A Texas-Sized Secret by Maureen Child

Author:Maureen Child
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

Dinner at the TCC on Saturday night was a treat. Naomi had always liked the club, and once women were allowed in as members, she’d taken full advantage of her new rights. She, Cecelia and Simone had headed the redecorating committee, and they’d done what they could to spruce up the old place.

Not that they’d been given free rein. But painting the entryway and the restaurant and the ladies’ room had helped to brighten things up. They were too steeped in tradition here to willingly let go of the Texas artifacts, documents and pictures decorating the walls, and a part of Naomi understood it. She was a Texan, too, after all. But at least those walls were painted a soft gray now, with fresh white trim, and it looked brighter in here even with the dim lighting.

Sitting across the table from Toby, she took a second to admire it. The dining room in the Texas Cattleman’s Club really hadn’t changed much in decades, and even with a fresh coat of paint, it remained very much what it always had been—an upscale restaurant with roots in the past. Tables were draped in white cloth, and on every table was a bud vase with a single yellow rose in it. Soft jazz spilled out of overhead speakers, and the brass sconces on the wall threw out shafts of pale light. The atmosphere was old-world, but the clientele was a mixture of the older generation and younger. Conversations rose and fell like the tides, with a sprinkling of laughter now and then to keep things bright.

Naomi looked at Toby and just managed to squelch a sigh. He wore a white dress shirt, black jacket and black slacks. His black boots were shined to perfection, and he’d capped everything off with a black Stetson that made him look like a well-dressed outlaw. Her insides shivered, and her stomach did a long, slow roll. That sensation still caught her by surprise, despite how often she’d been experiencing it lately.

Desire pumped through her and she fought it down, because really, he hadn’t said a word about that kiss since it happened two nights ago, so maybe he hadn’t felt what she had. Wanted what she had—did.

And maybe she’d been trying to tempt him, to remind him of that kiss when she chose what to wear tonight. Her short, bright red dress hugged her breasts and her growing curves proudly. The neckline was square and deep and supported by inch-wide straps across her shoulders. Her red heels gave her an extra three inches of height, which she was always in favor of—plus, they made her legs look great.

He’d noticed, because she’d seen the flare of approval in his eyes when he first saw her tonight. But he’d been cool, controlled, even a little distant since they sat down at the restaurant.

Two days since she’d kissed him on impulse and found so much more than she’d expected. When his mouth fused to hers and his arms came around her, every cell in Naomi’s body had come alive.

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