Control by Kayla Perrin

Author:Kayla Perrin [Perrin, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-10-19T05:00:00+00:00

14

I didn’t realize that I was standing motionless, watching Dion walk away, until Spike came up beside me.

“Mmm-mmm-mmm. That is one sexy man.”

I turned to gaze at him, giving him a lopsided grin. “He’s straight, Spike.”

“Oh, I know that, honey. He was looking you up and down like you were a hot, buttered biscuit.” Spike raised his eyebrows. Gave me that curious look again.

“What?” I asked, feeling as though he could see right through me.

“Other than the fact that there’s something you’re not telling me?”

Spike, like Sharon, was one of my best friends. The kind I could trust completely. I’d met him when he’d come into my shop looking for a job, shortly after I’d opened the new location in Cornelius. Despite having no experience in the field, he’d seen my Help Wanted sign in the window and had been willing to learn. And more importantly, he’d been desperate for a job. Marcus, his partner of two years, had kicked him out of his house, leaving Spike destitute. Knowing a thing or two about what it was like to need a break, I’d hired him on the spot.

Over the course of the last five years, he’d become one of my closest friends. The kind you couldn’t keep anything from.

“You know me too well,” I said in response to his comment.

“Well?” He planted his hands on his hips as he stared at me. “Are you gonna tell me?”

The buzz I’d felt at seeing Dion again faded as grim reality came to the forefront of my mind. Sighing, I said, “I’m leaving Robert.”

I steeled myself, waited for Spike to say, “What took you so damn long?” But instead he put a hand on my back and asked, “How are you feeling, doll-face?”

My shoulders sagged, as if the weight of the world had just been lifted from them. “I…I don’t know.”

“You know I never felt Robert was right for you,” Spike said gently. “But this can’t have been an easy decision.”

He had never made his feelings about my marriage a secret. He’d never expressed anything negative about Robert as a person, but he did feel that my husband was too old for me, and that someone my age didn’t realistically have a future with a man who was nearly seventy. I’d respected his honesty. I knew other people in my circle held that same view, but would never dare express their true opinion.

But given Sharon’s comment earlier, that she thought I was a different person when Robert was around, I wondered if there was more to Spike’s opinion about my marriage other than the age factor.

He squeezed my hand. “It’s for the best.”

“Why do you say that?”

“You know I always thought Robert was too old for you. He’s in the winter of his life, while you’re still enjoying the summer. At least you should be.” He gave me a pointed look. “And this whole talk about you wanting a baby… I just don’t see you having a child with a man who’s already raised his children and is now enjoying grandkids.

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