BlueMoon Goddess: Alright since my spring break ended today and I have a month in a half of my semester left to go, I decided to treat you guys to another chapter. So let's get onto this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or the characters. They all belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Also all credit for the plot goes to Brenda Jackson's book 'Intimate Seduction,' since this is where the story comes from.

Summary: When Inuyasha finds his temporary housekeeper in his bed, of course he wants to give her a night of hot passionate sex she'll never forget. However Kagome's making sure she doesn't become the hanyou's latest conquest, though it sure is difficult trying.

Chapter 4

"If you need to reach me Inuyasha, just give me a call on my cell." Rin threw over her shoulder as she quickly headed for the door. "You probably won't get many customers and most of them will be phone orders instead of walk-ins. See you later." And then she was gone.

Inuyasha chuckled as he took the stool behind the counter and watched his sister-in-law pull out of the parking lot. He'd covered for her before and knew what to do. He had an hour or so to kill until she returned so he might as well make the best of it and with the flat-screen TV on the wall directly behind him, at least he wouldn't get bored.

To pass more time, he took his iPhone out of his pocket and scrolled through his text messages. Most of them were from Tanya Momomiya, a woman he'd met before going to Florida. He hoped she wouldn't start making a nuisance of herself. He could definitely do without that type of woman.

A half hour later he had put his phone away and his attention was concentrated on the TV, namely CNN. He was about to scoot the stool closer to the TV for a closer view when the jingle of the bell above the door alerted him that he had a customer. He glanced up and saw an elderly woman with a cane stop in her tracks when she saw him.

"Where's Rin?" She asked him accusingly.

Inuyasha lifted a brow. The way the woman had asked implied she thought he had done away with his sister-in-law. "She had to step out." He decided to answer to assure her misplaced fears. "May I help you?"

She frowned at him. "And who are you?"

The woman sure asked a lot of questions. He wondered how long it would take for her to place an order and leave. She was starting to get on his nerves with the accusations. "I'm her brother-in-law." He said, hoping that would all lay whatever problems she had with him.

He watched, surprised, as a slow smile replaced her frown. "Oh, you're that Takahashi boy."

He chuckled. He hadn't heard him described in that way in a long time. Between himself and Sesshomaru, most people knew him because while growing up he'd had a reputation around town for being a skirt chaser and going through girls faster than the Road Runner himself. "Yes ma'am, I'm that Takahashi boy."

She nodded in understanding.

"Did you want to place an order?" He asked her before she asked anymore questions about him.

She slowly began moving toward the counter. "Yes, I have a sick friend and I want to send her a bunch of those flowers over there." She said, pointing to the refrigerated glass case containing an assortment of flowers prearranged in a ceramic vase. "Any ones will do in the twenty-dollar price range."

"All right, do you want to take them with you?" He asked, writing out the order form.

"No, I want Rin to have them delivered for me." She said and then handed him a slip of paper.

He glanced down at it. "Kozakura Higurashi?" He asked, recognizing the name.

"Yes, you know her?" The elderly woman asked.

"Yes, I know her." He told the woman. 'But I want to get to know her daughter even more.'

"Did you get a lot of orders while I was gone?"

Inuyasha glanced up when Rin walked through the door. "Around three phone orders and only one walk-in. A Ms. Akihiko stopped by to send a bunch of flowers to Kozakura Higurashi."

"Like I said yesterday, Ms. Higurashi is a popular lady. I'll make sure she gets them tomorrow." Rin said, moving to the register to close it out for the day.

"No need, I'll drop them off on my way home." Inuyasha figured Kagome would be there taking care of her mother since she couldn't get around much.

Rin tilted her head to look up at him with a bemused look on her face. "Why, did Ms. Akihiko say she wanted them delivered today?"

"No but I thought I could do that and also check on Ms. Higurashi."

