Blue Bottle Beach by Amie Denman

Author:Amie Denman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, beach, contemporary, boss, key west, sensual, accountant, blue bottle beach, barefoot book
Publisher: Turquoise Morning Press

Chapter Thirteen

It was late afternoon when they dropped the picnic basket and blanket into the trunk of the car. Jackie felt a sting of regret that the day was almost over. It was like watching a romantic scene on TV. It looked perfect, but you knew it wasn’t real and as soon as you clicked the switch, it disappeared. This day was like that. Because their romance was built entirely on not being real.

What if they could go back to last night and start over with the truth? She knew better. If Mitchell knew she worked for him, he wouldn’t look twice. Especially since she was just a gray cog in the wheel of a part of the building he had never been in.

Playing the part of a woman of mystery who dances on cruise ships and has one-nighters (okay, one-weekenders) with handsome men was more work than she bargained for. And she ran out of desire to play the part just about the time she got in the rusty convertible with him. It was no fun to pretend she was someone she wasn’t every time he looked at her, touched her, kissed her, and invited her to fall in love with him in a dozen other ways.

And now it was over.

Their day on the beach under the entwined palms was done. Her friends would be back at the hotel, washing off sunscreen and salt water in the shower. And probably waiting for her to come back so they could do what they were going to do in the first place. Celebrate together. Maybe Shelly would even come out of pre-honeymoon hiding. No more games, she would meet up with her friends and then try to get some sleep tonight.

They had a plane back to reality to catch in the morning.

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Mitchell glanced over at Jackie as he drove back down the lane and realized with a jolt that her eyes were the exact blue of the bottle for which he and Jimmy had named the beach. Maybe she was too precious and beautiful to share with anyone else, too.

But the weekend was over. Tomorrow he would get on his corporate plane back to Chicago and read all the reports Hal had ready for him. He’d face a meeting of stockholders on Monday morning. But he wouldn’t be thinking about them.

Maybe it wasn’t quite over. If he asked her to spend the evening with him, maybe even the night…would she? Was it smart to wade in any deeper than he was already? After less than twenty four hours, he already knew he was going to miss her smile, her laugh, her blue eyes looking at him the way they did, the incredible curves of her body and how it melted into his.

More time with her would make his flight to Chicago seem even lonelier.

“It’s not over,” he said out loud without even thinking.

Jackie tilted her face and smiled at him, a questioning look in her blue eyes.

“The day. Still a couple of hours of daylight left and you haven’t seen the best sight of all.

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