A Perfectly Imperfect Match (Matchmaking Mamas) by Ferrarella Marie

Author:Ferrarella, Marie [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

It was, Elizabeth decided, like living in a dream.

Or maybe one of those old-fashioned romantic comedies from decades past, the ones where the hero never needed a shave and the heroine would wake up with every hair in place and a dewy face that never required having makeup reapplied.

Whatever she was currently experiencing certainly didn’t even remotely approximate her usual frantic but basically bland day-to-day life. Ever since this mysterious “Mrs. Manetti” had sent Jared Winterset her way, life had gone from fairly decent to absolutely perfect.

Oh, she and Jared weren’t actually dating or anything like that, but perforce, they were seeing one another just about every evening. She found herself living for the evenings.

And when they weren’t seeing each other, they were talking on the phone. Either Jared was calling her about another song he remembered or she was calling him about a different rendition that had just occurred to her for one of the songs they’d already selected.

For Elizabeth, music had always been her passion; performing it defined her very life. And for a very limited amount of time, this handsome, intelligent and exceedingly sensual man was sharing this world with her.

It really didn’t get much better than that.

* * *

“What do you mean it doesn’t get any better than that?” Amanda wanted to know when she’d finally cornered her friend and gotten Elizabeth to tell her a little about what was happening between her and Jared.

They’d just finished rehearsing. Amanda had hung back, waiting for the others to leave. She was practically chomping at the bit to quiz Elizabeth about her progress with Mr. Too-Good-Looking-for-Words, which was the way she whimsically referred to Jared.

“Has he kissed you yet?” Amanda prodded.

“Well, no, but...” Elizabeth began, trying not to sound as breathless as visions of kissing Jared had rendered her. She didn’t get a chance to finish because Amanda was rolling her eyes, looking to heaven for strength.

“That’s how it gets ‘better than that,’” she declared in exasperation. “Damn, girl, you’re probably wearing those nice and tidy little Ms. Professional outfits of yours when you see him.” Amanda continued staring at her, waiting for an answer. “Am I right?”

Instead of answering, Elizabeth went on the defensive. “What’s wrong with my clothes?”

“I’m right.” Amanda’s words were accompanied by a weary sigh. “Liz, Liz, Liz, I am really going to have to take you under my wing, here.”

Elizabeth shook her head. She really liked Amanda, but there was no way she wanted to be turned into a carbon copy of her. “I really don’t think that’s such a good idea.”

“No, it’s not,” she agreed, then, in case Elizabeth thought she’d won, Amanda clarified what she meant. “It’s a great idea. Honey, you want this man to keep turning up even after the party’s over, don’t you?”

She refused to have any expectations. As long as she accepted the fact that what was going on between them had a limited life expectancy, she wasn’t setting herself up for a fall. She knew

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