Her Totally Hot Forbidden Fake Fiance by Lucy McConnell

Author:Lucy McConnell [McConnell, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orchard View Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

After lunch, Cliff excused himself and rushed to the basement. Marie was right: the beef stew was really good. It wasn’t eating too much that had him running away; it was the racing of his heart every time he touched Diana. As big as the mansion cabin was, the walls were closing in. He grabbed his coat off the hook and took off on foot down the driveway.

Snow crunched under his boots and birds chirped in the trees. The sun bounced off the snow with a vengeance, and he pulled his sunglasses out of his pocket and slipped them on. When he’d put enough distance between him and the house that he could breathe without smelling Diana’s coconut/vanilla scent, he dialed his brother.

“I have four minutes,” said Asher by way of answering the phone. He was a busy doctor, but he always answered when Cliff called. He was a more loyal brother than Cliff had been over the last year.

There was a huge apology in there somewhere, but he didn’t have time to spend groveling. He needed advice. As quickly as he could, he summed up the situation.

Asher hooted. “I can’t believe she got to you.”

“Yeah, well, it’s the same old pattern. I seem to like the women who aren’t available. What am I going to do? The more time I spend with her, the more I like her.”

“Like? I thought you liked her the first time she brought you cupcakes.”

“Why’d you think that?” He stopped walking, needing to hear the answer. The snow was crunchy and loud.

“Because you ate them. I seriously thought you were going to dump them in the trash, but you not only ate them; you hoarded them.”

“I like cupcakes,” he mumbled, not ready to admit to more than enjoying baked goods.

“Not that much.”

Cliff rubbed his cold lips together as he thought back to that day. Diana had just moved in and her heater wouldn’t turn on. She’d run to her car, blowing on her hands to keep them warm. He’d overheard her call the super, who’d said he couldn’t get there until the next day. He debated for a half hour before offering his help. He couldn’t let her freeze for a night. That was inhumane. But she was beautiful. Even then, he’d noticed the way she lit up his world. The next day, she showed up with these cupcakes that sparkled like snow and tasted like someone cared, and he knew she was trouble.

Asher continued. “So if you liked her back then and your feelings are stronger now … what does that mean you’re leaning toward?”

He clamped a fist over the thoughts growing in his head. “Do not say the L-word.”

“I wasn’t going to say it.”

Cliff pictured Asher with both his hands up in the air, feigning innocence.

“Can I give you my clinical advice?”

Clinical was good. Clinical meant no feelings involved. He needed to get his feelings out of this whole situation, because it was his feelings that muddied the waters. “Maybe? It depends on how good it is.

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