Driven to Distraction & Winging It by Tina Wainscott

Author:Tina Wainscott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

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THE NEXT MORNING, Mackenzie flew through her housework like a merry maid on steroids, trying to get out the door and on her way to Angie’s. She spent thirty minutes looking for her sunglasses, then took a final look in the mirror, pleased that the new hot-pink shorts she was wearing showed off her dark tan to perfection. She then spent another ten minutes making sure Marmalade had food, water and the multitude of cat toys she kept hiding and Mackenzie kept having to find and put back in her pampered pet’s three-tier play tower.

After one last look around her now tidy abode, she grabbed up her beach bag and opened the door to find herself face-to-face with Alec Southerland, who was standing in the hallway with his index finger poised just above her door.

“Well, this is a surprise,” Mackenzie said with a smirk. “Not only are you clothed, but you’re also alone today.”

“And totally pumped for our big date,” Alec countered right back, wiping the smirk completely from her face.

“Very funny,” Mackenzie said as he leaned against the doorjamb, blocking her path.

She stepped back a bit, out of range of the imaginary magnet that seemed to be drawing her closer to him than they were already standing. Of course, having seen him stark naked less than twenty-four hours earlier didn’t help matters either. Mackenzie was struggling to block the image of his vivid tan line from returning to her memory when he reached down to pluck the bottom part of her skimpy bikini out of the corner of her beach bag.

Holding it up for inspection, Alec smiled and said, “Looks like my gut instinct to dress casual this morning was on target. Just let me run back in and get my swim trunks and we’ll be ready to hit the beach.”

Mackenzie snatched her bikini bottoms from his hand in one easy swoop. “Sorry, but we aren’t going anywhere,” she was quick to point out. “I’m going to a party at my business partner’s beach house. Just as soon as you move your delusional self out of my way, that is.”

He clutched his chest with both hands, implying he was stricken with grief. “Say it isn’t so,” he teased. “I distinctly remember you saying our date was today.”

“And I distinctly remember you saying our date was last night, but that didn’t make it so, now did it?”

“It could have. If you’d been willing to play along.”

He maintained the same hangdog expression, and even went as far as looking at the floor while he kicked at the carpet with the toe of a well-worn Birkenstock sandal. In fact, he looked so much like a disappointed little boy, Mackenzie almost wanted to hug him, until he looked up and hit her with one of those devastating grins of his.

“You could always let me go to the party with you,” he said in a voice a step beyond pleading. “And I promise I wouldn’t get in your way. I mean, I’m sure you’re already meeting someone there.

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