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and was so far beyond charming
     that it needed its own descriptive word. When he’d walked her through the enormous
     house and up the wide stairway to the second floor, Alex had kept a light hand on
     her, just above the swell of her backside. The gesture made her senses tingle.
    As a card carrying Ball Busting Boston Bitch, she would be the last woman to get weak kneed over some big muscles and aristocratic
     manners. Right? Suddenly she didn’t know. He made her feel ridiculously female and
     that was saying a lot. Despite being a curvy girl and a gym teacher to boot, Meghan
     had always been über feminine, the result of being the only girl in a large family
     dominated by men. As a little girl most of her silly whims had been indulged. All
     outward appearances suggested she was a girly-girl. But it was that BBBB upbringing that made feeling small and female all the more surprising.
    “What do you think?” she heard him ask softly. They were standing across from the
     bed where Meghan was peering out a window aware that when she leaned forward, her
     derrière would be making a statement. A big one.
    What did she think? Wow. That was a loaded question. Think about what? How friggin’
     good he smelled? Or maybe how she felt about the romantic room with beams across the
     ceiling, a corner fireplace surrounded by ancient stone, and a platform bed draped
     with rich-hued linens? Better yet- what did she think of her well laid plans to finally
     find some closure on the David chapter of her life? The Major exuded a fierce masculinity
     that made her forget why she was there in the first place. What in the hell was she doing ?
    Turning to look at him she wasn’t in the least surprised to find him admiring her
     ass. And he didn’t flinch or pretend that wasn’t exactly what he’d been doing. It
     felt like a challenge in some way. Oh my God! Why was the thought so exciting?
    Coughing to clear away the sudden constriction in her throat, Meghan smiled unsteadily.
     “It’s so cool,” she gushed like a teenager. Oh for crap’s sake, she screamed in her head. Really ?
    “Um, it’s really something is what I meant to say.” Okay, good. That sounded better.
     Maybe she could actually pull off pretending his presence didn’t turn her into a giggly
     twit.
    “The door to the bath is behind the fireplace in that corner,” he nodded with his
     head. “I know it’s small but I thought you might like the rustic feel.”
    “Are you kidding?” she joked. “You call this small? I think my childhood bedroom would
     fit in the closet! It’s perfect, Alex. Really. Thank you again for opening your home
     to me. I’m touched.”
    He smiled at her, and she saw the wicked glint come back into his eyes. Unless she
     was losing it, he was attracted to her. But she knew without question that he wouldn’t
     act on it. No. There was an ocean of water between where they were now and the end
     of that particular bridge, but it was reassuring to know she wasn’t alone in the unexpected
     attraction.
    “My guys will bring in the stuff you need from your car. If you want to get anything
     else, let me know. I don’t want you trying to lug anything up here.”
    He looked around and seemed a bit uncomfortable like he didn’t know what to say or
     do. God, he was so adorable. She knew what he was feeling and wondered how she should
     respond.
    Yep. This was certainly an interesting position to find herself in. When the day started,
     she had plans to settle an old debt with an afternoon visit that would once and for
     all let her close a chapter in her life. Period. End of story. She expected to wake
     up tomorrow, and be ready to charge ahead.
    What she hadn’t expected was to not even get through the afternoon before life started
     throwing shit her way. And by throwing shit her way she meant putting one gorgeous
     hunk of a man in her line of sight. Unfortunately, she was her own worst enemy when
     it came to being