he'd lost his appetite and couldn't imagine having sex with her. She was about to run from the room. From embarrassment. Had she really just propositioned this man that she'd only met hours before? Life was lonely out here. Too lonely. Clearly, she had to update her online dating profile and get back on that horse. Sebastian put down his spoon. She could see him swallowing hard, his Adam's apple moving up and down. She'd shocked him and now she had no idea how to get out of this situation. She'd never had anyone turn her down, but she hadn't asked too many men to share her bed. Most men thought she was desperate because of her
"You are so beautiful, Sally."She smiled. Sebastian would have thought he'd given her gold. Had no one ever told her that? Had someone told her she was ugly? That was a sin. He would have to make it up to her. At least for tonight. He wasn't ready to make any promises past now.She blushed a little and he wanted to make up for all those assholes that had come before him. They were idiots. He unhooked her bra, letting her nice rack loose. Rosy nipples stood at attention as if peering at him. He took one breast in each hand, licking his lips. "These are amazing."He knelt down to worship them.***Sebastian had said she was beautiful. Of course he liked her tits. Every man did. That wasn't surprising, but he'd stopped and told her that she was beautiful. Took away her breath. Almost made her want to cry. He hadn't just ripped off her clothes or expected a blowjob. He wanted to have sex with her. Please her. Damn. Maybe there was more to Sebastian than she realized. Maybe he wasn't lik
Sally woke up, wondering why she was sore. Had she worked that hard yesterday? Oh. Wait. Sebastian. She sat up, pulling the covers over her naked breasts. He was gone. She sighed. Part of her was happy. Part of her was disappointed. Then she heard a noise downstairs. Crap. Someone was in her house. She snagged her robe and wrapped it around her. Then she grabbed the bat from under the bed. Creeping down the steps, she tried to figure out where the person was. In the kitchen. Okay. Not the best place to steal anything. Her valuables, what little she had, were not in the kitchen. She tiptoed to the door.Sebastian. Wearing just jeans. No shirt. No shoes. Took her breath away. He was beyond sexy. He was also cooking breakfast from what she could smell. He stood looking out the back window. It was her favorite view also. He spun around. She felt silly with the bat in her hand. His gaze went to the bat then back to her face, a wry grin on his face. "I thought I had an intruder."That g
Sally tapped her foot on the porch as Sebastian came back up on it. She had her arms crossed. "What the hell was that?""What?" he looked at her wide-eyed. Innocent. As if he had no idea what he did."What were you saying to that man?""That he shouldn't call you a chick and that he shouldn't ogle you. I wish you didn't go out on the porch in just your robe.""Who the hell are you to tell me what to do? And if I want to be ogled I will be." She went up on tiptoes to get into his face. "By any man I want. You don't own me."He stepped back his hands up between them. "Whoa. I was defending your honor.""It isn't yours to defend. We slept together. You don't suddenly have domain over my body.""I wasn't assuming I did. I was being a gentleman. I don't think men should openly gawk at a woman. Especially not when she's on her own property."She eyed him. "I don't like when a man assumes he owns me.""I don't own you, Sally. I would never assume to do that. I just don't think it was right o
Someone knocked on the front door. Sally wasn't expecting anyone, but she opened it without looking. Big mistake."Hello, Sally," Colin Chambers, her abusive ex-husband, said.A chill went down Sally's spine. She knew this day might happen. She'd hoped it wouldn't. Her tracks had been covered, but clearly not well enough. He must've heard about her aunt willing her this property.She wished Sebastian was here. At least there'd be someone with her. Oh, Sebastian.Her heart roared in her chest, knowing that she had to stand up to him at least one more time. The restraining order clearly wasn't helping her.Sally tried to close the door, but Colin put his foot in the way. "Not happy to see me, Sally?""No. I'm not.""Well, that disappoints me."She had no idea how she was getting out of this. Her phone was charging in the kitchen, but she didn't want to run that way. She couldn't get there fast enough. Colin could run fast. He was an avid outdoorsman and kept himself in good shape."We s
Sebastian didn't like stepping away from a problem. He'd rather solve it, but he'd learned in the short time that he knew Sally, that she wasn't interested in his domineering ways. When the argument was important, when the situation warranted it, he would be the alpha male. He wasn't sure yet if this was one of those situations. He still wanted to know who that man was. Sally had clearly been frightened of him. Her white face told him so. He didn't want her to feel that way or think that she was alone in the world.If she realized she was his mate, she would have a whole den behind her. Mostly his brothers and himself, but there would be others in their far-flung family.She didn't need to be alone in the world. She didn't need to do it all herself. He went to work on the porch, taking his frustration out on the screws his was using to hold down the boards. He wanted to talk to him mother, but that wasn't possible. His brothers might not have any insight into how to deal with this si