In Good Company by Teresa Southwick

Author:Teresa Southwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2006-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Shock didn’t begin to describe what Molly was feeling. Was someone making fun of her? Was their charade working too well? Or did she need to hunt down the rumor monger and stomp the living daylights out of their gossip network?

Suddenly there was a crowd around them and Des was shaking hands in response to the congratulations being bandied about.

Nicole Burns approached her. “Why didn’t you say something about your engagement?”

“I didn’t know we were making it public yet.” Way to land on your feet, Molly congratulated herself. Go with the flow and all that.

“Des must be excited. He couldn’t have picked a more public place to make the announcement. Let me see the ring.” Nicole grabbed her hand, the left ring finger conspicuously naked.

Oh, great. If she blew this, Des was going to rue the day he thought up this stupid plan. “I don’t have one yet. It’s all been pretty sudden.”

Nicole shook her head, disbelief lurking behind her smile. “Nice going, Molly. Landing Des O’Donnell is the stuff of legend.”

“That’s me. Legend girl.” She nodded in his direction. “Excuse me. I have to go see my fiancé now.”

Why should everyone be so astonished that she could land the legend? Then again, no one could be more astonished than she. Molly felt as if she’d awakened in a cockeyed version of Rip Van Winkle, except she hadn’t gone to sleep and she’d only been absent ten minutes.

Finally she worked her way through the throng surrounding Des to his side. “Miss me, darling?”

“I missed you something awful. But I always do when we’re apart.” His grin, full of the devil on charm pills, was mocking her.

“Funny you should mention that. I can’t leave you alone for a minute.”

“I’m lost without you, Molly.” He knew she knew what he’d done and was really laying it on thick.

And then he gathered her into his arms, no doubt getting into his part. But darned if her body didn’t have a mind of its own as the blood pounded in her head and her breath caught. He nuzzled his lips close to her ear and when the resulting tingles subsided enough for her to think straight, she heard him whisper only for her to hear, “Just play along.”

Then he bent her back, supporting her with his strong arms as he kissed her thoroughly. Cheers, whistles and applause erupted from the crowd surrounding them, but her hammering heart nearly drowned out the noise. Her senses were still spinning when he straightened her and settled his arm around her waist, keeping her possessively against his side. That was a good thing, because without his support, she’d have melted at his feet like chocolate in a fondue.

Whatever game he was playing now, God help her, she liked it. She felt like Cinderella at the ball doing her thing in the glass slippers. And what was the harm? This time she was in on the gag; they both knew it was pretend. So she’d play along and when it was over, she’d move on with her heart intact.

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