His First and Last by Osburn Terri

Author:Osburn, Terri [Osburn, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-04-20T23:00:00+00:00

Lorelei tried to block out the bitterness and hurt laced through Carrie’s words. She tried not to think about what it would be like to be with a man who wanted someone else. To have him look at you but see another woman in your place. Whatever had happened between Spencer and his wife had nothing to do with her. Or so she kept repeating over and over in her mind. A marriage was between two people, not three. Though she certainly had experience being the third wheel.

Had Maxwell thought of her when he was with his wife? Or worse, pictured his wife when he was having sex with Lorelei? Just thinking about either scenario made her shiver with distaste. And feel like even more of a moron for not realizing he was married before the truth came knocking.

“Dammit,” she muttered, saying the word aloud unintentionally.

“What is it?” Spencer asked.

She’d requested he drive her home shortly after the encounter with Carrie in the bathroom. At first, Lorelei intended to tell him about the run-in with his ex-wife, hoping he’d clear her conscience by declaring the demise of his marriage had nothing to do with her. But fear that he’d admit Carrie was right kept Lorelei silent. Part of her didn’t want to know. There were only so many marriages a woman could shatter before ignorance could no longer be an excuse.

“Did you forget something at the bar?” he asked when she failed to answer the first question. “We can go back.”

“No.” The last thing Lorelei wanted was to go back. “I was thinking about something else. It’s nothing.”

Spencer gave her knee a squeeze. “You aren’t still worried about the festival stuff, are you?”

The fund-raiser was as good an excuse as any. “It’s a big job. Wouldn’t take much to screw it up.”

“I told you.” He patted her knee this time. “You won’t have to do it all alone. We’ll create a festival committee and split up the duties.”

Lorelei shook his hand off her knee. “That’s a good idea. Maybe you should give the presentation.” Hours ago she’d wanted this win for her own. Now she wanted to drive to the nearest bus terminal and buy a ticket for someplace far away.

“You’re not getting out of it that easy.” He chuckled. “Your plan. Your presentation.”

“Right.” She fell silent, desperate to be home. There were too many voices in her head. Too many demons ready to throw accusations and insults her way.

Humming along with the tune on the radio, Spencer let the subject drop. But not for long. “Are you sure there isn’t something else bothering you? You’ve been acting strange since before we left the bar.”

“Were you happy?” Lorelei asked, the words coming out without thought.

“Was I happy when?”

“I don’t know,” she said, shaking her head. “At any point in the last twelve years.”

He fell silent, but his grip tightened on the wheel. The change was so slight, Lorelei would have missed it if she hadn’t been staring at his hands to keep from looking at his face.

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