Fiancé In Name Only. Maureen Child
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Название: Fiancé In Name Only
Автор: Maureen Child
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: Mills & Boon Desire
isbn: 9781474061452
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“Yeah, I do, and I appreciate the thought—”
“No, you don’t,” Terry said.
“You’re right, I don’t.” Kelly glanced at her friend and smiled to take the sting out of her words. “Honestly, you’re as bad as Gran.”
“Oh, low blow,” Terry muttered. “She’s still worried?”
“Ever since Sean died and it’s gotten worse in the last year or so.” She focused on the paints even while she kept talking. “Gran’s even started making noises about moving back here so I won’t be lonely.”
“Oh, man.” Terry sighed. “I thought she loved living in Florida with her sister.”
“She does.” Kelly crouched down to paint in the faces of three other pumpkins. “The two of them go to bingo and take trips with their seniors club. She’s having a great time, but then she starts worrying about me and—”
Her cell phone rang and Kelly stood up to drag it from her jeans pocket. Glancing at the caller ID, she sighed and looked at Terry. “Speak of the devil...”
“Gran? Really?” Terry’s eyes went dramatically wide. “Boy, her hearing’s better than ever if she could catch us talking about her all the way from Florida!”
Kelly laughed. With a wince of guilt, she sent the call to voice mail.
“Seriously?” Terry sounded surprised. “You’re not going to talk to her?”
“Having one conversation about my lack of a love life is enough for today.”
“Fine.” Terry held up both hands in surrender. “I’ll back off. For now.”
“Thanks.” She tucked her phone away and tried not to feel badly about ditching her grandmother’s call.
“But,” Terry added before she went back into the coffee shop, “just because you’re not interested in a permanent man...”
Kelly looked at her.
“...doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a temporary one. I’m just saying.”
After she left, Kelly’s brain was racing. A temporary man. When she went back to her painting, she was still thinking, and as an ephemeral plan began to build in her mind, a speculative smile curved her mouth.
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