Seductive Reasoning by Cheryl Gorman Read Free Book Online

backed into a
corner.
    Ms. Landers looked at Seth and
Kate. “So, it’s been decided. The two of you will stay at Ms. Summer’s place.
We are almost out of time. Will you come back on the show when the week is over
and tell us all about it?”
    Seth didn’t want to come back on
this show. He certainly didn’t want to share with thousands of people what
happened during the week, because there was no telling what kind of things Kate
would tempt him with.
    “I will.” Kate turned to Seth her
brows raised in question.
    “Do I have a choice?”
    She gazed at him with a thoughtful
expression in her beautiful green eyes. “Everyone has a choice. Bad, good and
very good.”
    “Which one is this?”
    Her lips curved in an easy smile.
“Be at my place bright and early tomorrow morning and find out.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter
Three
     
    Seth maneuvered his gray 4x4 truck
next to the curb in front of Kate’s shop and cut the engine. He sat in the
truck as he studied the house. Great, a frou-frou house painted blue and white
with fancy little wooden curlicues all over the place. He glanced at the sign
advertising her shop. Only Kate would put up a sign shaped like a bra and live
in a house like this.
    He huffed out an exasperated
breath. How could he have agreed to this crazy stunt and on television of all
places? How could a man of above average intelligence, like him, say yes to
this ridiculous wager?
    Was his research project the only
reason he was here? Or did spending time with Kate have something to do with
it? He shook his head. Don’t even go there. This morning, he’d attended
an emergency board meeting and pled his case. Despite the Dean’s vehement
objections, they had agreed to give him one more chance. He had thirty days. If
his show appearance increased funding and student attendance applications
within that time frame, he could keep his job.
    The moment Seth stepped from his
truck, the scent of lilacs growing next to the house drifted past his nose. He
reached in the bed of the truck and grabbed his suitcase. Money. Seth
gathered a pile of work he’d brought along into his arms. Focus on the goal.
    Seth shut the door and hit the
automatic door lock on his key ring. Why was he doing this? Would the money be
worth it? Of course, his reasons had nothing to do with Kate or the very
unscientific and carnal feelings she brought out in him.
    He could not believe he’d left his
comfortable and quiet home to spend a week with a woman who chattered on and on
about sex toys and lingerie. His cell phone jingled. He plucked the phone from
his pocket and hit the answer button. “Hello.”
    “Hey, buddy. Caught the show last
night. I can’t believe you were suckered into spending a week with that babe.
Tough luck. Dirty job, huh?” Mark laughed. “But somebody has to do it, right?
I’d give my left nut to be the one spending an entire week screwing her brains
out.”
    Seth gripped his cell phone until
his knuckles turned white. In all the years he’d known Mark Sanders, this was
the first time he’d ever wanted to punch him in the face. Damn it, he didn’t
want Mark talking about her that way. So what if she was outspoken about sex? A
lot of women were.
    Besides, he knew Kate better than
that. Sure, she was openly sexual--she also had a heart of gold. That’s what
had attracted him before, and that’s what made him cautious. He didn’t have
time to spend on a relationship. His project was more important, but that
didn’t mean some other guy could talk about her like that.
    “Yeah. You and half the male
population of Denver, no doubt.” Seth covered up his anger when he really
wanted to tell Mark to go to hell. There was no way he would give him any
indication that he was even remotely attracted to Kate and that he knew her
before, or he’d never hear the end of it.
    “Hey, don’t let this dark-haired
opportunity go to waste. You’re going to have to kiss and tell on this one,
buddy. I want