Taming the VIP Playboy by Katherine Garbera

Author:Katherine Garbera
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2011-01-05T23:00:00+00:00

Jen woke Monday morning to the sounds of Riley and Marcia getting ready to leave. One of the nice things about her job was that she didn’t have to rush out of bed every morning. She got up and put on her robe before going downstairs.

She hadn’t heard from Nate yesterday but she knew that she wouldn’t. They were both feeling their way through this thing—she was reluctant to call it a relationship because she wasn’t sure she was ready for it yet.

“Morning, Auntie Jen,” Riley said, giving her a hug.

“Morning, Riley.”

“Mommy, I’m ready.”

“Great. I need to talk to Auntie Jen. You head out to the car.”

Riley nodded and went out the front door. Marcia stood in the doorway so she could remotely unlock the car and keep an eye on Riley.

“I left the newspaper out for you.”

Jen glanced at her sister. “I don’t read it.”

“You’ll want to this morning. There’s a picture of Nate in it with some woman—a Spanish royal or something.”

Jen nodded. She’d just said they weren’t dating so why would this news hurt. “It’s fine. We’re just friends.”

Marcia reached out and hugged her. “I can come back after I drop Riley off if you want to talk. I’m not due in court today.”

“No, don’t do that. I have a meeting at eleven at the club to talk about the tenth anniversary celebration. Besides, it was just one date.”

Jen didn’t want to talk about this. She wanted to hide away until she figured out why she felt so hurt. She knew he wasn’t the kind of man who was going to give up his jet-set lifestyle for her after one date.

“I’ll be fine. Have a good day.”

Marcia pursed her lips. “I know you’ll be fine. But that doesn’t mean this won’t hurt. You didn’t need this now.”

“Marcia, stop. I’m trying to get it under control in my head. Don’t make me hash it out or I’ll start crying.”

Her sister hugged her again and then turned to leave. “Call me if you need me.”

“I will.”

Jen closed the door on her sister and nephew and leaned back against it. She didn’t want to go and look at a picture of Nate with another woman. Especially since she’d dreamed about his arms around her all night. She’d dreamed of them being on that yacht of his together and making love on the sundeck.

She put her hands in her hair and stood there for a minute trying to get her head around the idea. It didn’t matter that she’d already thought he might not be serious about her. She didn’t want to see the proof that the very next night he’d gone out with someone else.

But she wasn’t a coward and she never ran away from anything. She walked into the kitchen and saw the coffee mug her sister had left for her next to the paper. There was a Post-it note on it in Marcia’s handwriting warning her that there was a picture of Nate inside.

She poured herself a cup of coffee and then took the mug and the paper outside with her.

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