Rin crossed her arms over her chest. "Okay, what's going on here Inuyasha? You're a nice guy and all that but what's the real reason you're dropping by Ms. Higurashi's home? And I recognize the address, it's not on your way home nor is it close to the Blu Ivory Café. So just what are you up to Inuyasha Takahashi?"

Inuyasha tried hiding his smile by looking down at his feet. He'd gotten caught so he might as well come clean. Besides this was Rin. He lifted his head to meet her questioning gaze. "I told you that Ms. Higurashi is my housekeeper."

She nodded. "Yes, you did mention that."

"Well…what I probably didn't mention is that her daughter is filling in for her for the next six weeks."

He watched as understanding shone on Rin's face. "She's pretty, I imagine."

"Very."

Rin frowned. "And knowing you like I do, I guess that means you want to add her to our 'get-her-in-my-bed' list."

He wondered what Rin would think if she knew Kagome had already been in his bed. However, he hadn't been in it with her. "Aw, come on Rin, you make me sound like the jerk of the year. I'm very upfront with any woman I become involved with. I tell her what to expect and what not to expect."

"But that's no guarantee that they won't fall in love with you anyway. I don't want to remind you about Rena Philips."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Please don't bring her up and I did explain to Rena how things would be but she refused to take me at my word because she had her own agenda. What you don't want to accept Rin is that there are women just like me out there who don't want a lasting relationship any more than I do. Those are the women I deal with, plain and simple."

From her expression, he could tell his words hadn't been too convincing so he said. "Trust me Rin, it's not that serious."

She lifted a brow. "I don't know about that Inuyasha, I have a son whom I don't want acting like his uncle when he grows up."

His grin didn't waver since he didn't take her words as an insult. "And your son has a father who'll make sure he doesn't end up like me. But again, the women I deal with know the score. If they choose not to believe what I tell them or if for some reason they get it into their heads that I'm a man who can be caught and tamed, it's their fault and not mine."

He and Rin had had this conversation several times before and his stomach knotted at the awful memories. One night her and his mother had cornered him and all but made him promise to be considerate of women's feelings. It had taken him a full hour or so to convince them that he was.

Inuyasha watched as Rin sighed in frustration before walking over to open the glass case. "I hope you know what you're doing Inuyasha. I have a feeling that one day will be payback for you and some woman is going to break your heart."

He chuckled. "Feh, trust me it's not going to happen."

"Aren't those flowers just lovely Kagome?"

Kagome smiled as she placed a bowl of soup in front of her mom while glancing at the flowers that had been delivered earlier that day from Inuyasha Takahashi. "Yes, they are pretty mom. But then all your flowers are beautiful."

And she had received quite a few from various neighbors, friends, and members of the book club she was in. Kagome had a feeling why her mom thought the ones from Inuyasha were so special. Because she hadn't expected them…there certainly hadn't been any flower deliveries from Benjirou and Atsushi.

"I need to send him a thank-you card."

Kagome knew it would be a lost cause to tell her mom there was no hurry in doing that, so she didn't.

"You got two calls today from potential clients. I got their addresses to mail them out a brochure." She said, sitting down across from her mom at the table.

"Thanks."

"And the Andrews called to cancel their service on Thursday. They're going out of town."

For the next hour Kagome brought her mom up to speed on everything that had happened that day with the business including the bad news that they'd received a resignation from one of their employees whom they considered dependable.

"I hate that Lizzie will be leaving us in the fall, but I'm glad she's decided to return to school. She only has a few credits left before she gets her college degree and at least she gave us a lot of notice for us to find a replacement."

And then it was time for her mom's afternoon nap. After making sure she had taken her medicine and was comfortably settled in bed, Kagome was just leaving her mom's bedroom and closing the door behind her when the doorbell sounded. Not wanting the sound to disturb her mom, Kagome quickly headed toward the front of the house, wondering if it was one of the neighbors.

She glanced out the peephole in the door and her chest immediately tightened. Inuyasha Takahashi was standing on the porch.

