Free Love's Sweet Surrender by Sandy Sullivan Page B

enticing view as the muscles of his arms bunched and rolled under his shirt.
    “Mr. Sanford,” Lily replied in greeting, but when his eyes swung back to her, she corrected herself by saying, "Seth. Can I speak with you for a moment?”
    “Uh… sure. I guess so.” Seth moved toward the stairs to follow her into the school. “Wait out here, children.”

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    Seth had seen Lily standing with his children when the wagon rounded the corner of the church and desire zinged down his back as he let his gaze roam over her frame. Her dress fit snugly across her chest and tapered out from her small waist, emphasizing to him that he could probably span it with his hands. Her big green eyes watched as stopped the horses with a soft
    "whoa".
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    Uneasiness squeezed his insides when she requested to speak to him, but as he followed Lily up the stairs, he gave her backside an appreciative look.
    Her hips swayed beneath her frock, and he quickly pulled his gaze away, giving himself a mental reprimand. He really didn’t need a woman in his life, especially not a woman like her.
    Once they entered the school, he shut the door behind them and turned to face her. “What can I do for you?”
    “We need to come up with some kind of plan for your children.”
    She tipped her head to the side, and her openly curious gaze met his across the small space separating them. A blush crept up her cheeks, and he wondered if she knew where his thoughts centered when they were in the same room.
    “I told you, just let it be. They’ll be fine soon enough. This will pass.”
    “Seth, I’m afraid it won’t if they aren’t allowed to grieve.”
    Running his hands through his hair, he began to pace the floor. Why can’t she just let it go? “Constantly bringing up the fact their mother is dead isn’t helping them either, Lily. They don’t need to be reminded of their mother’s death over and over. It was bad enough the first time.”
    Her mouth opened to answer as the back door of the room swung open, and Daniel stepped inside. Seth watched as the other man approached Lily from behind. He’d never liked Daniel, even when they were growing up.
    Daniel had always been a bit of a bully and constantly teased and taunted the other children. He’d even tried picking on Seth a few times until Seth socked him square in the nose one afternoon. Daniel left him alone after that, and he’d never picked on the other children again, at least when Seth was around.
    “Daniel,” Seth growled low in his throat.
    “Seth.” Daniel propped himself on one of the desks nearby.
    “I’ll be right with you, Daniel,” Lily said before she returned her attention to him. “We’ll have to discuss this another time, but you need to think of the best thing for the children.”
    “I am,” Seth grumbled as Lily walked him to the door.
    “I’m not sure you are. You are thinking with the hatred you feel in your heart, and it’s clouding your judgment concerning them.” Her hand came up to rest on his arm, stopping him from leaving her standing alone in the doorway. He looked down before his gaze returned to her face. The warmth Ebook piracy is stealing. It is a federal offense.
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    from her skin penetrated his shirt and spread up his arm to settle in the pit of his stomach.
    Fighting the urge to pull her to his chest and kiss the daylights out of her, he changed the subject as he focused on the man sitting nearby. “What’s he doing here?”
    She turned and looked at Daniel and then swung back to Seth. “That’s really none of your business.”
    “Is he courtin’ you?”
    The words were out of his mouth before he could stop them. He mentally kicked himself. It doesn’t matter to me what she does, or does it?
    “I’m sorry. That’s none of my business