Lone Star Valentine. Cathy Thacker Gillen
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Название: Lone Star Valentine
Автор: Cathy Thacker Gillen
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
isbn: 9781474001472
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“I admit that would solve a lot of problems for me and the town immediately.”
Gannon took off his jacket and looped it over the back of one of the high stools against the granite-topped island. “But...?” he asked, as he sat down.
Finding the sudden intimacy of the situation a little too intense, Lily turned her eyes to the pale blue walls of her kitchen, then admitted, “I worry what even the suggestion she take back her art would do to your mom.”
“Well, she won’t be happy about it...that’s for sure.”
As their gazes met again, Lily forged on, “And correct me if I’m wrong, but I understand this was your mother’s first serious work. It was a huge honor to even be asked by the town to do this, so to then have it poorly received and hidden away...” She shook her head, barely able to say the words, yet Gannon’s expression remained courtroom inscrutable. “Come on, even you, Mr. I’ll-Never-Compromise-Under-Any-Situation, can see that’s no solution to the dilemma!” she finished emotionally.
Sighing, Gannon shoved a hand through his hair. “You’re right about that. My mother’s art is every bit as important to her as my career is to me. She waited a long time to be able to pursue it the way she has always wanted to—with all her heart and soul.”
Gannon sobered even more. “I don’t want to see her pushed into putting her dreams on hold by the people around her any more than I would want to give up my own quest for success.”
Reminded of how truly ambitious both Montgomerys were at heart, Lily said quietly, “I don’t, either.”
Gannon moved closer, his expression intent.
“Then what is the solution?”
“I don’t know,” Lily said quietly, her heart kicking into a faster beat. She moved to the other side of the counter as the teakettle began to whistle. “But I’m sure if we take a few days to think about it, we’ll come up with something a heck of a lot better than what you’ve just suggested.”
His gaze still locked with hers, he flashed a crooked smile. “I’m all for a better solution.” He watched her add hot water to the mugs, then rummage around for cookies. “Speaking of family, is Lucas okay with all of the commotion this has caused for you personally?”
Touched to find Gannon thinking of the little boy he had yet to actually meet, Lily admitted in relief, “My parents took him to San Angelo for lunch and a movie with just the two of them. Grandparent Saturday, they call it. So luckily, he didn’t see any of it.”
Lily broke off as Gannon’s phone rang. He moved off to answer it. It didn’t take long to discern it was about work.
“So that’s what you call a vacation?” she asked some fifteen minutes later, having heard him briskly ask for updates on at least half a dozen cases before finally, finally hanging up.
His lips thinned. “I run the family-law department now. I have a lot of responsibility.”
She knew that. Respected it. And yet... “What about a life? Do you have that, too, in Forth Worth?”
And why did she care so much?
He shrugged casually. “My life is my work now.”
“But don’t you want more than that?” she asked before she could stop herself.
Didn’t everyone?
At least if they were completely honest?
Gannon favored her with a sexy half smile, seemingly glad the conversation had taken yet another personal detour. “Are you asking me if I’m currently seeing someone?” he teased.
Was she?
He glided treacherously close. “The answer is no. Not yet.”
She inhaled the brisk scent of his cologne, felt the warmth emanating from his body. Lily focused on the strong column of his throat. She splayed her hands across his chest and felt the steady beat of his heart beneath her fingertips. “Meaning there’s someone you want to go out with?” she ascertained, pushing the envelope even more.
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