'What in the hell could he want?' She thought, glancing down at her skirt and blouse and deciding she looked decent enough, she quickly ran her fingers through her hair and then inhaled deeply before slowly opening the door.

Before she could ask why he was there, he handed her a vase of flowers and said. "I thought I'd help out my sister-in-law by delivering these."

It took all of Inuyasha's self-control not to pull Kagome into his arms for the kiss he'd been aching for since meeting her yesterday. It was crazy, yet for one tantalizing minute he wanted more than anything to pull her into his arms to find out if her lips were actually as soft and delicious as they looked.

It would be a provocative move, bold, totally out of line. Considering such a thing should give him pause. Unfortunately, what it was giving him was an ache right behind his zipper, which he was trying like hell to fight back, though he was failing little by little.

He was fully aware of her, although he was trying so hard not to be. She looked cute in her skirt and blouse. In truth there was nothing unusual about them. Still, they stirred raw desire within him. But when you had legs that looked like hers and a body that could make a man drool, it was hard not to be fully aware of anything she wore. Even a potato sack if she chose to wear one would look sexy on her.

"You work with your sister-in-law part time?"

Her question brought his attention back in focus and away from her legs. "Not really." He said, deciding to lean against the porch column for support. "She had something to do today, so I did her a favor by watching the store for an hour or so. One of your mom's friends dropped by and ordered these flowers. I couldn't resist delivering them in person."

Her eyes shone bright in the fading sunlight. "And why couldn't you resist delivering them?" She asked.

He could feel her nervous tension and watched as she licked her top lip with her tongue and felt his gut tighten even more. Her luscious scent surrounded him, made him appreciate being a man who was intent on having her. "Because I figured you would be here and it gave me a chance to see you again." He finally said, watching her reaction to his words with a steady gaze.

She opened her mouth as if not believing what he'd boldly stated. Then she closed it, paused momentarily and said. "Mr. Takahashi, I think–"

"Inuyasha, that's what I want you to call me. What will it take for you to do so Kagome?"

He observed the narrowing of her eyes, the tightening of her lips. She wasn't too happy with him now. Just as well since if the truth be told, he wasn't too happy with her either. She was being difficult, playing hard to get. Normally he liked the challenge, but in this case, although he'd only met her yesterday, she had made an impact and his patience was wearing thin.

He decided to press on while he had her at a loss for words. "Are you going to invite me in?"

Her eyebrow arched. "For what reason?"

"So I can say hello to your mother."

"Sorry, she's asleep and I don't want to wake her up."

He managed to smile. Man she was stubborn. "And I wouldn't want you to. Considering everything, I'm sure she needs her rest."

"Thanks for delivering the flowers."

Acting on pure impulse, he then moved a step closer to her. The only thing separating their bodies was the vase of flowers she held in her hand. He wanted to get a clear view of the look in her eyes to see what she wasn't yet experienced enough to hide. An image came back into his mind, the one of finding her asleep in his bed. But in this one, she wasn't fully clothed. Instead she was stark naked.

He released a sharp intake of breath and at that moment he was more determined than ever to have her, to do all those things to her he had dreamed about last night and envisioned most of the day.

"Goodbye Mr. Takahashi."

As incredible as it was at that point in time, a slow smile formed on his lips. For now he would let her assume she was calling the shots. His smile widened even more as he took in her obvious apprehension. No doubt she was concerned just what his sudden good mood was about, especially when the air surrounding them was shrouded with so much sensuality. It was so thick he could probably wallow in it. He felt it and knew she could probably feel it too.

"Please let your mother know that I dropped by." He said in a husky yet hushed tone before taking a step back. Without giving her time to say anything and doubting seriously that she would have done so anyway, he turned and walked away.

BlueMoon Goddess: Alright I know it was kinda short and not much happened, but hey at least I updated faster. And since this chapter was pretty short and not much going on, I might update again within a few weeks. ^_^