Little Secrets--Holiday Baby Bombshell by Karen Booth

Author:Karen Booth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Nine

Judging by the view, being a professional woman really suited Charlotte. Michael watched as she approached him at the elevators—she was teetering on heels that made her legs far too appealing. Her skirt was full and swishy, her blouse crisp and fitted. Her blond hair was up in a twist, or was it a bun? Michael wasn’t sure what it was called. He only knew that it was sexy as hell.

“Morning,” she said, standing straight and looking only at the elevators.

“Morning, yourself.” He was still trying to sort out what had happened at the wedding, and after it.

The elevator doors slid open and he gestured for her to go first. He had Abby with him, and he firmly believed in being a gentleman. They stood inside, shoulders a polite distance apart, neither making eye contact.

“Busy morning?” he asked.

“I have a showing at ten. Eighteen B.”

“No way. I’m showing Eighteen C at ten as well. On my way down to meet the client now.”

“You’re taking Abby?”

“He’s a huge dog-lover. I figured she could help seal the deal.”

She glanced at him for a second and nodded. “Nice. This was a referral from Gabe Underwood. The Taylors. John, Jane and their little boy. I’m meeting Gabe and them downstairs in a minute.”

Ugh. And I thought today was going to be a good day. “So you got some business out of Gabe at the wedding?”

She twisted her lips and shot him a look. He hadn’t meant for it to come out as a suggestive comment. “I did.”

A big part of him wanted to just let this go, but he couldn’t. “I hate that we’ve gone back to our old dynamic. It was more fun when we only hated each other a little.”

“I don’t hate you, Michael. I’m simply trying to protect my own feelings and concentrate on my career. If anyone should be able to appreciate that, it should be you. It’s exactly what I told you. Nothing has changed.” The elevator slowly pulled to a stop, then dinged and the doors slid open. Out she marched without him.

Indeed, nothing had changed. Except Charlotte. She seemed different now, and it was becoming more pronounced every day. She was more confident. She stood up for herself. She put him in his place. He’d never had to live with any remorse over losing a girlfriend before, but he was definitely suffering from the effects with her. Watching her walk around the world as if she didn’t need him at all was again making him wonder just how badly he’d messed up when he’d let her go. “Okay, then,” he muttered to himself. He followed her into the lobby, but Charlotte took strides so long he couldn’t keep up, which was saying a lot considering how much longer his legs were.

Michael greeted his client, Samuel Baker, an art dealer looking to move back to New York after a few years in Los Angeles. Michael had sold him his last New York apartment. “I hope you found the hotel with no problem.

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