5 Minutes to Marriage by Carla Cassidy

Author:Carla Cassidy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-07-10T23:33:09.375000+00:00

He shoved a strand of his dark hair off his forehead with the back of his hand. “I need to think about this,” he finally said. “I mean, this is all happening so fast.”

“Of course,” she agreed. She immediately got up from the table. “I’m going to bed. I’ll see you in the morning.”

She left him seated at the table, staring out the window into the dark of night. She had no idea if he’d agree to her plan or not. It was out of her hands.

As she got ready for bed she thought of the offer she’d just made to Jack. She wasn’t sure when it had first blossomed in her head, but the moment it had she’d embraced it.

It made a crazy kind of sense. She could live in a loveless, passionless marriage if the payoff was being able to raise Mick and David. What she didn’t know was if Jack was willing to make the same kind of sacrifice.

There was no question that there was a smoldering desire between her and Jack, but she wouldn’t complicate matters by diving headfirst into something wild and hot and dangerous.

She fell asleep almost immediately and dreamed of Jack. In her dreams they were making love, and she awakened the next morning feeling restless and edgy.

After showering and dressing for the day, she remained in her room until it was late enough for her to call Patrick. Whether Jack agreed to her plan or not, she’d decided to call it quits with the handsome accountant.

She’d been comfortable dating Patrick because he didn’t inspire great passion in her. Jack inspired passion, but she didn’t intend to follow through on it. She was putting her heart far more at risk by offering to be Jack’s wife, but as she thought of the two precious boys, she thought the risk was worth it.

Besides, it wasn’t really fair to continue seeing Patrick knowing that they had no future together. Eventually Patrick would want to get married and have children, and that was something she would never be able to give him. It was time to cut him loose so he could find the woman who would be his future.

He answered his phone on the second ring, obviously identifying her cell phone number from caller ID.

“What a pleasant surprise,” he exclaimed. “I was just getting ready for work and thinking about you.”

“I’ve been thinking about you, too,” she replied. She hated the fact that she was going to hurt him. But better to hurt him now in the early stages of their relationship than later.

“Patrick, you’re a wonderful man and someday you’re going to make some woman very happy,” she began.

“Why do I get the feeling this call is a kiss-off?”

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