Cinderella Twin (Desire) by Barbara Mcmahon

Author:Barbara Mcmahon [Mcmahon, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2011-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Cade stepped out onto the patio and walked away from the light. Pausing at the edge, he circled back and stepped close enough to peer in through the window. Jackie sat in a chair, staring out at the night. He watched for several minutes, but when she made no move, he turned to head for home. She hadn’t shifted an inch the entire time. He’d give a lot to learn what thoughts tumbled around in her mind. Gloating over getting him interested? Or was there something else going through that pretty head of hers?

He tried to remember everything he’d been told about his neighbor. They had met casually when she’d first moved in, only two months after he had bought his house. Because she traveled a lot, she asked if he would keep an eye on her place, even giving him a key. He’d done a bit more traveling in those days, and had reciprocated. Beyond that, the entire first year he doubted if they had exchanged more than a few words.

After her return from France last summer, she had invited him a couple of times to parties. Her friends were young and ambitious. Few were connected with the film world, which had surprised him given she played bit parts and given the success of her father. But the people he’d met at her house came from all different professions. He’d had the best conversation with a landscape architect at one party. They really clicked. He should have followed up and called Joel again.

Maybe he would, and casually bring the conversation around to Jackie.

He hadn’t cared to find out the details about his neighbor before. But then, he hadn’t felt this strong pull of attraction, this sense of...of almost recognition. As if he had known her before. Feeling comfortable around her, feeling connected somehow.

Which showed he was still suffering from the rigors of jet lag.

Jackie represented the epitome of the type woman he’d sworn to avoid. Crystal had been the same. Always out for gaiety and excitement. The more money spent, the better. The faster the car, the higher the thrills, the more Crystal craved excesses. Superlatives. And Jackie had always struck him as having a similar viewpoint of life.

Yet a lot of things didn’t add up.

And he would swear the expression in her eyes when she’d bolted from the deck had been sheer panic. Was she leading people on? Creating some sophisticated facade to hold the wolves at bay? Feigning a level of experience to cover a lack? To hide the innocence that peeked through now and then?

Innocence? Jackie had been married to that Frenchman. Cade had a hard time convincing himself that she had any innocence left.

He let himself into his house. Stopping only long enough to pour himself a snifter of brandy, he headed for his bedroom. He needed a few more nights of rest before he was operating on all cylinders again. Sipping the brandy, he shed his clothes, his eyes going from time to time to the light shining from her bedroom.

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