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Back The Neighbor
Chapters (56)
  1. Synopsis
  2. Other Bella Books by Gerri Hill
  3. About the Author
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-One
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-One
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two
  36. Chapter Thirty-Three
  37. Chapter Thirty-Four
  38. Chapter Thirty-Five
  39. Chapter Thirty-Six
  40. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  43. Chapter Forty
  44. Chapter Forty-One
  45. Chapter Forty-Two
  46. Chapter Forty-Three
  47. Chapter Forty-Four
  48. Chapter Forty-Five
  49. Chapter Forty-Six
  50. Chapter Forty-Seven
  51. Chapter Forty-Eight
  52. Chapter Forty-Nine
  53. Chapter Fifty
  54. Chapter Fifty-One
  55. Chapter Fifty-Two
  56. Chapter Fifty-Three

She smiled and looked at Erica. “I could fall in love with that woman.”

Chapter Forty-Four

Laura paused at the back door, trying to collect her thoughts before going inside. The others were still out by the pool. She could hear voices from across the fence. The steak, as usual, had been cooked to perfection, as promised. The vegetable medley—lightly sautéed—was crisp and flavorful. The baked potato was soft and fluffy. In defiance—after seeing Claudia cut hers in half and skip the butter and sour cream—Laura had lathered hers with so many additional calories, including cheese, that she was almost afraid to eat it. And now, after having dinner with her, she knew why Claudia was so skinny. She barely touched the little half of the potato and only cut three small bites from the steak, eating two. It was a damn shame.

But the mostly silent dinner was enough to make her want to end the evening early. She’d helped clean up but gave a rather hasty goodbye to everyone, including Cassidy. Cassidy had offered to walk her home, but she’d declined. One look into her eyes had told her that Cassidy hadn’t forgotten their encounter in the pantry. And of course, neither had she.

She leaned her forehead against the doorjamb. Ten seconds away from an orgasm. Good God…in the pantry! When she jumped in the pool, she wouldn’t have been surprised if the water had started boiling. Never in her life had someone’s kisses affected her that way. Of course, they were doing a little more than kissing, weren’t they? She closed her eyes, swearing she could still feel Cassidy’s hands on her breasts, her fingers rubbing her nipples…her tongue doing all sorts of wonderful things to her.

“Jesus…”

She stood up straight, feeling her pulse racing again. Perhaps it was good that Cassidy had company. If she didn’t…they’d be in bed right now. And Laura wasn’t sure she was ready.

“Oh, please,” she muttered, knowing she was lying. She’d been ready in the pantry, for God’s sake! Ready and willing.

But now what? She didn’t think they could take baby steps with this, not after what happened earlier. Did she even want to take baby steps? No. But Cassidy had company. And her company usually didn’t leave until well after noon. Cassidy would no doubt be leaving then too. They would have no time alone. To talk. Or…whatever.