Sins of the Past
devastating. Lorna tightened her grip on the wrench to keep from throwing it at him.
    “I don’t think we have anything to talk about.” She knew she was being a bitch, but Lorna didn’t care. She couldn’t let him back into her heart.
    “I think we do. I don’t know what happened between us, but I miss you.”
    Jacob moved toward her and Lorna backed up with each step he took until her back hit the wall and she had nowhere else to go.
    “Look at me Lorna.”
    She shivered at the feel of his warm breath on her cheek and shook her head. She couldn’t look at him. Lorna couldn’t look up into the eyes of the man she had been falling for. She had missed him like crazy as well and if she looked at him, then she would lose all of her resolve and do something stupid like throw herself at his big feet and beg him to choose her over Ashley.
    “Look at me, baby.” Jacob gripped her chin between his fingers and turned, giving her no choice. “Tell me what I did so I can apologize and we can move past this. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you for the past two days.”
    The sincerity showing in his eyes made Lorna weak in the knees. “I won’t compete with her. I won’t give her the satisfaction.” She knew she wasn’t making any sense to him by the way Jacob frowned at her. “Ashley. I saw you letting her in your house the other morning. You know how I feel about her.”
    She watched as the light entered Jacob’s eyes and he understood exactly what she was talking about. Instead of starting to babble excuses like she had expected, the bastard just grinned, which infuriated Lorna. “Don’t you dare laugh at me,” she said as she started hitting his chest. “I know what I saw. Was she any good? I bet she was with all the experience she has. You better go get yourself checked. You never know what kind of creepy crawlies you have down there now.”
    At her last statement, Jacob started laughing out loud. “Jerk,” Lorna muttered and started to push against his chest so she could get away from him. There was no way she was going to stand there while he laughed at her, but the gigantic man refused to move from where he had her pinned against the wall. She growled and resisted the urge to cross her arms over her chest and stomp her feet like a three-year-old. There was no way she would give him the satisfaction of seeing her throw a tantrum.
    “It sounds to me like you’re jealous,” Jacob said between laughs. “You have nothing to worry about between me and Ashley. She isn’t the one I want.”
    Before Lorna could respond, Jacob pressed his lips against hers. She tried to hold herself stiff against him, but the man knew how to kiss. Eventually, she gave in to the insistent press of his tongue and opened her mouth to him. Moaning as his masculine flavor invaded her mouth, she gave in and leaned into his body as he teased and tickled her tongue with his before drawing it back into his own mouth. Lorna happily went and explored as she wrapped her arms around his neck and tried to climb the man.
    Jacob’s grunt brought her back to her senses, and she gasped as she pulled away from him. With just one kiss, the man had managed to throw all of her willpower out the window.
    “While you were watching out the window, did you happen to see all of the other women in town arriving at my house?”
    Jacob’s question confused Lorna. He couldn’t go from kissing her senseless to expecting her to be coherent enough to carry on a conversation. “What are you talking about?”
    “I’m talking about Ashley taking it upon herself to invite her and every woman in this community over to my house. For some reason, they all came bearing casseroles.” Jacob shivered and Lorna watched as his face turned a nasty shade of green. “I never want to see another casserole in my life.”
    Lorna stared at Jacob for all of two seconds before slapping her hand over her mouth to keep her giggles from slipping out. She had to

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