Out of His League by Cathryn Parry

Author:Cathryn Parry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-06-17T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

ELIZABETH HAD VOWED to stay away, but two days later on a rainy Monday afternoon she picked Brandon up from school and ferried him to the hospital for his video shoot. And like a moth to a flame, she found herself staring again at Jon.

She wasn’t the only female doing so. Three other hospital employees—a receptionist, a nurse and a volunteer—gawked from the doorway to the Sunshine Club conference room.

At least Elizabeth had an excuse for hanging around—it was her nephew that Susan Vanderbilt helped onto one of two interviewer’s stools. Jon stood beside the other.

“Did you know that Jon Farell is going to be in the bachelor auction for the Sunshine Club fund-raiser?” the receptionist whispered to the volunteer. “I saw the paperwork.”

“If I had the money, I would bid on him in a heartbeat,” the nurse murmured back.

The fact that other women would pledge money—presumably big money—to go on a date with Jon Farell, while Elizabeth had to be dragged kicking and screaming, was not lost on her.

She clutched at the lapel of her doctor jacket. What would she and Jon even talk about this weekend? They were from such different worlds, how could either of them spend a day with the other without staring at each other in perplexed silence?

Brandon padded over to her and retrieved the water bottle Elizabeth held for him. “You don’t have to stay if you don’t want to, Auntie,” Brandon said, unscrewing the cap and taking a gulp. “I’m good.”

“I’m so proud of you for helping the Sunshine Club, and for showing me what a good thing this is for you to do. Will you be okay here without me?”

“I’m not alone.” Brandon wiped his mouth and thrust the bottle back at her. “I get to sit with Jon.” He smiled and trotted back to his idol.

Susan settled Brandon’s stool closer to Jon’s, while a camera assistant clipped a small microphone to the neck of Brandon’s T-shirt. Elizabeth had no doubt that her budding media-savant nephew would handle Susan’s instructions like a pro.

Certainly, he was safe and happy and in his element. Elizabeth could leave without worry. She glanced at her watch. Her department meeting was in five minutes, and Susan had already promised to walk Brandon back to her once they were finished.

She nibbled her lip and took one last look at Jon. He was sitting cross-armed on the stool, not saying much. On the surface, he appeared his normal, easygoing, happy-baseball-player self. But Elizabeth had long practice at observing people, figuring out what was happening on the inside. She knew what a tightened jaw meant. Jon didn’t like Susan directing the stylist to comb his hair. His lips pressed together in distaste at the offered makeup application.

Susan bent over Jon, her cleavage stuck in his face, and Elizabeth felt a stabbing inside her. That was jealousy. The nurse next to Elizabeth just sighed in appreciation.

Wonderful. First Elizabeth couldn’t tear herself away from Jon, now she was envious of another woman’s attention.

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