A Match for the Doctor by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

A long, contented sigh escaped Kennon’s lips.

She was exhausted, but happy. The day had turned out to be extralong, but it was definitely worth it. She felt exhilarated, because she felt she’d accomplished a great deal today.

She was not as confident as she pretended to be about getting him to put a stamp of approval on a complete bedroom set and actually mean it. But the shop she had brought Simon and the girls to had so many different selections that if they hadn’t found something there, she would have been tempted to finally throw in the towel and admit that they would never find his furniture.

But there was no need for surrender. Simon had found something he actually liked.

As it turned out, Dr. Sheffield had been won over by a bedroom suite reminiscent of early California furniture. Massive and powerful looking, the set, surprisingly, was not all dark wood and oppression. While not light, the hue of the wood was somewhere in between the two extremes. A compromise of light and dark.

Seeing it, and Simon’s reaction to it—his interest was actually piqued—led Kennon to believe that the bedroom suite was a great deal like Simon himself. The man had a dark exterior, but underneath—when he would allow someone to experience that side of him—something within was lighter, more sensitive than first met the eye.

She just had to keep scratching at his dark surface to bring it out—for the girls’ sake, she silently emphasized, since ultimately it was his daughters who had to live with the man. After this assignment was over, in all likelihood she would never see Simon Sheffield again. So whether or not he learned how to unwind, how to allow his softer, kinder side to come through, made no difference to her.

The hell it doesn’t, a small voice whispered in her head as Kennon automatically glanced in a mirror that was mounted on the dining room wall.

She’d never cared for lies. Why was she lying to herself now?

The answer was simple. It was a matter of self-preservation. Because she was really attracted to Simon and she knew it wouldn’t lead anywhere. He had his work and his daughters. And his heart belonged to his late wife. There was absolutely no room in his life for anything else. If she entertained even so much as a glimmer of a hope, she was an even bigger idiot than she’d been when Pete had walked out on her, leaving her with a bruised ego and a bleeding heart.

It was time to go home, she told herself. Her work was definitely done for the day. But as she prepared to leave, Edna gave her a sympathetic once-over.

“You look tired, Miss Cassidy. Why don’t you stay awhile, catch your second wind? Stay for dinner. Have a nice cup of tea while you wait—you can put your feet up on that new hassock you and the doctor picked out,” Edna added.

The hassock. The woman made it sound as if shopping had been a mutual experience.

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