Groomed by Zoe Dawson

Author:Zoe Dawson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Comedy, Dog Park, Going to the Dogs Series, bulldog, Dog owners romance, rivals to lovers
ISBN: 978-0-9884188-1-3
Publisher: Zoe Dawson
Published: 2012-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

#

Drew half listened to his sister talk to the baker about the cake. He had no idea there were so many choices, and he tried to remain attentive while simultaneously feeling like he was being drawn and quartered by the memory of last night.

Traditional, based on flavor, smaller cakes, individual cakes, frosted cakes, and even cupcakes. Then there was icing to discuss. Buttercream, snow-white buttercream, chocolate, royal, rolled fondant, quick-pour fondant, whipped. Then the cake itself. Marble, lemon, carrot, chocolate, marzipan—whatever that was—meringue, and the traditional white. His head was spinning and he had to give women the kudos they deserved. Wedding planning wasn’t for the faint of heart.

He hurt Brooke yesterday, and he couldn’t stop thinking about that and how the pulse in her wrist had jumped when he’d kissed it.

Even though he knew she and Callie had an appointment here—one of the premier bakeries in the city—to sample wedding cake, when he saw her at the door he still felt the impact from the top of his head to his toes. She looked radiant, and his heart lurched in his chest. She had on a tight black skirt that hugged every inch of her curvy backside, and a sweater with cherries all over it—which for some inane reason turned him on—along with a plain white blouse.

“What do you think, Drew?”

“Huh?”

“Weren’t you listening?”

The baker sat up and peered into the shop through the open office door when he heard the bell. When he saw customers out in the main part of the store, he raised a finger to Emma and checked his calendar. “Oh, dear. I must have double-booked my appointments. Do you mind terribly if Ms. Lassiter tastes the cakes at the same time you do, Ms. Hudson?”

“No, that would be wonderful. I can ask her opinion.” She cut him an exasperated sister look. “My brother is obviously more interested in something else at the moment than he is in cake tasting.”

“Ah, he’s a man. They usually eat anything.”

Drew opened his mouth to protest, then realized the guy was right. He shrugged.

He waited almost breathlessly for her to notice him. When it happened, she looked…pole-axed. There was something quite…naked in the expression that crossed her face. Then her eyes shuttered, hardened, and she looked away. Callie saw him and her eyes narrowed as she glared at him.

He stared out into the main part of the bakery, watched as she seated herself, quite stiffly—but elegantly—in one of the central chairs, her back to him. As guilty and concerned as he was, he found himself smiling. So she was pissed at him. Royally. It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, because it was also revealing. Because that kind of anger could be fueled only by one thing: passion. He mattered to her or she wouldn’t be acting like he didn’t.

The image of her face, her eyes, the way her lips had instinctively parted when he’d kissed that soft spot on her wrist, played through his mind again. There had been both pain and yearning in her eyes.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.