Henry: Enemies to Lovers Steamy Romance by Maggie Carpenter

Author:Maggie Carpenter [Carpenter, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Secrets Press LLC
Published: 2024-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

As Jane watched Henry march away, she decided to walk to the upscale LaSalle boutique rather than try to hail a cab. After the dramatic end to the lunch she needed to clear her head, and a brisk walk in the drizzle would help. Popping up her umbrella, she started off, but only a few minutes passed before she started thinking about Henry’s concerns.

It was true what she’d done was dishonest, but that was her life, and had been ever since she’d stolen the money from the tin can on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinet in her last foster home.

The day she’d become Jane Campbell was the day she’d taken control of her destiny, and she’d done very well.

A glum expression crossed her face.

Given their vastly different backgrounds and how they lived in the world, was there any hope for her and Henry? Would she end up heartbroken and miserable? She was crooked and he was straight, painfully straight. But he was also the first man who had made her feel things, deep things, and those things weren’t just physical.

“I think about you all the time,” she mumbled to herself, almost unaware of the water splashing around her expensive leather boots. “Even when I don’t want to think about you, I’m thinking about you, and the way you look at me. You turn me into mush. This is so unfair. Why do you have to be so fucking straitlaced? Can’t you just accept me for who I am? I help people with the money I make. I told you that, I help people.”

Noticing worried faces as they hurried by, she realized she’d raised her voice. Pausing her step, she looked around to get her bearings. She’d been so lost in her thoughts she’d passed the block she should have turned down.

“Darn it,” she grumbled, but as she started back, Bernie broke into her thoughts. He had a laundry list of clichés and they began running through her head.

Everything in life is determined by…

The most important thing in life is…

Success depends upon…

But as she approached the end of the block, one such saying clanged more loudly than all the rest.

Timing in life is everything.

Never was that truer than at that moment.

The argument with Henry had placed her at that particular spot at that precise moment to suddenly see Amanda, Sylvia, and Susan walking directly toward her.

For a fleeting few seconds she thought she must be imagining things. The tiresome trio never walked anywhere, let alone in the rain, and the LaSalle boutique was still ten minutes away.

What the hell were they doing there?

There was perilously little time to make a decision.

Turn around and get the heck out of there, or seize the moment?

She was about to be separated from the girls by only a few feet.

Another of Bernie’s sayings sprang to mind.

There are very few coincidences.

In a flash she decided their unexpected appearance was a blessing. Raising her head she strode forward. With her heart pounding against her chest, she stared straight at them as they walked by.

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