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try to pacify me by
making it up to me.”
“I‘m not.”
She looked up and saw the seriousness on his face. “Are you sure?”
“I should be asking you that. I can‘t figure out what you could want with an old
man like me.”
A true smile came to Lauryn‘s face. “You‘re only thirty.”
“Eight years older than you.”
“Well, regardless of the age, I‘m interested in going out—” She paused, a look of
worry crossing her face. “Wait, before we do this. What about Hannah?”
“I think we should approach it slowly. Hannah has made it clear to me on
several occasions that she wants a mother. I don‘t want her, or anyone else, jumping
to conclusions. I want to take this slow. See what we have between us first before we
bring her into it. Besides, you know as well as I do she‘ll be excited. Hannah adores
you.”
She wanted to ask him if he felt the same, but there was no way she could
squeeze the words out. Steve saved her by speaking first. He ran his hands down her
arms, making her shiver. “Now, let‘s round everyone up and get out of here a little
early today.”
“Sounds good to me,” she managed to murmur.
She just wanted to get somewhere and sit down before she fell down. It had
taken all of her strength to ask Steve out, the last of which had disappeared when he
touched her. She had never wanted a man so badly in her life. It scared her. She had
already taken one chance by accepting his job offer, now another in asking him out.
Still, she was more than willing to take this one to get to know him on a more
personal level.
Chapter Four
Lauryn tried on her third dress, groaning in frustration. Maybe this was why
she never dated. All the preparation for going out was nerve-racking. She reached for
the fourth one she‘d picked out. That didn‘t look right either. She took off the
disappointing fabric and picked up the last outfit. If this dress didn‘t work, she was
going to have a fit.
She felt kind of foolish because she was fretting and it wasn‘t like her to fret.
Cool, calm, and collected was normally what she was. Taking a deep breath, she
stepped into the dress and smiled. This was the one she was going to wear. It was
perfect.
“Johanna, could you zip me up?”
Johanna called out from across the hall. “Yeah, just a second.”
Johanna had come over to pick up Hannah for the slumber party she‘d planned
for the girls and Lauryn had talked her into staying to help her get dressed. Tonight
Steve was making good on the date he‘d promised her, but they were going to stay
close to the house since bad weather was forecast.
Still, she was excited about tonight just for the simple fact it was her first real
date. The guy she‘d given her virginity to hadn‘t really been a date in her opinion. He‘d
taken her to a burger place to pick up some food, and then they had gone and parked
by the lake. It didn‘t take a genius to figure out what happened from there. That was
the last time she had focused any attention on a man other than her father, basically
because her first lover had proven her father right.
Not wanting to think about bad memories on a good night, she crossed the
room and went to stand in front of the mirror. The knee-length spaghetti-strap dress
was going to have Steve‘s jaw clanging to the ground.
The form-fitting black knit dress was a little snug around her bottom, but Steve
seemed to like her shape. She had caught him staring on more than one occasion
recently, so why not show it? Johanna walked into her bedroom and whistled.
“Wow. You look great. Steve just might start drooling.”
Lauryn felt her cheeks heat at the compliment. “Thanks. I just hope you‘re
right.”
“Trust me on this one. He‘ll be drooling.”
A short time later she realized Johanna had been right. Steve hadn‘t taken his
eyes off her since she‘d come downstairs. Lauryn glanced across the table at Steve
when he
making it up to me.”
“I‘m not.”
She looked up and saw the seriousness on his face. “Are you sure?”
“I should be asking you that. I can‘t figure out what you could want with an old
man like me.”
A true smile came to Lauryn‘s face. “You‘re only thirty.”
“Eight years older than you.”
“Well, regardless of the age, I‘m interested in going out—” She paused, a look of
worry crossing her face. “Wait, before we do this. What about Hannah?”
“I think we should approach it slowly. Hannah has made it clear to me on
several occasions that she wants a mother. I don‘t want her, or anyone else, jumping
to conclusions. I want to take this slow. See what we have between us first before we
bring her into it. Besides, you know as well as I do she‘ll be excited. Hannah adores
you.”
She wanted to ask him if he felt the same, but there was no way she could
squeeze the words out. Steve saved her by speaking first. He ran his hands down her
arms, making her shiver. “Now, let‘s round everyone up and get out of here a little
early today.”
“Sounds good to me,” she managed to murmur.
She just wanted to get somewhere and sit down before she fell down. It had
taken all of her strength to ask Steve out, the last of which had disappeared when he
touched her. She had never wanted a man so badly in her life. It scared her. She had
already taken one chance by accepting his job offer, now another in asking him out.
Still, she was more than willing to take this one to get to know him on a more
personal level.
Chapter Four
Lauryn tried on her third dress, groaning in frustration. Maybe this was why
she never dated. All the preparation for going out was nerve-racking. She reached for
the fourth one she‘d picked out. That didn‘t look right either. She took off the
disappointing fabric and picked up the last outfit. If this dress didn‘t work, she was
going to have a fit.
She felt kind of foolish because she was fretting and it wasn‘t like her to fret.
Cool, calm, and collected was normally what she was. Taking a deep breath, she
stepped into the dress and smiled. This was the one she was going to wear. It was
perfect.
“Johanna, could you zip me up?”
Johanna called out from across the hall. “Yeah, just a second.”
Johanna had come over to pick up Hannah for the slumber party she‘d planned
for the girls and Lauryn had talked her into staying to help her get dressed. Tonight
Steve was making good on the date he‘d promised her, but they were going to stay
close to the house since bad weather was forecast.
Still, she was excited about tonight just for the simple fact it was her first real
date. The guy she‘d given her virginity to hadn‘t really been a date in her opinion. He‘d
taken her to a burger place to pick up some food, and then they had gone and parked
by the lake. It didn‘t take a genius to figure out what happened from there. That was
the last time she had focused any attention on a man other than her father, basically
because her first lover had proven her father right.
Not wanting to think about bad memories on a good night, she crossed the
room and went to stand in front of the mirror. The knee-length spaghetti-strap dress
was going to have Steve‘s jaw clanging to the ground.
The form-fitting black knit dress was a little snug around her bottom, but Steve
seemed to like her shape. She had caught him staring on more than one occasion
recently, so why not show it? Johanna walked into her bedroom and whistled.
“Wow. You look great. Steve just might start drooling.”
Lauryn felt her cheeks heat at the compliment. “Thanks. I just hope you‘re
right.”
“Trust me on this one. He‘ll be drooling.”
A short time later she realized Johanna had been right. Steve hadn‘t taken his
eyes off her since she‘d come downstairs. Lauryn glanced across the table at Steve
when he
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