Free Seduction of Saber (Saving the Sinners of Preacher's Bend #3) by Jevenna Willow Page A

the back of his hand to his lip and groaned;
a lip that seemed to be getting bigger, not better.
    Without thought, Julia boldly rose to her tiptoes and very
gently kissed his swollen mouth. “I’m really sorry my father did this to you.”
She then ran her index finger over his bottom lip to help ease some of the
pain.
    “So am I,” he ruled, grabbing her by the wrist. “So …am
…I.”

Chapter Nine
    Saber’s brain was working out the logistics of being
able to stay in the Tressle Boarding House, free of charge. Not exactly what
he’d wanted when first arriving in Preacher’s Bend, but staying without loss of
funds was certainly a bonus when it came down to it. And to stay at Julia’s
requesting? Well, that was the icing on every man’s cake.
    She was indeed scrumptious to look at. All that
gorgeous red hair! He’d never been with a woman with so red of hair.
Julia’s fiery tresses were tempting his moral principles to the hilt.
    “When do I have to lie down on the floor and play
dead?” he asked, drawing back from diving headfirst into sexual hot water.
    Playing opossum would be a lot of fun. The most fun he’d
had in long time.
    Life had been much too serious for him. Perhaps it was
time he let things go, unplanned.
    Julia smiled, the corners of her delicate mouth
turning up. “About ten minutes.”
    “Ten minutes, huh?” He allowed a crocked smile slide
across his mouth.
    “Liddy lives on the other side of town, down Roundabout
Road. It will take her about ten minutes to get here, unless Debra beats her to
it.” Her quick grimace made at the thought. “Because I am quite certain that
once my father gets in touch with Officer Wesley, you’ll be seeing a pair of
red and blue lights flashing in the driveway sooner than expected. As mad as he
was at what happened, I wouldn’t put it past him. Nor put anything past Officer
Wesley to correct what she feels as a wrong. She tends to enjoy making people
suffer for their sins. I do believe she gets a real high from having the
authority.”
    Saber turned very serious by these words. Regrettably,
he was playing with fire, but couldn’t seem to help himself. “What did happen
out there, Julia?”
    When she pulled her sight away and she ignored the
question altogether, he tried another approach: light teasing, to ease the
seriousness of their situation.
    “Gee, Ms. Hillard. Whatever can we do in ten minutes—just
to kill time?” He was allowing Julia the opportunity to adjust to what did
happen out there. Moreover, adjust to what they could no longer ignore: deep
attraction, strange, strong, and horribly out of control.
    His dimples formed, then held, Saber waiting for what
may or may not come his way.
    Julia turned her face to grin back, shoving him toward
her unmade bed. “I haven’t the foggiest idea, Mr. Patterson. Some might say ten
minutes as not nearly long enough for what I have in mind.”
    **
    Was she dealing with the problem directly? Of course
she was. Slightly different than she was ten years ago, older, wiser, more
seasoned, she still had game left inside of her.
    She held onto that little bit of what she once was with
both hands. She’d been called a tease before and survived.
    What the hell are you doing, Julia? This isn’t you…
    Saber Patterson was a very stunning individual. Not to
mention, not all that bad to look at. After all, he was the one who started
playing the music in her head, the one who suggested this very thing into her
ear, the one who came to her doorstep at the worst possible moment in her life.
And somehow all that escalated into this.
    “What’s this about Ms. Hillard? Are you planning to
take advantage of me?” He fell backward and had somehow pulled her along with
him.
    She hadn’t figured on falling on top of him or land up
on his chest as she had. Now that she was there, looking into deep silver storm
cloud eyes, she could barely get the rest of her body cooperate. She knew she
had to get off the man, but