The Bachelor Project by Victoria Chancellor

Author:Victoria Chancellor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Oh, God, I’ve done it again,” Robin whispered. This time not with family or a lover, but with a client. She’d been so certain she could keep her relationship with Ethan professional. She’d reveled in the opportunity to spend time with him without the uncomfortable attraction that had sizzled between them at first. Never in a million years had she suspected that she’d push him away.

Robin sat on the couch long after Ethan had hurried out the front door. She’d sat in the quiet house and listened to him start the engine of his Bronco, then back out of the driveway. The tires hadn’t actually squealed when he drove away, but close.

He couldn’t wait to get away from her. He couldn’t stand to be in the same room with her. In the same house with her. She felt so stunned, so confused, that she sank down onto the sofa. She doubted her legs would support her another minute.

She hadn’t felt this way in weeks, not since…Gig.

Her head snapped up. Could she compare the two men? Certainly not in most regards. She and Gig had known each other socially for years. They’d been a couple for months and months. She’d known him as an easygoing and charming man, living up to his heritage and upbringing in one of Houston’s “good” families.

Toward the end, when they—mostly she—were planning the wedding, the honeymoon and the move to his town house, everything had changed. Several scenes with her ex-fiancé flashed unbidden and unwelcome in her mind. Angry, upsetting confrontations in which he’d claimed she was smothering him. Mean, heartless accusations that he needed time apart from her.

Just like Ethan, tonight, when he’d rushed out of his own home.

Had she ruined a relationship she’d begun to treasure? Had she irrevocably crossed the line from friendly to personal, from concerned to smothering?

Burying her face in her hands, Robin let humiliation wash over her. She was an adult, not some needy child, but she’d acted like one—again. Sitting on the sofa in the house of a man she’d known less than two weeks, she felt so alone. She wanted to be back in Houston, where she could run to her Great-aunt Sylvia the way she had so many times before. She wanted to curl up on the fancy brocade love seat, hug a cushy velvet pillow, and wait for the tea and cookies her great-aunt served for all types of emotional crises.

But she wasn’t in Houston. She was in Ranger Springs, all grown up…in theory. Great-aunt Sylvia was a couple of hundred miles away, blissfully unaware that her great-niece was reverting to her childish need for someone to love.

Not that she was in love with Ethan, Robin reminded herself. Nothing of the sort. He was just her only friend in town at the moment. As her only friend—and a client, to boot—Ethan had become the person she’d focused on. They’d shared meals, laughs and conversations about their likes and dislikes. She’d needed his opinion on this decorating project, so they’d spent hours together this past week.

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