Page 7 of Baby One More Time

She shakes her head and her little pointed chin lifts as she glares at me in the mirror. “You’re wrong.”

I back away. Rena’s stubborn as a damn mule. All I can do is keep coming back until I hopefully prove to her that the feelings are real. They’re not going away.

“I’ll be around, Rena. See ya.” And I reach down and drop a quick kiss onto the top of her head.

She jumps and glares at me but I see a shiver down her bare back. I’m desperate to trace the delicate trail of her spine with my tongue. To feel her under me and know that she’s mine.

For good this time. I’m not letting her get away. Never again.

CHAPTER 6

Serena

The next day is the first day of school and I’m exhausted. I didn’t sleep at all thanks to Lucian’s glorious body. I tossed and turned, unable to get to sleep until late and then I dreamt of his solid muscles and wanting to cuddle up against them.

My clit is pulsing like a little hussy and she really wants to investigate all the other ways that Luke might have changed since we were in school.

I don’t know exactly what to do about the way my body is fighting my head on this one.

Giorgio never made me feel this out of control. If I knew that Lucian worked at the gym I never would have agreed to teach the stretching/dance class.

I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life. Not that I have a lot of options right now.

Except for the one that my friend, Allie came up with. She has a friend who’s looking for a dance teacher for her daughter. Her new husband, Raymond has an empty building that he rents out and it’s currently empty. She said that he’ll gladly rent it to me if I want to start my own dance school.

But I just don’t know if I have enough money to start down that road. And what if nobody comes? I can’t sink all of my money into this venture and get nothing out of it. I have a son that I need to think about.

But I don’t want to run into Luke all the damn time at the gym. Right now the guy’s being a fucking barnacle.

My phone rings and I pick it up breathlessly. “Hello?”

“Hey, Serena? I was supposed to help shuttle kids to school but my car won’t start. One of the kids is new and she can’t miss today. She doesn’t even have her schedule.”

I bite my lip and chuckle. “Okay. Just give me the info and I’ll stop over there.”

“Great! Thank you so much!”

At least I know that’s not Luke’s daughter. She’s not new. Allie rattles off an address and then another.

“Those two were on the list of kids that I had to make arrangements for.”

“What are their names?”

Allie hollers something and comes back on the phone.

“I’m sorry, girl. I’m behind this morning and if I don’t get off of here I’m never going to make it to work.”

“Sure. I’ll talk to you later.”

And that’s the end of that! I stare at the receiver as it buzzes in my ear.

Huffing, I grab my purse and holler, “Seth! Come on! We’ve got to go! There’s a couple of extra stops we have to make.”

“Coming, Mom!”

Seth clatters down the steps and my eyes tear up. He looks so big!

“Don’t you dare cry, Mom! We’ll never get out of here!”

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