Night Whispers by Leslie Kelly

Author:Leslie Kelly
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Man-woman relationships, Radio personalities, Single women, Seduction, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Authors, Baltimore (Md.), Maryland, General, Love stories
ISBN: 9780373198658
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-02-13T10:00:00+00:00

7

“SO, HAVE YOU GOT ANY IDEA what to dress up as?”

Kelsey glanced at Celia and then continued chopping vegetables. She’d invited the other woman over for dinner. Fred had been working so many hours that Celia hadn’t been around the brownstone too much lately. Kelsey missed her.

Plus, she knew Celia was very skilled at sewing.

Celia tossed Kelsey a freshly washed cucumber and started rinsing some lettuce. The two had decided on big salads and worked assembly-line fashion in Kelsey’s small kitchen.

“Not a clue,” Kelsey said, sighing. “You’re the one who can sew. What do you think?”

“I don’t know,” Celia answered as she turned off the tap water. “Depends on what you’re after. Scary? Funny? Outrageous?”

“I suppose,” Kelsey responded, “that Lady Love ought to show up in something a little outrageous, probably a little sexy.”

“A little sexy?”

“Okay, okay, a lot sexy!”

Celia nodded. “We can do that. What about Mitch?”

“I have no idea,” Kelsey said. “He doesn’t want anything too flamboyant, so I guess my Adam and Eve idea with suitably placed fig leaves is out.”

Kelsey loaded up two plates with salad and fresh vinaigrette, grated some Italian cheese and handed one plate to Celia. Pouring two glasses of Chablis, she offered one to her guest and sat down with her at the kitchen table.

Celia took a few bites of her salad. “I can picture Adam and Eve. Hmm, do they make fig leaves big enough?”

Kelsey feigned indignation. “Celia, I’m not that big!”

“I didn’t mean for you,” Celia replied, dangling her fork off the end of her fingers and giving Kelsey a sly look.

Kelsey caught her drift and laughed. “Yeah, well, I wouldn’t know about that.”

“But you’d like to,” Celia insisted.

“No comment,” Kelsey said, turning her attention to her dinner to avoid dwelling on the picture Celia’s words brought to mind.

They both looked up when they heard a loud banging coming from the front door of the brownstone. “Do you know if Fred was expecting someone?” Kelsey asked.

“No, but maybe he or Mitch forgot their keys.”

“Could be,” Kelsey said, dropping her napkin. As she quickly descended the wooden stairs to the foyer, the knock continued in an almost imperious repetition. Kelsey paused to look through the peephole.

“Oh, great.” She sighed aloud when she recognized the blonde who had been in Mitch’s apartment that night Kelsey had burst in. She hadn’t seen the woman around since, and had begun to hope Mitch wasn’t dating her after all. Kelsey contemplated going back upstairs and not answering, but her good manners won out and she opened the door.

“Well, thank you so much,” the woman said in a brisk voice. “I’ve been knocking for five minutes, and it’s very chilly out here.”

She tried to push past Kelsey to enter the brownstone, but Kelsey blocked her. “Can I help you?”

“I’m here to see Mitch,” the blonde said.

“He’s not here.”

“Well, when will he be back?” The woman was obviously annoyed at being kept standing on the doorstep.

“I have no idea. We don’t exactly keep track of each other’s comings and goings.

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