If You Hear Her
at 9:30, and this time, h
ndle and he'd found a s
ed in the back of his clos
it wasn't until he was si
that he started
se he let himself think
aiting o
king
e hell was
o be dating righ
and too often, he spent
k mo
material.
nvince himself of that, he
ht? A meal with a pretty l
y, a pretty lady who coul
sation-should be
didn't even have to
e end of the night, they'
ould get her phone number.
ated ab
a
Sitting back at the bar w
onvers
en he said it had been
been months since he'd be
y asked an
Being with Lena? Felt
ery long," she mentioned
ic
obvi
eard the name before if
st name is familiar. You
strange places. A guy c
This was his particular
ded. His grandmother had
everybody who had known
w h
gged and took a sip of h
d I know her health started
few times, though. She se
e w
ad," she murmur
scooped up some mashed p
in his throat. "She was a
u could have given her a
oing this-did you
o know?" A smile t
hat smile had him
to piss my
echoed. Baffled, he set
es becoming a chef warra
f
olves things like knive
led her lips, amused ... an
le death trap for somebody
tective
your
aded from her face. "He's
ntly she reached up, rub
lways pushing me to do wh
ant, but Dad encouraged h
ing me too close. Those overprotective moms yo
them l
rd his and grimaced. "No
we're hav
shoulder against hers an
beats some of the inane c
fe
ssion on her face slowly
Ezra. But let's try to ligh
you t
ngs up, he brooded. Trying
n Lexington until a few mo
ran left me the house, I
s some work on it, and it
yw
st
here to figure ou
hing in his voi
nough to entirely put her
g next to him, she had felt
himself to relax
asn't goi
st, no
asked her
, easy
hought as he followed Len
und the old house. She wa
smiled at him ... well, he c
st, in the wei
e was leaning at the rail
of her hair around her fa
slightly. As thou
he verandah, he stopped
t secretive,
, he decided, and now he
centuries. Trying to under
yeah, he could spend quite
Lena's se
id, tucking his hands in
he reached up and brushe
en in a simple innocent way
ready knew that wasn
for the frust
m g
of figured I'd be
d man," Lena teased, th
ght
terrified my folks might
nd trying n
living in fear
l-out smirk and he was h
h his. "Hey, you've nev
in hardened
She cocked
smile ... her mouth
hing up, he touched the tip
i
ft gasp and he dipped hi
nd I saw you, I wondered
ot find out, can
er brain had just go
mm
back-off?
I don't t
oo
ers, easy and light, kee
red as he traced his tong
colate cheesecake and man.
There was the faintest ras
ailed her fingers along his
he was about how he looke
r the heat
ould
, she moved closer and b
hips, she couldn't help bu
so lean, long and lean. He
rprise. It had already been
down nex
er spine, resting it at
and when he pressed her
his, the shivering got wo
r belly and she rocked clos
ressed again
ried to do that-just migh
lace-just might have lo
attering the calm night a
ir in des
unding so hard, she though
er c
er lips and then she cou
ld taste him. Taste him, a
ss him. Again, and again .
ose all the
g for you," Ezra said,
h?
ver there-staring up here-looks l
Taking a deep breath, she
ter. "The owner's husband
rk
o get going." He stroked
er brow. "Thanks for
itating, she battled down
o smile. "Maybe
init
and in less than two min
ant to leave, though. Actu
ith her, dri
. or the time afte
he didn
t day, or t
imagined that heat betw
rom him, she gave up hop
. In a way she
d wormed his way past t
ie
ly dated a guy in town-R
iked him and they'd been
t hadn't been a shar
a guy she'd fallen for
ling in love with him, al
even after they'd be
hips. That was the sum of
es ... and somehow, some
one date with, he'd mana
gu