Jen_C’s Reviews > Bound to the Bachelor > Status Update

She was irrepressible, this woman he loved. This amazing, resilient, sexy, smart, gorgeous woman. “I love you,” he said, unable to stop himself from saying it again. After years of dodging commitment and avoiding entanglements, he couldn’t believe how easily the words came now that he had the right woman in his arms.

She wanted a man who could give her what Andie had found with Heath – affection, desire, commitment, friendship. Love. Beau wasn’t going to give those things to her. If she slept with him, she would be signing up for a good time, not a long time. It would simply be a matter of animal attraction. Of getting something out of her system. Dealing with it, and moving on.

They locked gazes, and for a second Lily got caught in the banked heat in his steady regard. She remembered how good he looked in his tight black boxer-briefs, how hard his flat, muscular belly was, how her body had lit up when he touched her. “I’m not sure a cease-fire is a good idea,” she said, carefully not looking at him this time. “Yeah, you’re probably right.”

“In a way, you and Beau are a matched set.” “No way. Your brother is a commitaphobe who cares more about his business than he does about the women who share his bed. I, on the other hand, don’t share my bed with anyone.” “That’s what I mean – a matched set. The man whore and the nun.”

Lily had smiled, a bright, no-holds-barred, boy-am-I-glad-to-see-you smile, and for a split-second he’d been so dazzled, so blown away, he’d been unable to do anything but stare like an idiot. She never smiled at him like that. Ever. From the moment they’d first met, she’d always kept a wary distance, something he’d been more than happy to encourage.

What sort of auction are we talking here?” She offered him a hopeful smile. “The bachelor kind.” His eyebrows shot toward his hairline. “A bachelor auction? Like a meat market? You’ve got to be kidding.” Beau was already shaking his head. “Listen, I am more than happy to hand over a nice, juicy check, but I am not interested in being offered up on an auction block like a slab of beef.