Between the Lines by Angela Benson

Author:Angela Benson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Angela Benson
Published: 2016-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

“You’re blushing,” Jake teased. They were about halfway to Lamar and already Carl and Megan had put on quite a show.

Eleanor lowered her head. “It’s the moaning. Can’t they kiss in silence?”

“When it’s good, it’s good. Why don’t you talk to me? Maybe we can ground them out.”

“What do you want to talk about?”

“Us.”

There is no us, she said silently. “Okay, let’s talk about the paper.”

Jake chuckled. “If you insist.”

“Did you tell your father about my plans? Every time I tried to speak with him about them, he deftly changed the subject.”

Jake was grateful for his father’s hands-off approach on this deal. The Old Man was really letting him handle the project. “As well he should. This is my deal. He doesn’t make the decisions, I do. Didn’t I tell you that?”

She grimaced. “You did, but I didn’t believe you.”

“Thanks for nothing.”

“Don’t be insulted. I never figured Randolph Mason to be the hands-off type.”

Jake knew his father’s hands-off approach was because this project was so small, but he didn’t dare tell Eleanor that. “Mason Publishing is a big enterprise. He can’t have his hands in everything.”

“I guess you’re right. How do you feel having total control?”

“Responsible. I want to do the right thing, the best job, for all the concerned parties.” He wanted to exceed beyond any and all expectations his father had or had ever dreamed.

She patted his knee. “Do what I tell you and you’ll be fine.”

He sucked in his breath. “That’s the first time you’ve touched me since Friday night.”

That kiss. She’d wondered which one of them would mention it first.

“No comment?”

“No comment.” She glanced back at Megan and Carl. Seeing they were oblivious to the world, all cuddled in each other’s arms, she spoke freely. “We’ve already decided the kiss was the beginning and the end.”

“You decided.”

She smiled coyly. “Unless you can do what you want by yourself, I guess that means I made the decision for both of us.”

“You’re a tough woman. You know that?”

“I thought you said I was soft,” she said, then gasped, wishing she could take the words back.

“Hey,” Carl interrupted. “What are you guys whispering about?”

Eleanor was relieved at the interruption. Jake placed a hand on her knee, turned quickly to her, and mouthed, “Later.”

“So you finally decided to come up for air?” Jake asked, glancing at them in his rearview mirror.

“If you want, Jake,” Megan chimed in, “Carl and I can swap places and let you and Eleanor have the back seat for a while.”

Eleanor turned around in her seat and glared at Megan. “I wouldn’t trust you two. You’d probably try to sit in Carl’s lap while he drove.”

Carl captured Megan’s lips for a quickie. “We’ll have to try that, cupcake.”

The look of pleasure and adoration on Megan’s face was one Eleanor had never seen there before. After years of leading men around by the nose, her friend had finally been bitten by that old love bug. Eleanor was happy for her.

“Where did cupcake come from?” she asked.

Carl opened his mouth to answer, but Megan covered his mouth with her hand.

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