The Husband Hunt (a novella) (The Bachelor Series) by Abbott Kiki

Author:Abbott, Kiki [Abbott, Kiki]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Publisher: Abbott Press
Published: 2013-02-27T22:00:00+00:00

Girls poured out of the Escalade in the mansion’s driveway, now home from the cowboy date. They handed in their cowboy hats to a young man. