Free For You I Do by Angie Daniels

things had stopped her. One was that London had a reputation as a player. She would have just been another notch on his bedpost. After he’d gotten what he’d wanted, the challenge of having her would have gone and so would London. The second reason was that there would have been no way for her to separate her heart from her body. She had to feel something for a man before she could even consider sleeping with him, and what she felt for London was too strong to be ignored for too long.
    The timer went off and Bianca retrieved her rewarmed tea from the microwave oven. From the other room she could hear her cell phone ringing and again she let it go. Instead, she moved to the window over the sink and stared out into the dark, starlit night. Right about now she should be cussing, screaming and crying her eyes out because Collin was unfaithful. Instead, she felt angry and confused.
    She placed a hand gently over her abdomen. “It’s going to be okay, little one. Mama’s not going to let anything happen to you,” she whispered with assurance to her unborn child.
    Days ago, she had come to the conclusion that getting 62
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    pregnant had been purely an accident. There was no point in beating herself up for getting pregnant by a no-good bastard. All she could do was push on and get ready to start a new life for her and her baby. What angered her most was that her baby would be without a father.
    I want to be a father to your unborn child.
    Even now his words caused her heart to lurch. She moved away from the window with a frustrated bark of laughter. She couldn’t even think about considering his offer. Ridiculous, she thought, as she brought her mug to her lips.
    The two of them, married. No way! It would never work and no one would ever believe it was a real marriage.
    But despite her protest, heat settled down low at the thought of being his wife in every way.
    Her mind raced back to when he had pulled her into his arms.
    Her entire body had turned into liquid fire. How could she have let her guard down, allowing her body to respond to him so brazenly? She had wanted his kisses. She had yearned for his hands on her breasts. Now London thought she was so desperate that she would allow him to do whatever he wanted. He thought she was so vulnerable that she was his for the asking.
    But she wasn’t and never would be. She knew that and she was going to make sure he knew it, as well.
    She tilted her chin. She would do whatever it took to keep her family name out of the local gossip. She was determined not to make her parents look bad, she decided with renewed determination as she sipped her tea. She would find a way without getting married.
    No matter how London made her feel, nothing could change the fact that she simply did not want an emotional or physical relationship with a man ever again. Collin had shown her that she could not trust men, and if Collin could not be trusted to mean it when he said that he loved her and wanted to marry her, then she certainly wasn’t going to risk trusting a man like London Brown.

    Chapter 10
    “London did what?”
    Bianca glanced around, reassuring herself that no one was listening. “Can you please keep it down?” Her tall, leggy friend had a habit of being a little too loud at times.
    “I’m sorry,” Debra said with an apologetic smile, then lowered her voice and said, “I can’t believe it. The prince of chicken asked you to marry him.”
    “Very funny.”
    Debra chuckled. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I’m laughing because there are going to be a lot of haters when they find out that London Brown is about to come off the market.”
    “Wait a minute. I didn’t say I was going to accept his proposal.”
    “Why not?”
    Bianca pursed her lips at her. The answer should be obvious.
    “Because last week I was engaged to Collin. What will I look like telling everyone, ‘Oops I made a mistake. I’m actually in love with London.’”
    Debra pushed a blond curl