title: A Gentle Feuding
author:  Johanna Lindsey 
description: "Johanna Lindsey creates fairy tales that come true."-- "Romantic Times"
zlib_text: **For the briefest of moments, Lindsey wondered what it would be like to let
  Matt Alessandro under her skin—into her life and into her heart.**
  
  He leaned toward her and she held her breath, releasing it sharply when the
  tea kettle squealed.
  
  Suddenly, reality scattered her idiotic thoughts as she shut off the burner.
  Matt Alessandro’s father was responsible for her mother’s murder, her father’s
  depression and death, and her shattered life. And here she stood, inches away
  from touching his son. Kissing his son. Or worse. What in the hell was wrong
  with her?
  
  “Do you want me to stay with you tonight?” Matt asked.
  
  Did she? “No.” Lindsey stepped away then. “I’ll be fine.”
  
  “What if you get another threatening call?”
  
  “I’ll call you.” She caught herself. “Or I’ll call my uncle.”
  
  Suddenly she needed Matt out of her house, before her resolve crumbled. “You
  know, I’m exhausted suddenly….”
  
  “Okay, I’ll go. Remember to lock up.”
  
  “Always,” Lindsey said, relieved when he stepped outside and sh