Maddie Fortune's Perfect Man by Nancy Robards Thompson

Author:Nancy Robards Thompson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-31T17:03:30+00:00

Chapter Seven

Zach had a potential buyer for the Winters ranch in Sisterdale. He’d let Jim and Mary Ann know that he was bringing Joanna and Gary Everly by around eleven thirty. He’d rented the truck again. It comfortably seated six, so the three of them would have plenty of room for the long trip.

The Everlys were meeting him at the office at seven thirty Sunday morning. He’d stopped by the bakery and picked up a dozen donuts and three cups of coffee for the trip. He was fifteen minutes early, which gave him just enough time to go inside and grab the spec sheet for the property. When he pulled into the parking lot and saw Maddie’s white Volvo, his stomach tightened—and not in an altogether bad way.

She’d been right last night—or at least partially right—when she’d said he hadn’t been up front with her about meeting Dave Madison for lunch. He should’ve told her before he went. He was glad to have this opportunity to clear the air before seeing her tomorrow.

He let himself in the office and announced himself so as not to scare her, since she probably wasn’t expecting anyone this early in the morning.

“Maddie?” he called from the hallway. He could hear the clicking sound of someone working on a computer keyboard. The click-click-clickity-click stopped the moment he’d spoken, but she didn’t say anything.

“Hey,” he said when he appeared in her office doorway. “I just wanted to let you know I was here. I’m meeting some clients. So, I’ll be leaving in a few minutes.”

“Are you showing the property down in Sisterdale?” she asked, eyeing him up and down.

“How did you know?” he asked.

“The cowboy costume.”

“Yeah. My Sisterdale uniform. I’m driving some potential buyers out there today.”

Maddie’s gaze made a slow perusal of his body starting from his head, working its way down to his boots and back up again. When their gazes finally met, there was a hungry look in her eyes.

“Well, now that you’ve undressed me with your eyes...” he said.

“Zach,” she said. “Don’t.”

“Don’t do what, Maddie?”

The pink of her cheeks deepened. Her lips looked particularly alluring this morning. He wondered how he’d never noticed before, never seen her before. But now he couldn’t unsee her and he didn’t want to.

That kiss had awakened something in him—an undeniable attraction, a dormant hunger. And he was dying for another taste. He was dying for her. He wanted to pull her close and strip away every barrier between them.

“I should have told you about my meeting with Dave Madison before I went. I don’t know why I didn’t, other than I’m not used to considering others when I work. I’ve always flown solo—in work and in my personal life. Which brings me to the real point. I don’t think my lunch with Dave Madison is the problem here.”

“Of course it is,” she snapped a little too fast. “I mean, but not anymore. I appreciate you seeing my point of view. So, we’re good.”

She waved him away and turned her body squarely toward her computer and started typing.

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