The Bride Next Door by Hope Ramsay

Author:Hope Ramsay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2018-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

Matt jolted awake at the sound of his cell phone alarm. He raised his head, still unfamiliar with his new bedroom, and squinted at the bright morning sun streaming through the French doors. He hauled in a deep breath, filled with Courtney’s incredible scent—something wild and musky and deliciously sweet. His groin tightened as he propped himself on one elbow.

There was no sign of her. No sounds coming from the bathroom or down the hall in the kitchen. And Ghul lay curled on the pillow where Courtney had slept beside him for part of the night. He ran his hands over the rumpled sheets. They were cool.

So she’d left without a word. And judging by the single cat on the pillow, she’d absconded with Doom, who was not exactly her cat, but he could see why Doom might prefer living with Courtney. Did she know she’d taken the wrong cat? Maybe not. And maybe Doom would be happier with her. She’d probably change his name to Fluffy, or something stupid like that.

Damn, he missed Courtney. It might have been nice to wake up beside her. He had no doubt that morning sex with Courtney would be as awesome as evening sex had been. In fact, in his expert opinion, sex with Courtney was utterly mind and body blowing. And for some strange reason, her absence made him feel hollow inside, which was odd because usually he appreciated it when a woman departed before the sun came up.

He hauled his ass out of bed and stood in the shower for longer than was absolutely necessary, letting the warm water sluice over his body while he told himself not to be such a wuss over a woman. There were plenty of fish in the sea, and the one next door wasn’t interested in a purely physical relationship with him.

Courtney Wallace had a romantic streak a mile wide. She was a wedding planner, and hadn’t she told him last fall, in a moment of weakness, that she’d been waiting for Mr. Right all her life?

Of course she had.

She had also come knocking at his door last night looking for something else, but she’d left and taken a cat with her. It was time to move on. He loved women, and he would love to have sex with Courtney again, but he was honest about himself. He was no good for Courtney. It would be better not to repeat what had happened last night.

So he shaved and dressed in one of his gray suits and put on his conservative blue-and-white striped tie and headed off to the office. It was another humid June day, and even though the walk was short, he was sweating by the time he entered his cubbyhole and found a new stack of folders sitting on his chair.

These papers had nothing to do with any of the pro bono cases he’d been working on as LL&K’s contribution to the Blue Ridge Legal Aid Society. They appeared to be background information pertaining to several of David’s clients who were scheduled to meet with him later in the day.

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