“I’ll check into it.” He shifted, settled one arm around her and drew her back even closer against him. When he spoke again, his breath whispered across her neck in a soft, coffee-scented breeze. “She really looks up to you, you know. I’m amazed at the changes she’s showing, just in the few short weeks you’ve been a part of our lives.”
Bonnie’s heartbeat accelerated, and she found it hard to pull her thoughts together and form them into words. Half her mind was chasing off after the sensations stirred by his arm’s warm clasp, his now-familiar scent rich in her nostrils and his voice a low, warm-toned hum close to her ear.
“I like Jennifer. She’s going to be a good person when she finishes growing up. Don’t doubt it for a minute. And I’m glad to be a friend if she needs one, a female frie
