The Neighbor's Son (The Forbidden Love Series: Book 1) Read Online Free Page B

woman as
beautiful as you to be alone. I don’t know what happened between
you and your ex-husband but he’s a damn fool if he walked away from
you. If I were lucky enough to have a woman like you by my side,
there’s no way I’d walk away from her.”
    I looked down at my drink, trying not
to smile, no longer able to hold his smoldering gaze. There he was
again, making me uncomfortable with his words and the adoring way
he was gazing at me. Damn him. Why is he saying those things to me?
Doesn’t he realize how much older I am than him? I needed to get
away from him before I did something I’d regret. I could
practically see a red “DANGER” sign flashing over his head. I shot
to my feet and picked up both his and my empty glasses off the
table. “Well, I’m going to get back in the house and let you get
back to work, Cade.”
    “ That’s a really nice pool
you have over there,” Cade breathed, pointing with his chin at my
massive, in-ground, kidney-shaped swimming pool on the other side
of the yard. Before I could make a remark, Cade was already on his
feet making his way towards it. I put the empty glasses down on the
patio table and followed him.
    “ Yeah. This pool is one of
the reasons I don’t want to sell the house. I love swimming,” I
said once I was standing on the edge of the pool next to
Cade.
    Cade crossed his arms over his chest.
“I love to swim too. At the old house, we had a pool a lot like
this one.”
    “ You did?”
    “ Yeah. My father built it.
I loved swimming in it. The new house doesn’t have a pool and my
mother refuses to build one.” Cade snatched his gaze away from the
water and turned it towards me. “You know, that lemonade I just had
did nothing to cool me off."
    "Do you want another glass?"
    "Nope. You know what would really help
me cool off?”
    I narrowed my eyes at him.
“What?”
    “ A quick swim in this
magnificent pool of yours.”
    “ I have no problem letting
you in the water, but how are you going to go for a swim without a
bathing suit?”
    With his hands stuck in the front
pockets of his shorts, Cade wiggled his eyebrows at me while
dragging his teeth over his lower lip. I shook my head furiously
and let out an exaggerated gasp when I figured out what he was
hinting at.
    “ No way. Absolutely not.”
I turned my back to him and began to walk back towards the deck.
“There’s no way I’m letting you swim in my pool naked.”
    “ Why not?” Cade asked
while chasing after me.
    I stopped, turned around and scoffed at
the audacity of the question. “Why not? Are you kidding
me?”
    “ I don’t see what the big
deal is. It’ll be just a quick swim. And you don’t have to watch me
swim…unless you want to…” There it was again…the maddening lip
bite. I wanted to slap him silly.
    “ I said no.”
    “ Why? Who am I
hurting?”
    I kept shaking my head at him. “Someone
could peek their head over the fence and see you. The last thing I
need is one of these nosy housewives seeing the neighbor’s kid
swimming naked in my pool. You may be new to the neighborhood, but
I’ve lived here for more than a decade. This is a small town. There
are no secrets here. I don’t want to be known as the sick,
perverted lady who seduces teenage boys and watches them swim naked
in her pool.”
    “ I’m not a teenage boy,
Sidney. I’m a grown man.”
    “ Nineteen is still a child
in my book. And it’s inappropriate. I’m sorry.”
    “ Fine,” Case groaned as he
walked past me and continued towards the deck. “I’ll go back to
work. I’m feeling very dizzy right now, but I’ll go back to work.
For all we know I may be suffering from heatstroke but you don’t
care about that. I'll go back to work. I just hope I don’t pass
out.”
    The word “heatstroke” caught my
attention. A heatstroke was a serious health issue that shouldn't
be taken lightly. I followed Cade to the deck. “Really?”
    Cade stopped cold and swung around to
face me. He gave me a sad