Bachelor Boss by Christie Ridgway

Author:Christie Ridgway [Ridgway, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459291508
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

There was a flurry of greetings as Carlo joined them on the patio. He glanced over at Lucy. “Your mother called a little bit ago and invited me over for brunch,” he said, replying to the surprise that was surely written all over her face. “I guess she forgot to tell you. I caught a ride with Elise and John. Maybe you’ll give me a lift to my car later?”

“Oh. Um, sure.” Of course. They’d left his Lexus yesterday at the office when she’d driven them to the beach. Had that only been yesterday that they’d been at the beach, and then at the hospital, and then in his bed? Her gaze skittered away from his.

Don’t make a fool of yourself, Lucy. But it wasn’t easy facing him for the first time in front of her family. If her cheeks had been red before, they had to be glowing scarlet now, and she didn’t want anyone guessing there was anything romantic going on between the two of them.

Because of course there wasn’t.

Last night had just been…

Fun. She’d labeled it that, not him, and she refused to make more of it now. And it was private fun, so she had to get it together or one of her nosy siblings was bound to figure out something was up and embarrass the heck out of her over it.

Or worse, embarrass Carlo.

She managed to look him in the eye. “Do you know how Germaine is doing this morning?”

“Very well. Dot’s already taken her home. I’ll visit this afternoon.”

“Which means you have plenty of time now to tell us everything, Carlo,” Sam called out. “We can’t count on Goose to give us the real skinny when it comes to her employment adventures. How’s our Ms. Sutton handling her job responsibilities?”

Ms. Sutton.

Lucy’s gaze jumped to Carlo again, she couldn’t help herself. He was studying his glass of OJ, but as if he felt her looking at him, he lifted his tangle of dark lashes and stared right back.

Ms. Sutton, it’s time to scream.

“Carlo?” Sam prodded. “I swear, you’re as distracted as Lucy’s been all morning. If I didn’t know better—”

They were spared the end of that sentence by the arrival of Elise and John, who’d been delayed in the kitchen by a coffee ring they’d brought and had cut into wedges. Now they were ready to pass the pieces around.

“Sweets?” Elise smiled up at Carlo as she offered him a plate. He smiled back down at her and it struck Lucy, for the millionth time in her life, how perfect her sister was with her smooth, Grace Kelly hair, her long legs, her slender figure—she’d already run a 10K that morning! Add to that the fact that she’d recently received yet another big promotion at work.

It wasn’t Elise’s fault that males had always been drawn to her, despite her unswerving devotion to her husband. Who wouldn’t be attracted to such loveliness?

And at the moment, Carlo looked as if he couldn’t pull his gaze away from her.

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