Garden of Secrets by Freethy Barbara

Author:Freethy, Barbara [Freethy, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary
Publisher: www.dpgroup/forum/
Published: 2011-09-19T22:00:00+00:00

Andrew jogged down the stairs of his house as his doorbell rang, three impatient times in a row. He finished buttoning up his shirt and ran his fingers through his damp hair as he headed toward the front door. He was just about to leave to pick up Tory for dinner.

On his porch was Pamela, wearing a dark red minidress under a black leather jacket with black tights and high heels. She brushed past him, taking off her coat and tossing it onto the couch before he could tell her she wasn’t welcome. Her dress was cut low, her generous cleavage front and center. She’d always been bold and uninhibited, but he didn’t intend to let her provocative clothes or her sexy smile get to him. He’d been to Pamela’s version of fantasy land, and he had no intention of going back.

“What do you want?” he asked.

“To finish our conversation from the other day. Did I get you out of the shower?” she asked, her gaze trailing down his body. “Too bad I didn’t get here a few minutes earlier. We were always good in the shower.”

He cleared his throat. “I’m on my way out, and we have nothing to say to each other.”

“Why don’t you offer me a drink?”

“All I have is soda and orange juice. Hardly your style.”

“Or yours. Fine, I’m not thirsty, anyway.” She glanced around the living room, giving a disbelieving shake of her head. “It’s weird that you’re living here in Charlotte’s house. Do you lie in bed at night and think about her? Do you go into the room she used to sleep in and imagine her dreaming about you?”

He knew better than to answer either of those questions. “I’m not discussing Charlotte with you.”

“Is she the one you put on cologne for?” She gave him a speculative look as she sat down on the couch. When she crossed her legs, her dress slid higher up her thigh, which was probably not an accident.

“I’m going to ask one more time. What do you want?”

“Sit down, Andrew.”

Her determined tone told him she wasn’t leaving until she’d had her say. Taking a seat in the chair across from her, he said, “Talk.”

“Charlotte’s not for you. You never saw her for who she was, and she never knew the real you. You were like the couple on top of the wedding cake, all dressed up and completely fake.”

He shook his head. “This is what you want to talk about?”

“I’m trying to stop you from making a mistake, going back to someone you didn’t love enough to stay with in the first place. I’ve always had your back, Andrew. I’m the best thing that ever happened to you.”

He looked at her in amazement. “How can you say that?”

“When you were with me, you were yourself, your real self. With Charlotte, it was all a big act. I bet she doesn’t even know you now.”

“You’re the one who doesn’t know me now. We’ve been apart for seven years. I’ve turned my life around.

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