Sets Appeal by Virginia Taylor

Author:Virginia Taylor [Taylor, Virginia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

On Wednesday night, Vix finally had the chance to dress up for Jay. Knowing she couldn’t compete with Lonny in the pin-up category, she toned down the look she might have tried even as little as a week ago. The red suit had been far too flashy and besides, he’d seen the outfit both on and off.

She didn’t need a reminder of the night he had rejected her. Almost brave enough now to be the real Vix, she dressed conservatively with a tiny dash of flash, wearing a little black dress with little black heels and a short pink jacket.

A little after seven, she stood on Jay’s front porch and pressed his doorbell. Her heart began to pound the moment she heard his footsteps in the hallway. The door cricked and widened, and he stood there, his teeth flashed white in a smile as wide as the great outdoors. He looked all hunky male in his jeans, which he wore with a trendy yellow-striped cotton shirt. And he smelled deliciously clean.

“Hi.” His khaki eyes searched hers. “Ready to go? Just a moment.” He ducked inside his bedroom and came out wearing his leather jacket.

She stepped off the porch and he followed, shutting the door behind him. The day had been clear and hot but with the waning of the sun, the temperature had dropped. Summer had arrived with a whimper rather than a shout, but at this time of year, the weather always varied between too hot or slightly chilly.

With a resolute breath, she latched onto his arm and he walked her right past her car, pressing the control device he removed from his pocket. The door of the single garage attached to the house rolled up and he walked straight into a serious workshop, with a grease-stained concrete floor and a wall of shelves holding multicolored plastic boxes marked hinges, screws, wire, et cetera. In the center of the area sat a workbench piled high with woodcuts. Against this leaned a dark motorbike, flashy with chrome. He opened a compartment under the seat and waited for her to take the helmet he held out.

“You’re not serious.” She backed away from the hard protective hat.

“I sure am.” He put on his.

“If this gives me helmet hair, you’ll be sorry.” She glanced at her straight skirt and sighed, taking the helmet. “I don’t know if I’m brave enough.”

“We’re only travelling a block away and we wouldn’t get a car park any closer than here. Would you rather walk?”

“I’d rather be brave enough to get onto the bike.”

“Live dangerously.” Laughing, he swung onto the machine and waited for her.

Nervously, she sat behind him and he started the engine, puttering out of the garage as the door closed behind them. He avoided her car and hit the street, the bike moving off with a roar of power.

She clutched him around the waist, her hands flat against his hard abdomen, resting her cheek against his warm, leather-clad shoulder, mainly for security. The bike

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