Husband For Keeps. Kate Little
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Название: Husband For Keeps
Автор: Kate Little
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
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“Listen, thanks for the offer,” she added in a more conciliatory tone. “I know you’re just trying to help, but…”
“But what? You have—” he glanced at his watch “—about ten hours to tie the knot, and you’re stuck out on this ranch in a mother of a storm, short one groom.”
She had to agree with the logic of his argument yet tried to ignore it. “But we’re strangers. I don’t know anything about you. And you don’t know anything about me.”
He shrugged. “I’ve got news for you. Most people who get married the so-called normal way don’t know all that much about each other, either. Though they might think they do.” His tone was tinged with a bitter note, Carey noticed, which she strongly suspected arose from experience. But she didn’t have time to question him about it.
“Besides,” he continued. “What you’ve described isn’t a real marriage, anyway. It’s more of a business arrangement. I came here for a job interview, remember?” he reminded her. “Why don’t you just interview me, formal as you please, and see if I qualify?”
“You’re kidding, right?”
“I’ve rarely been more serious. Go ahead,” he encouraged. “Tell me all about…the position.”
She coughed into her hand. “For instance?”
“Well, what are the hours? What are the duties, responsibilities? Don’t you want to know if I have any experience?”
“Do you?” she replied, struggling to suppress a playful grin.
“Plenty, ma’am,” he assured her, his gaze narrowed seductively, and the small smile that tilted his full lips made Carey’s heart skip a beat. “I even have a few letters of reference handy.” He pulled some folded pages from his shirt pocket and handed them over to Carey.
For a brief moment she was almost afraid to read them. He didn’t look like a professional gigolo…but how could a person tell such things?
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