A Little Light Magic by Joy Nash

Author:Joy Nash [Nash, Joy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781428506794
Publisher: Leisure
Published: 2009-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

They ate midnight Chinese takeout in her kitchen.

“Have you ever thought about remarrying?” she asked as she spooned Szechuan tofu over her brown rice.

As soon as the words were out, she wanted to bite off her tongue. She wasn’t an idiot. She knew marriage wasn’t something a guy wanted to talk about right after having sex with a woman for the first time. But sex with Nick had left her feeling so lazy and comfortable, it had just slipped out.

Nick went very still. Tori wanted to crawl under the table and die.

“No,” he said quietly. “Not really.”

“Sorry,” she said quickly. “Forget I even mentioned it. It was a rude question.”

He studied her. “You have to understand, Tori. My first marriage was hell.”

“Weren’t there any…good parts at all?”

“The good parts happened before the wedding.” A cynical note had crept into his voice. “Afterward…well, let’s just say I think there’s something about marriage that makes people a little insane. It’s like all of a sudden, you can’t see the other person. All you see is what you need from them. All they see is what they need from you. And nine times out of ten, no one gets what they need.”

His words hit home, brutally. Wasn’t she already doing that? Thinking of Nick in terms of her needs, rather than wondering about his?

He stood and started clearing the table, stowing the leftovers in the refrigerator. “I gotta be honest with you. I like you a lot. But if you’re looking for marriage, I can’t promise I’ll be your best bet. I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready for that level of commitment again.”

She backtracked wildly, in full damage-control mode. “I wasn’t trying to put you on the spot. I’m not looking for marriage. I just ended one long-term relationship. I’m not going to be ready for another one for a long time.”

He turned, one hand still on the open refrigerator door, studying her. “So you really don’t mind keeping things light? Taking things slow? ”

“I was going to suggest the same thing,” she lied.

“That’s great.” Nick’s relief was painfully evident. He shut the fridge. “So we’ll keep things cool. Just concentrate on having fun. Avoid all the messy emotional stuff.”

Way too late for that, she thought.

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