A Family for the Rugged Rancher / Soldier on Her Doorstep. Сорейя Лейн

as uncertain as she was?

      “Luke.” She said it firmly, shutting down any doubts. This couldn’t happen again. Thinking about whatever chemistry was zinging between them was bad enough. Acting on it was just wrong. She had a plan. It wasn’t a perfect plan, but it would be good for her son. A mother did what she had to do. That included taking this job until she could find a more permanent situation.

      “I … uh …”

      Her throat constricted. She couldn’t bear to hear him apologize or say what a mistake it had been.

      “You’d better attend to whatever that was,” she said, nodding at his phone.

      “We’ll talk later?”

      One more complicated look and he spun on his heel, heading out the door again without waiting for her to answer.

      Talk? Emily put her fingers to her lips. They were still humming from the contact with his. They wouldn’t talk about this at all—not if she could help it.