Not Quite Dating by Catherine Bybee

Author:Catherine Bybee [Bybee, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Romance, Contemporary Women, Family Life, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781612187143
Google: AgOIMAEACAAJ
Amazon: B008J2IS0K
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2012-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

Jack looked at his watch for the third time in fifteen minutes. Jessie was out with that lawyer. Brad Leland, to be exact. Jack had checked out the guest list of the benefit party and found only one Brad in the invites. A quick online search resulted in a name, the name of his practice, and a few hits on cases he’d tried recently. Jack had hoped to find a little dirt on the guy, but he didn’t see any. Not married, his romantic entanglements were private at the current time. Jack did find an old girlfriend, one whom Brad had been engaged to. There was a write-up in an archived paper about the engagement, but it had been nearly two years ago. All the current information on Brad pointed toward a single status. As a corporate lawyer, Brad had a full plate of clients, and from the look of the pictures of his office, he wasn’t hurting for cash.

There was even a picture of the guy on the website for the law firm he worked with.

Dull and boring. Jack couldn’t imagine Jessie finding him remotely attractive.

Still, Brad the Boring was out on a date with Jessie, and Jack was in the penthouse, stewing. He would have to wait until Tuesday, the next time Jessie worked, to find out how the date went. Unless Jack wanted to come off as a jealous, jilted lover.

No matter how many sexy dreams Jack had experienced since meeting Jessie, he couldn’t call himself her lover.

Not yet anyway.

Jack had turned toward the bar in the suite, intending to pour himself something big and strong, when his cell phone rang. His phone sat in the pocket of the suit hanging on the back of a chair.

Jessie’s home phone number popped up on his caller ID. Maybe she had skipped out on the date after all. His lips slid into a grin.

“Hello?” he answered, trying to sound bored.

“Jack? Is this you?”

Not Jessie.

“This is. Who’s this?”

“It’s Monica, Jessie’s sister.” The alarm in her voice made Jack drop his bored demeanor. “I hope it’s OK I called you.”

“Is Jessie OK? Danny?”

“They’re fine. Sorry to worry you. Jessie is out with that guy, the one from the party.”

As if Jack needed to be reminded.

“And Danny is right here. It’s…ahh…Danny suggested I call you.” Monica was bothered about something.

“What’s going on, Monica?”

“I’m at the apartment, with a friend, studying. Anyway, Lynn got a call a few minutes ago…her mom was in a car accident. Lynn’s shook up, shouldn’t be driving. I need to get her to Pomona Valley, but I’m babysitting Danny. I’d take him with me, but the emergency room is full of all kinds of people, illness.”

“Did you call Jessie, tell her to come home?”

“She accidentally left her phone in her other purse. I called it and it rang in her bedroom.”

Jack walked into his bedroom and pulled a suit jacket off a hanger. “You want me to come over, stay with Danny so you can drive your friend?”

“God, would you, Jack? I know it’s sudden, but Jessie doesn’t use many sitters.

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