The Bachelor and the Beauty Queen by Carolyn Hector

Author:Carolyn Hector
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Early Saturday morning, a black stretch Hummer pulled through the garage of Lexi’s condo building, just as a wave of second guessing began to wash in. Was attending a pageant the right thing to do now, or should they stay in town and practice? After Philly’s private lesson Thursday night, Nate had offered to take all the other girls down in style. He had arranged everything and the eager mothers all seemed pleased with his idea.

Though Philly was Lexi’s private coach, she also worked with a lot of other little girls whose mothers had all seen the fliers at the counter and wanted to enter their children. Lexi had no say over who should or shouldn’t enter pageants. She provided the girls with awesome dresses and the skills of working the stage. The girls, Lexi had no problem with. Some of the parents needed to remember how to conduct themselves. Emotions ran high when people’s kids were judged based on their beauty and style of dress.

Lexi wasn’t too pleased this morning when Stephen called her on the phone to tell her he was on his way. She hadn’t seen Stephen since the night he kissed her. They hadn’t spoken since their movie marathon over the phone. With trying to go over all the rules on behavior for the young parents with daughters entering the Glitzy Southern Pageant, Lexi hadn’t had time to stop over at Stephen’s office space. The boards were still up in the windows and she never spotted Nate’s SUV. If Stephen came into town with his driver, he did not stop by Grits and Glam to say hello. Lexi chalked up the distance over the past few days as being due to the business of their schedule. But a part of her wondered whether or not the overshare on the phone was too much for him. Something about getting to know Stephen unnerved her. His kiss lingered. If ever there was a category for kissing, he won, hands down.

After the mortifying way her last relationship ended, Lexi never thought she’d find another man as attractive as she did Stephen. But she needed to stamp any desire down. At least this weekend she’d be busy explaining the process of the pageantry world to the newbies. God, she needed help this weekend, she thought as the doors to the Hummer opened.

A man dressed in a black jogging outfit and white T-shirt stepped out of the driver’s side and she wondered if he was the infamous Mr. Keenan that Philly spoke of. He came around to the passenger’s side and opened the back door to the Hummer. She’d partied in cars like this a long time ago but her drivers were always dressed in suits.

“You live here?” Stephen asked, stepping out of the Hummer with his signature neatly trimmed beard. A flash of desire raced through her veins.

“Yes, what did you think?”

The sky roof opened and Kimber poked her head out. “He thought you lived at your store.

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