Heart and Soul (Love Inspired, 251) by Jillian Hart

Author:Jillian Hart [Hart, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Christian, General, Romance, Adult, Religious fiction, Fiction, Religious
ISBN: 9780373872619
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2004-05-01T14:05:02+00:00

“No, I can pay for my own.” Michelle began digging into her purse for a five-dollar bill. This was no different than going out with Jenna. Friends split the check, right?

“That doesn’t sit right with me.” Brody reached past her and tossed a fifty-dollar bill on the counter. “I’m the man. I pay.”

“Oh? Well, that sounds awfully bossy of you, plus, I don’t want to scare you off or something, thinking that makes this a date. I know how commitment shy you male types are.”

“Me? I’m not commitment shy.” He grabbed the white paper bags the teenager behind the counter thrust at him, along with his change.

Michelle grabbed the drinks. “Where do you want to sit?”

“I’m not sure I want to sit with you. I’m still stinging from that commitment comment.”

“Well, Mr. Drifter on a motorcycle, if the shoe fits…”

He put the bags down on the nearest available booth. “You mean the boot, don’t you, darlin’?”

Oh, his accent was smooth, and it ought to come with a surgeon general’s warning. Dangerous. Can cause weak knees and blurry vision. Michelle dropped to the plastic bench seat.

Brody sat down across from her. “At least during a game of Scrabble men don’t spell bride and wedding and romance.”

“You had to bring that up!” Her face felt so hot it had to be glowing. “It’s just…”

“I know, the way women think. Married women, single women, elderly women. It was different playing with you, that’s all, instead of crusty old buddies of mine that don’t often see the softer side of life.” He took a big bite of his burger. Good and juicy. “Different, but nice.”

Across the table, Michelle took a bite of her cheeseburger and they ate in companionable silence for a while.

“What was that back at the church? You know, when you made me knock down women and children so you could dash out into the aisle and leapfrog over people to the door.”

“You have a knack for exaggeration. There was no pushing or shoving, let alone knocking people down and leapfrogging over them.”

“I swear I saw a few bodies left in the aisle. In the church. Seems like St. Peter would take notice of that.”

“Stop teasing me.” She flicked a French fry at him. “Behave.”

“I’m being a gentleman. Just sitting here finishing my vitamin B burger.”

“Vitamin B?”

“Bacon. It’s an essential daily requirement.” He grabbed his soda, ripped off the plastic lid and drank deeply from the cup. “Stop lobbing food at me because it isn’t going to distract me. Who were you trying to avoid?”

“An old boyfriend. While I know he is one of God’s children, he is currently disguised by a very greedy facade. There he is.” She started, turning her head away as a medium-height, medium-build, blond-haired man approached the counter.

Tan trousers. Tan riding boots. Matching shirt, buttoned up to the collar. A new looking Stetson shaded his face. Standing too straight and talking down to the teenager taking his order.

Brody didn’t like him. “He can’t be the brightest bulb in the pack if he let you go.

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