Jane's Austen: The Boy Next Door (Sexy Summer Read) by Melody Anne Banks

Author:Melody Anne Banks [Banks, Melody Anne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-06-01T21:00:00+00:00

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“I forgot the gym closes early on Saturday,” Austen says.

“Oh?” I ask. It’s five o’clock. We’re scheduled to meet in an hour. I’ve just finished showering – showering before my workout, there’s a new one – and I’m getting ready to pack a gym bag to go meet him.

Now here he is, calling to cancel.

I should have known it. It’s a Saturday night. He’s probably got a hot date lined up and he’s looking for a way to ditch me.

“That’s okay, we can meet another day,” I say, letting him off the hook.

“Oh, no, we can still work out tonight. But I was thinking…why don’t you come over here? I’ve got a pretty great home gym. It’s not all set up yet, but enough of my equipment is unpacked that we should be able to get in a good workout.”

He’s inviting me to his house?

“I didn’t even realize you were living there yet,” I say. “I thought it was still empty.” As soon as the words leave my lips, I want to kick myself. Real smooth, Jane, real smooth. Ever since I ran into Austen at the coffee shop I’ve been watching the Gates house like a hawk, waiting for any sort of movement. But other than all the boxes and furniture being delivered a few days ago, there’s been zero activity. I haven’t seen Austen coming and going at all, haven’t seen his car in the driveway one time. But I don’t need him to know this; I don’t need to let him know I’m paying such close attention to his movements.

Fortunately, Austen doesn’t ask how I know.

“I just got settled in today,” he says. “I hope you don’t mind if the place is still a little junky.”

“That’s no problem. We can do it another night if that’s better.” I don’t want him to feel obligated.

But he seems eager to meet.

“Let’s definitely do it tonight! We made a lot of progress the other day. You don’t want to fall too far behind.”

“Mmm-kay,” I say.

“Once you get on an exercise schedule, it’s important to keep it going,” Austen says. “Not that you need a ton of exercise, Ms. Selby.”

Oh, God, not the Ms. Selby crap again.

“Jane,” he corrects himself before I can correct him. “See you in an hour.”

“See you then.”

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