Blind Date with the Boss by Barbara Hannay

Author:Barbara Hannay [Barbara Hannay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781408904091
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2008-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

OUTSIDE the restaurant, a chilling breeze whipped at Sally’s hair and she wished she felt happier after such a magical evening. She’d adored every moment of Logan’s company, and she’d watched him relax, had seen the way his gorgeous smile lingered more and more often, had seen the glow in his eyes when he’d looked at her.

It had seemed such a fitting sequel to earlier this evening, when Logan had taken her to meet Hattie and he’d shown her the softer side she’d always suspected. Better still, he hadn’t tried to hide his pleasure that his grandmother liked Sally. And now it appeared that he wasn’t in a serious relationship with another woman.

Barriers had been tumbling left and right and, at some deeply intuitive level, Sally had sensed that this evening had been special for both of them. No matter how loudly they tried to deny it, strong threads of attraction had been drawing them closer and closer.

But at the end, with the chef’s arrival, the delicate balance had been upset. It was as if she’d been weaving a wonderful fiction, but had suddenly been forced to face bald facts. Wake up, Sally Finch! Tonight has been a fairy tale. The boss and his front desk girl are not going to have a meaningful romance.

Now, as the lights of the restaurant narrowed to yellow dots in the distance, the truth of her situation became plainer to Sally. She’d finally become relaxed and confident around her boss, but somehow, in the process, she’d forgotten that he was unattainable. She was playing out of her league.

The annoying thing was that deep down she had known that. She and Logan were poles apart and a country bumpkin, newly arrived in the big smoke, could not expect to capture the heart of a high-flying corporate executive. Sydney was overflowing with women who operated on Logan’s wavelength, business and professional women with a great deal more to offer a man than mere chatting and dancing skills.

Sally had no chance of competing. It would take years and years of city life before she developed the finely honed sophistication and fashion know-how of the women who’d been born and bred here.

So what if Logan had been relaxed and happy this evening? Dinner and pleasant conversation did not mean that she and the boss were an item.

Now, as they walked beside the harbour to the parked car, their tense silence seemed to magnify the sounds of the night. Footsteps on paving stones. Waves from the wake of a boat slap-slapping against the harbour’s rock wall. The blast of a ferry’s horn, warning that it was about to leave Circular Quay.

A fresh burst of wind gusted across the inky water, making Sally shiver.

‘You’re cold,’ Logan said. ‘Here, have my jacket.’ Gallantly, he ignored her protests that it wasn’t far to the car and he slipped his jacket around her shoulders.

‘Thanks,’ she whispered and a high voltage thrill zapped through her when the silky lining settled intimately over her shoulders.

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