The Mighty Quinns: Jack by Kate Hoffmann

Author:Kate Hoffmann [Hoffmann, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780263905120
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

5

“YOU LOOK GOOD IN A HAT.”

Jack reached over and adjusted the brim of the baseball cap, as the evening breeze buffeted the inside of the Mini Cooper, causing strands of her pale hair to blow around her pretty face.

They’d spent the afternoon at the ballpark, watching the Giants deal a loss to the Mets. The game was a badly needed distraction for Mia and Jack was glad of it. They cheered, they drank beer, they argued over calls and for Jack, it was a perfect afternoon. There hadn’t been any talk about their parents.

In truth, it was the closest thing they’d had to a regular date. And the easy friendship that they shared was yet another piece in what was becoming a real relationship.

Jack knew he shouldn’t project his own feelings onto an arrangement that Mia was controlling. She made the rules, she decided what they were now and what they might become in the future. But he could already see that it could work between them. They were wild about each other in the bedroom and he was just as wild about her outside of it.

“I had a good time today,” Mia said. She glanced over at him and smiled. “Thanks for talking me into going.”

“I told you, a ball game will always fix whatever ails you.”

“You were right. I feel much better now.”

Jack reached over and grabbed her hand, then kissed her fingertips, one by one. “I’m glad. I like to see you happy. You have a very pretty smile.”

“You don’t have to flatter me,” she murmured.

“I’m not flattering you,” he said. “I’m stating a fact.”

Mia sighed softly. “Saying things like that only makes things harder.”

“Maybe they should be hard,” he said. “Maybe there’s a reason for that.”

“We decided that this was just going to be a temporary thing, remember? You can’t change the rules halfway through the game. You should know that.”

“Are we playing a game, Mia? Because, to me, it sure doesn’t feel like one. It feels real.”

As they sped along the Embarcadero, a wide thoroughfare lined with palm trees, silence descended between them. Jack stared out at the waterfront. He knew he shouldn’t have pushed things. It was way too early. But their relationship had been one big runaway train from the very start and if he didn’t slow it down now, Jack was afraid they’d crash and burn.

He’d found something with Mia that he hadn’t had in the past, a deeper connection that he wanted to explore a little further. But how could he convince her to give them a chance?

Mia turned the car away from the water and headed up a long, steep hill. Though Jack had visited San Francisco many times while covering the Cubs, he hadn’t spent a lot of time getting to know the city. Mia was perfectly comfortable here, he mused. This was her home in the same way Chicago was his.

She steered into the tiniest of parking spots on the street, then turned off the ignition. “This is it,” she said.

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