Page 20 of Somebody To Love

What the hell am I doing?

The thought slammed into his brain, halting his movement. Did he almost go in for a kiss with his best friend? His best friend who would soon be having his baby through artificial insemination. Shit! This whole situation was messing with his head.

Tilting her face to the side, he placed a soft and very brief kiss on her cheek. There, that was friend-like. No weird emotional-physical mixing up of that action. He dropped his hand from her face, opening the door and stepping out into the hall. Her eyes flew open, the same shock and confusion he felt inside written plainly on her face.

“Goodnight, Penny.”

“Yeah, night, BJ.”

He turned and headed out of her building to his truck. He spent the entire drive home in silence, wondering what the hell happened back there.

CHAPTER 10

“Hey, honey? Have you seen the kids’ shoes?”

“Under the coat rack.”

Two strong arms circled Penny’s waist from behind. Soft, warm lips pressed against her neck in the hollow just beneath her ear. One large palm cupped her breast. “Thanks, sexy.”

“BJ! Not in front of the kids!”

“Mmmmmm.” The deep rumble vibrated from his chest against her back. “They’re still upstairs getting dressed. The animals take forever to get ready for school. Lucky me.”

He would be lucky if he didn’t stop his ministrations in a moment. They both would. Her breath quickened, nipples tightening into hard, stiff points. Ten years and her husband could still get her motor running with just a murmur and a soft touch.

“Mom, I can’t find my pink sweater!”

The sound of heavy footsteps pounded on the stairs, heading down toward them. Mood broken. For now, anyway. Penny turned to look BJ in his beautiful sky-blue eyes, eyes the same color as their two beautiful daughters. “Later,” she promised. His gaze said he planned to collect on that vow.

“The girls are going to my mom’s this weekend. All. Weekend. Long.”

She smiled as he dipped his head, his lips hovering over hers. Her body tightened in anticipation, mouth salivating as his warm breath caressed her—

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Heart slamming in her chest, Penny startled awake, jacking up in bed as the annoying sound of her ridiculously loud alarm clock interrupted the best dream she’d had in ages.

“Holy crap, what the heck was that?”

The empty air in her apartment didn’t answer her question. Too bad, because she needed answers. Did she just have a dream where she and BJ were married? And not only married, but with kids?

“Stupid,” she muttered to herself. “It’s merely my subconscious making parallels because of all the…stuff going on.”

The stuff being their discussion last night. Of course she’d dream about having kids with BJ. She was having kids with BJ. Okay, not kids, but kid. One. Singular. And not with him, per se, but with his help. She could see how she’d dream about beautiful little girls with her untamable red hair and BJ’s pale blue eyes.

What she didn’t understand was why she dreamt about them being married.

And why the heck she was so turned on!

Tingles still ran the length of her body at the memory of dream BJ’s firm lips pressed against her hot skin. Glancing down, she scowled upon discovering her nipples were so hard they threatened to poke through her tank top.

“Stupid body.” It had been a while since she’d sated her baser desires. That was all. All this baby talk stirred up her physical reactions. Nothing more.

Then what was with that almost kiss last night?

“Ahhhh!” She clasped her head in her hands, willing the stupid voice inside to shut the heck up. It didn’t listen and instead replayed all the naughtier parts of last night’s dream. “Enough!” she shouted into the empty bedroom.

Her thighs pressed together as her mind conjured up bits and pieces of the dream, determined to drive her out of her mind. X-rated parts. She wasn’t sure if she was remembering or making them up on the spot.

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