The Bachelor's Bed by Jill Shalvis

Author:Jill Shalvis [Shalvis, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance
ISBN: 9781426871214
Google: Hhw0TUdKN8wC
Amazon: B003VYBWE0
Barnesnoble: B003VYBWE0
Goodreads: 1535287
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1999-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

"I'm glad," Lani whispered, guilt tugging at her.

"Oh, we're going to have the most wonderful time." Irene's eyes lit up. "We'll throw you an engagement party next weekend. Of course, everyone will come."

Colin looked decidedly not excited. "Wait a minute—"

"No, don't thank me, darling." She grinned. "I insist." Then she was gone.

The silence in the kitchen was deafening.

Colin made no move to break it. Feeling awkward and uncertain, Lani moved around the table. She lifted her pathetic-looking plants and arranged them in the window.

Silly as it was, the kitchen instantly seemed homier. Happier. She hoped they lived.

Behind her, Colin still didn't speak.

The quiet grew until she couldn't stand it. "I'm sorry," she said finally.

"She's going to get hurt. Dammit ." Colin paced the length of the kitchen, eating up the wide open space with his long, restless legs.

"Well, what did you think would happen?"

When Colin whipped around to face her, his dismay and shock evident, she shook her head and laughed. "Come on, Colin. You must have thought about what would happen after your project was finished. About how we'd end this. How she'd feel when I go back to my life."

Back to her life. Just the words brought a melancholy she didn't want to face.

Colin looked stunned.

"You didn't," she breathed. "You, Mr. Planner, Mr. Organization. You never thought about the end."

"I only thought about getting left alone." He looked disgusted with himself. "And having the phone calls stop. Ending the parade of blind dates." He swore softly before looking at her miserably. "This can't go on. I can't do it. Not to her and not to you."

"I'm okay, Colin."

"It's not fair."

He was going to call it all off. And she'd have to go back to being … without him. "You can't tell her now," she said much more casually than she felt. "It's too late. She'll get hurt either way, Colin. You might as well finish your project."

"I'm so close," he said wistfully. "So close."

Though she was beginning to understand that there would always be a project for Colin, each more

important than the last, she accepted that. "The pretense is set," she said quietly. "You need time for yourself, and now you've got it I'll keep them busy while they're here over the next few weeks. You just work as hard as you can, and get your project done. We'll face what happens afterward later."

His eyes were like the sea, black and fathomless. "Are you really up for this?"

He was talking about them . About what they would have to do to pull it off. "I'm ready if you are."

A rare laugh escaped him. "Oh, I'm ready," he assured her. "But not for my project."

"No? What then?" Was that her voice, all breathless?

"The supply of condoms I bought. They're waiting upstairs by my bed."

"How many is a supply?"

He laughed again, a wondrous sound. "I got the huge economy box, thinking even that couldn't possibly be enough for the two full weeks."

Heat spiraled through her. "Oh."

"Are you sure, Lani?" His voice was low, thrilling.

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