Married in Whitehorn by Susan Mallery

Author:Susan Mallery [Mallery, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488031625
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1999-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Less than twenty minutes after Shane left on his “boys’ night out” with five-year-old J.J., there was a knock on the front door. Angela had her hand on the dead bolt when she remembered his instructions about not letting anyone in unless she knew them or they could produce identification showing they were with the sheriff’s department. In the nearly two weeks she’d lived with him, no one had come calling.

“Who is it?” she asked.

“Nancy,” a woman answered. “Your neighbor.”

Angela didn’t know whether to laugh or groan. She didn’t need anything to jog her memory. Who could forget the fabulously attractive, leggy brunette who lived next door? She’d seen her outside watering her yard or playing with her children several times over the past week and a half. Even in her scruffiest clothing, she looked like a model on a photo shoot. It was very discouraging.

Angela opened the door. Nancy smiled at her and held out a plate of perfectly iced sugar cookies. “Hi. I’ve been meaning to come by and get to know you, but I wasn’t sure how you were feeling. In my opinion, sugar of any kind heals most female woes.”

“I agree,” Angela said, then wondered if Nancy actually ever ate food. Or maybe she was one of those disgusting people who stayed thin regardless of what she consumed. “Come on in. Shane just left, but as he took your son with him, you already know that.”

Nancy walked into the house with the ease of someone who had been a guest many times in the past. “Isn’t it great?” she said as she led the way to the kitchen. “He and J.J. have always been close. Belinda is spending the night with my mom and Jerry, my husband, is working late, so I thought I’d take a chance that you’d like a little company.” She paused in the middle of the kitchen. “I should confess that I have an ulterior motive for being here, though.” Her smile broadened. “I plan to pump you shamelessly for gossip about your relationship with Shane.”

“Pump away,” Angela said, motioning to the table by the large window. “There’s not much to tell.”

She walked to the counter and poured Nancy coffee from the pot, then got herself a glass of milk. As she crossed the floor to take a seat opposite her guest, she tried not to notice how Nancy’s shoulder-length curls caught the light, or her perfect face with its big eyes and pouty mouth. She was definitely not going to acknowledge the other woman’s incredible figure. Angela suddenly felt as if the slight rounding of her stomach had grown until her belly was the size of a watermelon. Then she sighed. It wasn’t Nancy’s fault she was so physically amazing.

Nancy leaned forward and rested one perfectly manicured hand on the table. “I didn’t even know Shane was dating anyone, let alone to the point of having you move in.” Her gaze dropped to Angela’s stomach, but she didn’t say anything about the pregnancy.

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