Caught (Men of the Show Book 3) by Rhonda Shaw

Author:Rhonda Shaw [Shaw, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-25T22:00:00+00:00

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Christmas night, Matt and Shannon were hosting his family for dinner. Matt had told Shannon not to worry about trying to get anything together, promising the responsibility of preparing the meal was all his. She only needed to focus on work and be ready when everyone showed up. She appreciated the gesture and started to take advantage of the opportunity, but found she couldn’t concentrate on anything. Guilt washed over her every time Matt banged something around in the kitchen as she imagined him struggling to boil water.

Getting up, she walked out of the office toward the noise, patting Buddy on the head when he stood to follow her. The scents drifting from the kitchen smelled amazing and her mouth started to water. Shannon stopped right inside the doorway, the scene before her quickly dispelling any notion cooking was foreign to Matt. He stood in front of the island chopping up onions with a dishtowel over one shoulder and the sleeves of his navy button-down shirt rolled up to his elbows, revealing his thick forearms and the heavy platinum watch circling his left wrist. On the stove, water churned and bubbled while peeled potatoes waited next to the pot to be submerged. A dish of breadcrumbs stood next to the cutting board along with some celery and mushrooms.

“Wow! Look at you,” she exclaimed. “I had no idea.”

Matt gave her his winning smile as he continued to chop. “I can’t let out all of my secrets now, can I?”

Can’t there be one thing unappealing about you. He was not making things easy.

“Seriously,” she said as she sat on one of the stools lining the opposite side of the island. “You’d give Karen a run for her money. I must have missed this while I was at work on Thanksgiving.”

“I doubt it since Karen is a trained professional,” he said as he deftly transferred the now chopped onions to the same dish as the breadcrumbs before pulling a couple stalks of celery onto the cutting board. “I enjoy cooking though. It relaxes me.”

“I can’t think of anything more stressful,” Shannon said with a laugh. “But what can I do to help?”

He eyed her as she moved over to the sink to wash her hands. “You done with work?”

“I’ll never be done with work, but the brief can wait. I should be in here helping you and so that’s what I’m doing.”

“I’ve got everything covered, Shannon. It’s all right.”

“Nope, you’re not getting rid of me.” She planted herself next to him and hit the counter with her palm. “Now give me something to do.”

His blue eyes studied her for a moment before he leaned down to place a soft kiss on her lips. “Thank you,” he said quietly.

She smiled back at him, forcing herself to ignore the roll her heart wanted to do in her chest, and maintain neutrality since everything was going to change very shortly, and not for the better. “You’re welcome. Just don’t yell at me when I burn something.

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