Propositions by Tania Joyce

Author:Tania Joyce [Tania Joyce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760082321
Publisher: Momentum
Published: 2015-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

In her house at Point Piper, a few miles from the heart of the CBD, Jessica stood at her kitchen bench and fussed over making fresh pesto while she awaited Nate’s arrival.

After Conner’s game, she’d spent the afternoon shopping for groceries; her fridge was usually bare because she often ate out or ordered takeaway. She cleared the unopened mail off her buffet and had taken several magazines out of their plastic packets and put them in her magazine rack. She ran through a final checklist in her head. Yes, the dining table was set with polished cutlery, wine and water glasses, and she’d bought fresh flowers and placed them in a vase in the center of the table. Yes, she’d cleaned the downstairs bathroom and put out fresh handtowels. Yes, she’d tidied and vacuumed the floor, in spite of the fact her cleaner had only come three days ago.

Why the hell did I invite him for dinner? At my house of all places. It’s like a date when we shouldn’t be dating!

Jessica knew she’d crossed the line by inviting him to her home. But so many lines had been crossed, it now all seemed to be scribble on a page. Apprehension had taken up residence all day in every one of her muscles. Bringing him to her house felt too personal. But after she’d stayed with him last night, their casual sex was no longer just casual. Her black and white relationship with Nate was suddenly a colossal mess of color. Butterflies fluttered within her belly as she watched the minutes tick by and muttered an obscene number of profanities.

She jumped when the doorbell rang just shy of seven. She checked over the food once more, making sure everything was in place before she headed across the room and opened the door. Dressed casually in jeans that hung low on his hips and a long-sleeved black jersey sweater that stretched firmly across his chest, Nate’s blue-gray eyes lit with warmth as she greeted him.

* * *

“For you.” Nate handed Jessica a bottle of red wine.

“Thank you. Come in.” She stepped aside and let him enter.

He glanced around the house. It was nothing like he expected. He had envisaged strong lines and contemporary furnishings like her office. But no, this was all neutral and urban country. Big wooden dining table and chairs, leather couches and timber blinds.

Coats hung on a stand by the entrance, and a few pairs of exercise shoes were lined up neatly in a row underneath it. A rack by the couch was overflowing with Times and BRW magazines that didn’t look read. Color-coordinated cushions lay scattered across the couches. Photos and artwork of countryside scenery lined the walls.

It made him miss his home. It had been three months since he was at his house in London and nearly a year since staying in his apartment in New York. It had never bothered him until recently, but seeing this before him struck a chord. Was it that

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