Somewhere Only We Know by Freethy Barbara

Author:Freethy, Barbara [Freethy, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Fog City Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Tuesday morning, Maddie woke up to the sound of the front door opening. She jolted to a sitting position as Burke walked through the apartment door.

He gave her an apologetic smile. "Sorry, did I wake you?"

"What time is it?"

"Almost nine."

"That late?" She ran a hand through her tangled hair, wishing she'd woken up before he got home so she would have had a chance to shower and get dressed. She wrapped the blanket around her shoulders as he set a coffee down on the table in front of her.

"I wasn't sure what you liked, so I went with hazelnut latte."

"That's perfect. I can make us some breakfast."

"You've done enough cooking for me. Why don't I take you out for breakfast? There's a great little diner not too far from here."

"That sounds good. Can I take a quick shower?"

"Of course."

She got up from the couch, acutely conscious of her skimpy boxer shorts and clingy tank top. She grabbed the first clothes she could find from her open suitcase on the floor and dashed down the hall to the bathroom.

As she showered, she became fully awake and very aware that things were about to get more complicated. It had been one thing to stay at Burke's apartment while he was gone, but he was home now, and what that meant, where that would lead, she had no idea.

There was an attraction between them. She'd been trying to deny it for days, but it was real. She just had to decide what to do about it, and she didn't want to do anything for the wrong reasons. She was a little lost, drifting on a sea of uncertainty, and Burke was an anchor. But she didn't want to grab on to him because she was close to drowning. If there was going to be something between them, they had to come together as equals.

Too many people leaned on Burke. She didn't want to be one more. And he would let her lean on him, because that's the kind of man he was. He rescued people. He solved problems. He was a fixer. And she was probably in desperate need of fixing. But that wasn't the kind of relationship she wanted.

Not that she even wanted a relationship, she thought with a sigh. She was still trying to get rid of the tangled ties of her last affair. This wasn't the time to start another.

On the other hand, love wasn't something that necessarily waited for the right time, and she didn't want to miss out on something because she was afraid.

But she and Burke weren't in love, she told herself firmly. There was just some chemistry going on—probably because they were sharing a small space. Once she moved out, they'd probably never see each other again.

Turning off the shower, she toweled off, dried her hair and got dressed. Looking in the mirror, she felt a lot more ready to face the day.

When she returned to the living room, Burke was sitting on the couch and he was on the phone.

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