Jinxed! by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Anthology, Category
ISBN: 9780373793075
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-01-31T23:00:00+00:00

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CHLOE MOVED OFF THE dance floor, through the grass to the concrete pathway just as the sky let loose. Although let loose in Los Angeles meant that the ground was dotted with big, fat drops so few and far between that they didn’t even run together or dispel any of the dust.In fact, the drops felt good, so good she made sure not to stand beneath the protection of the awnings as she searched the crowd.

It was a well-dressed group as always, but then again, this was Baxter Hills, a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles, and the Fairfax complex had status. People always dressed well here, and behaved themselves, to boot.

Nowhere did she see those buttery soft jeans and polo shirt…

But she knew one thing—she had not dreamed him up.

No. She simply knew herself better than that. She wasn’t prone to fantasies or daydreams. He was out there, somewhere. She’d had her hands on him, she’d felt the warmth of him, the flesh and hard sinew, the beat of his heart. She’d looked directly into his eyes and, no matter what he’d said, her body had recognized his.

And his had recognized hers as well.

As to why he refused to admit to being Ian, she had no idea. She hated that, and wouldn’t, couldn’t, accept it. It had been him, all six feet of him, just as she remembered.

She remembered everything. The fact that he could lose his wallet while it was still in his hand, or that he could make a backward, left-handed layup while looking sexy as hell, a feat she’d always rewarded with a kiss.

Did he remember any of those things? Going on tiptoes, she scanned the throng of people. He couldn’t have vanished into thin air.

And yet he had.

The rain continued to cool her skin, which would have felt great if she’d been able to relax and enjoy it. She loved a good storm, loved the smell of the rain on the grass and flowers, loved the way everything looked when the clouds eventually moved on, leaving beads of water covering the landscape.

But tonight she couldn’t concentrate on any of that. She couldn’t concentrate on anything but finding Ian.

Finally, she gave up walking in circles and told herself it was over. He was gone. She could go home, or she could go upstairs and work some more, losing herself in the numbers. After all, numbers never let her down. Numbers never disappointed her, or hurt her.

Or vanished into thin air.

And even better, at the end of the day, numbers always fell into place. No strings, no worries for another day.

Couldn’t ask for more in life than that. Or so she told herself. And if a little niggling doubt crept into her thoughts, a little voice that said maybe there was more to life than that—far more, and if she’d open up her mind and heart to it, she’d find out for herself—she filed it away into the same distant spot where she’d tucked away Madame Karma’s doom and gloom.

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