The Bee Charmer (Sweet Treat Series Book 2) by Jamallah Bergman Page A

they would look while in the midst of making love to her. “Do you really want to know?” He leaned down in front of her, his hands gripping hard on the arm rest of the rocker.
    The look on her face, which was playfulness, now altered to down right uncomfortable to have him this close. “Of course, I want to know so tell me.”
    He watched her gulp as he leaned into her, pushing the rocker back bit by bit, whatever perfume she wore, he found himself inhaling its scent as his cheek brushed hers. He knew he was in trouble for being this close to her. Then seeing that timid ‘deer caught in the headlights’ look when he was only inches from her lips, he tried his best not to laugh. “Are we at a loss for words?” he asked.
    “Far from it, you’re the first guy to actually sweep me off my feet.”
    He peered down and saw that indeed her cute little manicured toes were inches off the porch. “Men should be sweeping you off your feet regularly you know.”
    “Oh, really,” Her voice was sarcastic and coy.
    This only made Jeremy like her even more. “Yes really, you should have a man making sure every day is special with you in it. For months, I’ve hoped that I would be that man.”
    “Really,”
    “Is that all you can say?” Both of them started laughing, as he inched her chair back more. “So, what do you say?”
    She stared at him, still as if sizing him up, her teeth lightly biting her full lower lip.
    Jeremy watched her and couldn’t wait to nibble on that lip himself.
    “I still feel funny about dating my boss.”
    “You know I thought about that the other day when you said this. So, since Lily is your boss, does that mean you can’t or won’t be friends with her?”
    Pamelia paused and tilted her head for a moment.
    “Also, I am an employee at Hewitt Farms too, just like you. My mother hired you and basically, Lily is your boss.” His eyes stayed locked onto hers. "I did my job by processing the paperwork and that was it.” He knew his gaze reflected his desperation too. He didn’t care. He willed her to say yes.
    She let out a breath. “I never thought about it that way.”
    He nodded his head, trying to keep his excitement at bay.
    “All right, I’d love to.”
    “Great!” Jeremy was elated that she accepted and he slowly let the chair go down fully on the porch. Taking her by the hand, he helped her up. His thumb rubbed lightly along the knuckles of her hand.
    She paused and gazed down at their hands. “You know what? I think you can charm more than just bees.”
    He grinned at her. “I’ll pick you up at seven?”
    “Seven it is, Mr. Bee Charmer.” Pamelia smiled.
    Jeremy left the porch. It wasn’t until he got into the car, waved goodbye to her and went down the road toward the stoplight that he let out one of his ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ yells.
     

 
     
    Chapter Ten
     
    “S o, he asked you out huh?”
    Pamelia couldn’t help but feel a bit giddy after what happened today. It was around eight when Lily called and of course, said those six little words that she knew was eventually coming. They’d become close friends, already into the habit of calling each other, especially when Lily had some juicy bit of gossip.
    But tonight’s bit of gossip was about a certain girl going out on a date with probably the most eligible man in Oak Glen.
    “Yeah he did. In a way, I knew all along that he was just trying to get the nerve to do it. Has he ever acted like this with any other woman he’s tried to date?”
    “He’s never really gone out on a lot of dates. He’s only had one really serious girlfriend, Jessica and they had been together for ten years. We always thought that they would get married but that Jessica, she was a piece of work.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “She was always jealous of Jeremy and every woman who came within a foot radius of him. She would even think that the women he would be talking over the phone with for work were women he was dating behind her back. The