Page 44 of Unexpected Temptation
Mary Ann snorted and rolled her eyes.
“I thought you’d have called me by now.”She glanced at Amelia and quickly dismissed her.
“Now, why would you think that?”His voice dripped with heat and mockery.
Jaylen was getting pissed.He didn’t like the way she looked at Amelia.Besides, this woman was a viper, and he didn’t want her within a mile of Amelia.He could already feel Amelia tremble under his hand.
“I was told you’re looking for a wife.”
“Well, you heard wrong.I don’t need anyone.I’ve got Amelia.She’s everything I’ve ever dreamed about.”
Amelia tore her eyes from the woman and stared up at Jaylen.The ball inside her stomach loosened, and she relaxed at the look of love he bestowed on her.
Mary Ann frowned as she watched them.
“You can’t be serious.I thought you were joking about her,” she hissed and threw out a hand at Amelia.
“Oh, I’m very serious.”
“But she’s...”She stuttered to a stop at the apparent hostility coming from Jaylen.
Jaylen interrupted her before she could sprout any poison she loved to indulge in around town.From what he’d heard, the woman enjoyed making trouble.
“Listen, it was ...um.”He grunted and waved her off.“Anyway, Amelia and I have a lot to do before we head home.”
He smiled down at Amelia.“Let’s go.”
Amelia raised a hesitant hand to Mary Ann.“It was nice meeting you.”
Mary Ann’s sapphire gaze narrowed even more.
Jaylen moved them on and continued shopping.He and Amelia ignored the woman when they found her staring at them throughout the store, as well as the other few who weren’t happy about their relationship.
“I think we have enough for now,” Jaylen said and turned them toward the front.
Both Amelia and he piled the groceries on the checkout.
“Hey, here’s that cookbook Kane was talking about,” Jaylen said as he pulled the book off the shelf.He shuffled through the book quickly and then placed it with their other things.
Jaylen grinned as he looked at Amelia, who stood at the end of the counter, watching, enthralled, as the checkout lady scanned the food with incredible speed and bagged it at the same time.Within a few minutes, she had their cartload ready to go.
Jaylen packed the groceries in the back, put the cart away, and started the truck, ready to head home.Amelia snapped her seat belt in place and looked at Jaylen as he started the car.
“So, there wasn’t a woman around here you were attracted to at all, because I noticed several that wanted you?”
Jaylen glanced at her in confusion as he pulled out of the parking lot.
“No.I was not attracted to any of them.”
“But some were really pretty.”
Jaylen turned to her when they stopped at the stop sign.
“Sweetheart, I was waiting for you, and I didn’t even know it.”
Amelia blinked back the tears that stung her eyes and smiled brightly at him.“That’s the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me.”
“Well, it’s the truth.”
