Blake by Lori Wilde & Carolyn Greene

Author:Lori Wilde & Carolyn Greene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L&C

The next day, after church, she decided to bring up the subject with him. Actually, it had already been brought up in church. Many times, in fact. It seemed word got out that there was a casting call for guest spots on her show, and every star struck cook in the county wanted to be discovered.

Changing out of her dress and into slacks, Jillian happened to look out the bedroom window at the beautiful mountainous scenery that loomed on the landscape. A motion in the well-groomed yard caught her attention. Frank casually loped past, picked up a length of frayed rope in his teeth, and carried it to Blake, prompting a spirited game of tug of war.

Even at play, Blake gave no less than a hundred percent. He didn’t even give slack to a dog. Blake forced Frank to fight for every inch of ground he won.

Jillian realized he’d done the same to her. And it was obvious she’d have to continue struggling against him to make the show the kind of success she wanted it to be.

With Quint, she’d mistakenly given in and gone along with his desires, just to keep the peace. And look where that had got her. Three years behind in her life plan, that was where.

It went against her nature, pushing back when she’d been shoved into a tight spot, but with Blake she had no choice. The man could be a human steamroller at times, and she refused to be flattened by him. She got out a warm jacket and pulled it on, then went outside to Blake.

By the time she walked around to the side of the house, both man and dog were breathless. She had no idea who won, for they were now sitting side by side on the cool autumn ground, Blake with his arm slung affectionately around the dog, and Frank with his tongue lolling out one side of his mouth.

Frank noticed her first. He left his master and greeted Jillian by nuzzling her hand.

Blake rose to his feet. “Traitor,” he said to the dog.

Jillian patted her new friend and told Blake, “I don’t know whether he likes me more for my biscuits or my kisses.”

Blake grinned. It was clear what his preference would be.

Jillian’s thoughts darted back to that last kiss they’d shared. Powerful. Mind drugging. Lusty. All the things a kiss should be, between two people in love.

But they weren’t in love. They weren’t even right for each other. It just happened that she was illogically attracted to him.

A more logical choice for Jillian would be a three-piece-suit type, a doctor perhaps, a local politician, or maybe even a military officer. Thanks to her unfortunate experience with Quint, she no longer included lawyers on her list of compatible types.

He was watching, waiting for her to say something. His heavy-lidded look undermined her and made her feel more like loving than fighting.

She’d have to stop thinking like this. It wouldn’t be fair to either of them. Jillian gritted her teeth.

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