Return of the Last McKenna (Harlequin Romance) by Jump Shirley

Author:Jump, Shirley [Jump, Shirley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

ONE hour later, true to his word, Brody returned to the shop. The sight of him caused a hitch in Kate’s breath. “You’re on time,” she said. “Quite impressive for a doctor.”

He chuckled. “That’s a pet peeve of mine. I hate to be late, for anything, and I work hard to make sure my practice runs on time. Makes for happier patients—”

“And a happier doctor.”

“That, too.” He swung his car keys around his finger. “You ready? I thought I’d drive, so you could concentrate on the building and neighborhood.”

Thoughtful. Nice. Again. Did the man like her, or just see a pity case?

And why did she keep wondering about that?

“I won’t turn that offer down.” She tucked her apron behind the counter then headed out of the shop behind him, locking the door as she left. At the curb, Brody opened the passenger side door of an older Jeep, its dark green paint a little worse for wear. “What, no Mercedes?”

“I told you. I’m not the typical doctor. This is the car that got me through my college years, and I’ve had it so long, it’s part of the family.” He shrugged. “Whether I can afford a Mercedes or not isn’t the point. I don’t need a sixty thousand dollar piece of metal to prove I’m successful. I’d rather let my patients speak to that.”

“You are different,” she said. “In a good way.” She got into the Jeep, and waited while Brody came around to the driver’s side. Every time Kate thought she had him pigeonholed, he added another dimension to his character. Maybe she’d misjudged him. Seen him through jaded eyes. Every minute she spent with him, Brody McKenna came closer to the kind of man she thought didn’t exist.

Still, she suspected Brody McKenna kept a part of himself back. She wasn’t sure what it was, or why he was keeping himself distanced from her, but she knew better than to try to force a bridge when there was only a rope across the river between them. If he was interested, he’d open up, and if he didn’t…

She didn’t need to fall for a mystery. Her mother had made that mistake, and she refused to do the same.

“So, tell me about this property.” Brody put the Jeep in gear—a stick shift, which impressed Kate a little more—and pulled away from the curb.

“It’s a thousand square feet, which is pretty much the same size I have now, and it’s on a corner lot, beside a coffee shop and a florist. Busy location, with a lot of foot traffic.”

“Sounds perfect. And like the kind of location that would let you do some partnering and cross-marketing with your neighbors.” He flashed her a grin. “Sometimes I listened when my grandparents talked about work.”

Kate laughed. “We’ll see. I’ve looked at it online, and talked to the realtor a few weeks back, but this is my first in-person visit. Sometimes what you get in person isn’t as good as the advertisement.”

“Sort of

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