The Bachelor's Sweetheart. Jean Gordon C.
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Название: The Bachelor's Sweetheart
Автор: Jean Gordon C.
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
isbn: 9781474056762
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Tessa crumpled the napkin on the table next to her and tossed it at Josh. “Not the food. The take your time. You’re giving Myles the wrong idea about us.”
“Hey, I have a reputation to uphold. I’m with a beautiful woman. What man wouldn’t want her all to himself?”
Tessa warmed at his compliment while she also weighed whether to pick up her paper plate and chuck it at him. “As big an honor as it may be, I’d rather not join the long list of Josh Donnelly’s former girlfriends. I prefer being on the more exclusive just-friends list.”
“And you’re at the top of that one. So what’s wrong with my wanting to have you to myself for a few minutes? This is our usual Monday evening.”
Tessa attributed the uptick in her heart rate to residual ah from the heartwarming romantic comedy clip she and Myles had watched before the Disney one. After all, this was good old love-’em-and-leave-’em Josh. No one she could take seriously.
“Do you have any clips left to view?”
“A couple.” Tessa ran the videos and they talked about the films. She added them to her show list and shared the titles of the others she was ordering.
When Josh finished reading and commenting on her choices, he ran his hand over his hair and glanced around the room as if making sure they were really alone. “I’ve got some news.”
“About the accident? Someone we know?”
Josh dropped into the chair beside her, where Myles had been sitting. “About my—”
“Yo, incoming food.” Myles stomped up the stairs like half a detachment. “I’ve got your food.” He inched the door open. “Didn’t want to walk in on anything.”
“Get in here. There was nothing to walk in on.” Tessa glared at Josh.
“Yeah, right. I know that.” Myles gave Josh a nod that she was sure he didn’t think she caught. He handed Josh his food and fumbled for the change.
“Keep it for gas,” Josh said.
“Thanks. Tessa, you don’t mind if I leave now that Josh is here?”
An inexplicable wave of apprehension almost made her urge Myles to stay.
Myles cleared his throat. “A friend. You guys know her from church. Kaitlyn Flynn. She lives with Jack and Suzi Hill. She’s in my algebra class at the college. She texted me for some help with our assignment. The Hills’ house is on my way home. If I leave now, it won’t be too late to stop.”
Tessa was pretty sure she’d never heard Myles string together that many words about himself in one conversation. “Go ahead. I’ve showed you how I judge and choose the movies. That’s what you wanted.”
“Yeah. I’ll come in early on Friday to be here for the candy delivery.”
“That would be great.” Tessa pinched her lips and held her breath until she heard Myles’s last footfall on the stairs. Then she broke out in laughter. “Poor boy. From what Suzi told me, their former foster child Kaitlyn is a math whiz.”
“So her call for help was all a setup.” He joined in Tessa’s laughter. “I should warn him.”
“And break his heart? What guy doesn’t want to be the white knight riding in on his trusty steed—in this case, math skills—to save the damsel in distress?”
“True. But some of us have more finessed rescue skills.”
“You’ve never been watching from the outside.”
He grinned. “So that’s what you do, watch my moves?”
His tease hit a little too close to the mark. Sad as it sounded to her, she did watch him with other women, wondering when he’d start dating someone and have less time for her. Another sign she was too dependent on their friendship.
“Who could miss them? But get serious. Before Myles got back with your food, you said you had news.”
Josh unwrapped his burger and lifted the roll. “Catsup, mustard, pickle. Good. They didn’t forget the mustard.”
Sometimes Josh was as reticent in his communication as Myles. “That’s the news, the diner puts catsup, mustard and pickles on its burgers?”
He lifted his pointer finger while he finished chewing the bite he’d taken of the sandwich. His throat muscles worked as he swallowed. “Connor got a phone call from our father today.” His jaw hardened. Josh placed the burger on its wrapper on the table.
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