Personal Assets (Texas Nights) by Browning Kelsey

Author:Browning, Kelsey [Browning, Kelsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2013-08-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Cameron walked into Paradise Garden Café for his first EcDev committee breakfast meeting to discover it smelled of garlic, fresh herbs and...cinnamon. He zeroed in on the corner table where Allie sat with Charlie Pfeiffer and two other local businessmen. She was crashing his meeting. Dammit, was it impossible to keep his private and business life separate in this place?

“Good morning, Cameron.” Her smile was open and bright, as though she hadn’t stormed out the last time they’d seen each other. “Hope you don’t mind that Charlie invited me to sit in this morning.”

He scanned the silverware on the table. One, two, three, four, five. All the knives were accounted for. His muscles relaxed slightly. “Morning, y’all.”

He’d originally suggested the group meet at the Skillet, the greasy spoon truck stop that had been a fixture in Shelbyville since forever. But Charlie had pushed for Paradise Café, claiming it served the best scones in the county. Scones? What the hell?

The only remaining chair was next to Allie. He took it, and she passed him a menu as though they’d never argued. “The tofu omelet is one of Eden’s specialties.”

Seriously? “I’m more of a steak and eggs guy.”

“She can whip up whatever you want. Eden’s a genius.” Allie crossed her legs, and her skirt—the color of strawberries today—rode up her thigh. Did she think flashing a slice of tanned skin was going to affect him, smooth things over between them?

Dammit, it was working because the glide of thigh over thigh he glimpsed from the corner of his eye spun him back to the way she’d wrapped her legs around him when they made love. Over the years, he’d been with some attractive, sexy women. But he’d never lost himself with a woman the way he had with her. God knew, he’d been as subtle as a hurricane when he’d gone over the edge, plunging into her body and accidentally losing control of something inside himself that he was trying like hell to get back.

Only he wasn’t sure what that something was.

Cameron swallowed and forced his attention from the freckles he now knew trailed to her bikini line.

Once everyone had coffee and placed their orders, Cameron cleared his throat. “First, thanks to those who agreed to serve on this economic development committee.” He slid a look at Allie, but she settled deeper into her chair and lifted her cup to cover the smile hovering around her lips.

“Y’all probably know more about this economic development stuff than I do—” Lord, let him get through this without looking like an idiot, “—so I’d love suggestions for how to move forward.”

Allie reached into the bag at her feet and pulled out a glossy folder. “I mocked up a sample relocation kit, something you could give businesses considering Shelbyville. Obviously, you’d want to refine and personalize the information.”

Did she know anything about the primary business they were supposed to woo?

Charlie took the folder and flipped through the pages inside. “This is fantastic, Allie. You’d make a real asset to this committee.

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