Better Than Before (RightMatch.com Trilogy) by Kathryn Shay

Author:Kathryn Shay [Shay, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: venture capitalist at work, brothers, Online dating site, about families, contemporary romance novel, trilogy kindle books, keeping secrets and telling lies
Published: 2012-07-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Annie closed the door on the kids after they scampered out to Keith’s car and climbed the stairs to her room to get ready for her first date with Spence. She was nervous and tried on three different outfits before she finally decided on one. They were attending an outdoor concert on the lake. She looked forward to being with him and was anxious to find out what it would be like between them with everything out in open. Though she was plagued by the nagging doubt as to whether she and this Spence would click, there was no denying she longed to be with him. That was the inescapable truth and what brought her to the decision to give him another chance. When the bell rang, she grabbed her purse and hurried down to the foyer.

He wore pressed gray pants and matching T-shirt and sports coat. They were expensive clothes, his own clothes. With a smile that seemed a bit forced, he said, “Hi, there.”

“Hi, Spence. I’m ready to go, so no need to come inside.”

Nodding, he stepped back and waited for her to exit. The early evening air cloaked them as they walked to his car. “Oh!” She stopped abruptly at the sight of the sleek black Mercedes in her driveway. “Oh. Wow. This is yours, right?”

“Yes, I rented the other one.”

“I figured that out.” The night she’d gone to her mother’s house, Annie had catalogued the details of his deception, but facing them directly hit her hard. The car, his clothes… What else was she in for? Though all that hurt, renewed anger surfaced, too. “You went to such lengths to trick me.”

“I don’t know what to say, Annie, except I’m truly sorry.”

“I believe you.” She motioned to the car. “Let’s get going.”

He opened the passenger door for her and she slid inside. When Spence got in, she ran her hand over the expensive gray leather. “Keith would love this.”

“I suppose he would.” Instead of starting the engine, he turned toward her. “I do, too, Annie. I said I’d had some shifts in my attitude because of you but not totally. I like this car and have no intention of giving things like this up to be with you. But I want to reiterate what I told you in the parking lot of the café—none of it means as much to me since I met you.”

His words softened the blow of his deception. “That’s sweet.”

When they got on the road, he asked, “Are you done with your classes?” He must be searching for a neutral topic and she seized on it.

“Yes. Graduation’s the end of next week.

“Will you be going to the ceremony?”

“My mother, Lauren and Julia insist I do; otherwise I’d skip it.”

He waited. For what? An invitation to attend? No way was she going to extend it. First off, she wanted to take their relationship slow. Second, it would be a long time before the kids would meet him.

“What did your girlfriends say about us dating again?” he asked after a silence.

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