Charm This! by Tasha Black

Author:Tasha Black [Black, Tasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 13th Story Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

11

Rachel

Rachel managed to get through her business with the next customer who mercifully came in before she had to respond to Jack’s treatise on family.

Jack came out from behind the curtain once it was quiet. He was covered in plaster dust, but smiling broadly.

But he seemed to sense Rachel’s blue mood and paused in the doorway.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

“Just tired,” she lied.

“No,” he said. “That’s not it.”

She looked up at him, wondering if he could actually read her mind.

“You’re hungry,” he said triumphantly. “I always get quiet when I’m hungry too.”

Rachel doubted very much that Jack was ever quiet, but she kept her opinion to herself.

“I’m going to get us some sandwiches,” he said. “What kind do you like?”

“I’m not really hungry,” Rachel said.

“Tell you what, I’ll surprise you,” Jack said. “Are you a vegetarian or anything?”

She shook her head.

“Excellent,” he said. “I’m on the job.”

Rachel wondered if there was any job the man wasn’t ready to jump into. But he was already leaving, the bells jingling on the door in his wake.

At least she would have a few minutes to recover.

Although last night had been unbelievable, and playing house with pancakes this morning was divine, Rachel had to get back to herself. She had never thought she would want a serious relationship, especially with a big goofy lug like Jack Harkness. With a guy like that in her life, she’d never have peace and quiet again.

She tried not to think about the baby thing.

Just adopt, Belinda would say blithely, the same as everyone in her life who knew about her troubles said.

It seemed such an easy decision when it was being made for someone else.

But Jack Harkness had been a foster kid himself. He, more than anyone, probably longed for a biological connection. And he deserved it, all that and more. She could picture him with a baby of his own, gazing up at him in wonder with hazel eyes the same shade as his.

Besides, adoptions were expensive, probably more than she could afford with a shop to run. And there was pain at the heart of it all. Was it really right that Rachel’s joy could come only at the cost of another woman’s heartbreak?

And what birth mother would ever choose a woman who lived in an apartment over a jewelry store to mother her child anyway? The whole idea was just a giant set up for rejection.

Enough.

There was no reason to go down that well-worn path in her mind.

Rachel got out her spray bottle and began to clean the glass in the shop until it sparkled, reflecting the Christmas lights from the window display.

The work made her feel better, as it always did.

She had made her way almost back to the main counter when the door jingled again. She looked up, mildly curious about the type of sandwich Jack thought would be a good choice for her.

But the man who stood in the doorway was not Jack Harkness.

He was tall, with dark hair that had just enough silver in it to be sexy, and clean-shaven with a strong jaw.

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