Her Younger Man (A Country Music Romance): a Renny and Rachel Romance by MacLaren Nancy

Author:MacLaren, Nancy [MacLaren, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sexy Shorts Publishing
Published: 2015-04-30T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Monday morning found me in … I want to say better spirits, but I can’t. The short but intense time with Renny had made my life seem small, drab and boring. I dragged myself out of bed, ran a comb through one hell of a bed head and drove off to work in my 10 year-old Echo.

Maybe getting a new assignment would help. Take my mind off Renny. Doubtful but life goes on. Even after strange encounters of the sexy kind.

I did my best to look like I’d been sick for a week so Sam wouldn’t fire me. It wasn’t hard. I looked like hell. Warmed over. Twice.

Everyone glanced up as I made my way through the newsroom to my desk. I looked down and tried to walk as though nothing had changed me. But I knew Caroline and she had a noise for gossip, and sex. I was going to have some ‘splaining to do...

I stopped short of my desk. In the center was a vase with a large collection of once beautiful but now wilted flowers. WTF?

“No card,” Caroline popped up from her desk holding a small, wrapped package, “but this came with them so maybe there’s a name in there.”

I took the package and sat slowly down at my desk, staring at the wrapping. Who?

Caroline came over and perched on the edge of my desk. “Well, come on, open it. We’ve been dying to know. The flowers were gorgeous, by the way. I enjoyed them.”

“When did they arrive?”

“Monday morning. A week ago.”

“Why didn’t anyone call me or bring them over.”

“We all expected you to come in and then when you said you were ‘sick’ I figured the sickness may have something to do with these and I didn’t want to interrupt.”

“Nice of you.”

“That doesn’t mean I don’t want to know all the details, but first open the damn box. Do you really not know who sent them?”

“I’m clueless.”

I wasn’t for long. I undid the ribbon and picked at the wrapping.

I took the lid of the box to find a beautifully displayed pair of satin men’s boxer shorts. OMG! Red!

“Well, oo la la,” Caroline said, taking the boxers from me and picking up the card before I could grab it. “I think I owe you these,” she read aloud. “And there’s a phone number. Drake, you’ve been holding out on me.”

“Give me that,” I said, grabbing back the card and the boxers. I jammed the underwear into the box and closed the lid as best I could in my befuddled state. “It’s a … it’s just a joke… from an old friend, sorority friend.”

“First of all, you did not belong to a sorority.”

“I might have.”

“You are not the type. Second, this ‘friend’ also sent you $200 worth of now dead flowers. Where do I get a ‘friend’ like that?” Caroline was going to be persistent. Argh. Why am I seated across from the gossip columnist?

I grabbed her and pulled her into the ladies restroom before she could make a scene.

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