Greek for Beginners by Jackie Braun

Author:Jackie Braun
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Nick woke in his boyhood bedroom to the smell of fresh bread—the crusty variety that his mother and grandmother routinely made in an outdoor wood-burning oven that straddled the property line between their two houses. The scent wafted through the open window, drawing him upright.

He’d spent the past four nights under his parents’ roof after spending his days with Darcie. As promised, they divided their time between sightseeing and work. He was enjoying both and he thought she was, too.

Already, she’d presented him with research on three vehicles, including estimated values for the vehicles based on what similar models had brought at recent auctions. She was thorough, conscientious and professional, and damn if he didn’t find that all very sexy.

He wanted her. Had since that first glance in the airport. But he was treading carefully for reasons that he couldn’t quite explain, since nothing about their relationship called for permanence. Darcie was newly single, finding her way, spreading her wings. He admired her for that. She wouldn’t be looking to settle down so soon again. Especially with a man who lived so far away. Besides, Nick had no personal capital to invest in a relationship. He hadn’t since Selene.

So why was he finding the idea of sleeping with Darcie and then saying goodbye less appealing by the day?

They were taking things slowly, more slowly than he’d ever moved with a woman. Nick supposed Darcie’s candor where her ex-fiancé was concerned was among the reasons he was treading with care. She had been marginalized, made to feel unimportant by the man who was supposed to love her. Recalling the conversation at the restaurant, Nick could admit she had been painfully honest about her past relationship, whereas he had not divulged much at all when it came to Selene. The only secret he’d shared was that he missed his brother.

Admittedly, the revelation had come as a surprise to Nick. But it still didn’t come close to all of the soul-baring Darcie had done, and he regretted that.

Meanwhile, he and Darcie continued to play it safe, flirting with abandon, even as they tiptoed around the land mines of their pasts. Safe. Sure. As long as he didn’t recall how heated their flirtation turned at times.

On a groan, he got up and took a shower—the cold variety—before wandering to the kitchen. He came up short when he saw Pieter seated at the table. Nick had managed to avoid him since that evening at Yiayia’s.

“What are you doing here?”

“Do I need a reason to visit our parents?” Pieter shot back. “Besides, the better question is what are you doing sleeping here when you have a bed elsewhere?”

“It’s occupied at the moment.”

Pieter smiled. “Precisely my point.”

“Is there more coffee?”

Nick motioned to the briki. His mother had been brewing coffee in the traditional, long-handled pot for more than three decades. He had a briki at his house, too. The copper pot was as bright and shiny as the day it was made since it never saw any use.

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