Mary Lynn - At The Texan's Pleasure

If he had, he didn’t acknowledge it. Instead, he continued to stare at her through those blank eyes.

“What do you want, then?”

“To take my mother’s place.”

His head bolted back at the same time he went slack-jawed. “As my housekeeper?”

“Yes,” Molly said with punch in her tone.

He pitched back his head and laughed. “Get real.”

“I’m serious, Worth,” she countered with an edge in her tone.

“So am I, and that’s not going to happen.”

“Why not?”

He smirked. “Come on, Molly, you know why not. You’re a nurse, and that’s what you need to be doing.”

“I can do both. I can take care of the house and my mother.”

“What about Trent?”

“I’ll put him in day care, and he’ll be just fine.”

“No.”

She ignored that terse rejection and went on, “My mother’s mind is her own worst enemy right now. She thinks you’re going to replace her.”

“That’s hogwash. She has a job here as long as she wants one. And I’ll tell her that.”

“I appreciate that, but I still want to take her place. I can take care of Mom, encourage her and she will see that my job as housekeeper is temporary. This way she won’t worry about someone permanently replacing her. She’ll know I’m only filling in. Not only that, but I’m good. I grew up helping her clean houses.”

Worth looked astounded. “Are you nuts? Besides, you don’t have to do that anymore.”

“I know I don’t have to. I want to.”

“Dammit, woman, you haven’t changed a bit.”

Molly raised her eyebrows. “Oh?”

“Yeah, you’re still as stubborn as a mule.”

She wanted to smile but didn’t. Instead she held her ground. “So are you.”

Worth cursed at the same time their eyes collided then held tighter than magnets.

Suddenly the oxygen in the air seemed to disappear, forcing Molly to struggle for her next breath. She could tell Worth was also affected as his face lost what little color it had left. And something else happened, too, though she couldn’t identify it.

What it hadn’t been was hostility. So had it been blatant desire? No. She’d been mistaken. He despised her and that wasn’t about to change. She didn’t want it to, either, she assured herself quickly, though the undertow of his sexy charisma was pulling on her.

Forcing her panic aside, Molly sucked in a deep breath and stared at him with an imploring expression.

“I’ll think about it,” Worth muttered on a sour note, cramming his hands further down in his pockets, which pulled his jeans even tighter across that area.

Molly averted her gaze and muttered, “Thank you.”

He laughed, but again without humor.

Feeling heat rush into her face, Molly knew she should leave before insult was added to injury. She was about to do just that when his next words froze her in her tracks.

“Why did you run out on me?”

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