From House Calls To Husband by Christine Flynn

Author:Christine Flynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

The grand ballroom of the Westridge Country Club was an enormous space lined with gilded mirrors, hung with massive chandeliers and set with round tables sporting red linens, white china and sparkling stemmed crystal. The Heart Ball was considered one of the main social and charitable events of the season, which meant the women—mostly wives or girlfriends of the various doctors, lawyers and corporate types in attendance, if not doctors, lawyers and corporate types themselves—were all properly gowned and coiffed. There were black gowns, of course, and every jewel-tone imaginable. But with the heart theme, many of the women had opted for shimmering red taffeta or satin. Even a few of the men sported red ties and cummerbunds with their tuxedos.

With the strains of a classic concerto filling the air, compliments of the ensemble near the dance floor, Katie couldn’t help thinking that the overall mood would have fit right in with the little fantasy Lee had been working on in the dressing room. Unfortunately, Katie couldn’t appreciate the ambiance as much as she would under other circumstances. Apprehensive and anxious, she just wished it were midnight and the ball were over. Mike was trying as hard as she to keep things pleasant, but there was an unfamiliar tension in him tonight that had her nerves jumping like the tracings of an EKG.

She stood near a set of the ballroom’s huge, open doors, watching the crowd while Mike dealt with their coats. By being his nondate, she’d tacitly agreed to support him by putting up a good appearance. That was exactly what she’d do, too. As important as it was for him to maintain the right connections, and keep his chief of staff happy, she couldn’t let him down. Aside from that, her parents were in there somewhere, along with many of their friends and acquaintances. So were Mike’s colleagues. And some of the doctors she worked with. It wouldn’t do any good at all to let the strain between her and Mike show.

There was one other little matter preying on her mind.

She hadn’t taken the test. She’d simply been too rushed. So now she had to spend the evening pretending everything was fine between her and Mike while trying not to obsess over whether or not she was carrying his child.

“Show time.”

Mike drawled the words from beside her. Feeling his hand on her elbow, she looked up, her glance skimming the row of black studs on his white pleated shirt and the satin stripe edging the lapel of his black jacket. The last time she’d seen him in a tuxedo had been at his wedding. She’d thought he looked incredibly handsome then. Tonight, when she needed him to look comfortable and ordinary, when she needed him to look like her friend, he looked devastating.

“Start looking for Dr. MacAllister,” he said, leading her into the crowd. “We’re at his table.” He nodded to a couple who smiled and nodded back. “It’s number twenty-something.”

Grateful for the diversion, her glance swept over the numbers in the silver holders on the nearby tables.

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