When Jayne Met Erik. Elizabeth Bevarly
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Название: When Jayne Met Erik
Автор: Elizabeth Bevarly
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
isbn: 9781408943083
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So that was a definite plus.
“I’m not sure it would be a good idea,” she said halfheartedly. She told herself she was trying to let him down easily. But she knew she was really only stalling for time, because she discovered then that—surprise, surprise—she really wanted to accept his invitation.
Erik, however, still clearly picking up on her uncertainty, pressed, “Look, if you’re worried about my intentions, you don’t have to tell me where you live. You can meet me somewhere.”
“Gee, I don’t know…”
“And I’ll let you pick the restaurant.”
“But…”
“And choose the time.”
“It’s just that…”
“Please, Jayne,” he said. “You may well be my only hope. And once I explain the situation to you, you might change your mind.”
She wasn’t sure how she should take that first part of his statement, whether being his only hope was a good thing or a bad thing. But she was absolutely certain about the last part of his statement—there was no way she would change her mind, no matter how well she understood what he termed “the situation.”
Still, what would it hurt to have dinner with him? she thought. It wasn’t as though she planned to do anything else this evening. Oh, wait a minute. Yes, she did have plans, she suddenly remembered. She planned to do laundry.
Dinner with Erik was definitely looking better now.
“It will all make sense to you when I explain,” he promised, swaying her further.
Jayne gazed into his eyes, nearly losing herself in their dark-brown depths. He was allowing her to call all the shots, letting her set up their date—or whatever it was—in any way that would make her feel safe and comfortable. Just because he had a reputation for being eccentric, that was no reason to say no, was it? she asked herself. Were he any other charming, irresistible and cute—did she mention cute?—man asking her out to dinner under the same circumstances, she’d probably say yes.
And he was awfully cute.
“Look, I’ll tell you what,” Erik said when she still didn’t reply one way or the other to his invitation. “J.J.’s Deli is right up the street. What time do you get off from work?”
“Five,” Jayne said before she could stop herself.
He smiled. “Fine. I’ll be at J.J.’s Deli at seven o’clock tonight. If you decide to come, wonderful. If you decide not to…”
His voice trailed off, and she was surprised at the depth of disappointment she heard in it.
“If you decide not to,” he said again, sighing heavily, “well, I guess I’ll survive. Somehow.”
She smiled back at him, but still couldn’t quite bring herself to accept.
“But I think, Jayne, that if you do decide to come, we could have a very nice time, and a very interesting conversation. Seven o’clock,” he repeated. “J.J.’s Deli. I hope you’ll come.”
And then Erik Randolph, eccentric, cute guy, potential multimillionaire, spun around and exited Colette without a backward glance.
And all Jayne could do was shake her head in mystification, and wonder what on earth had just happened.
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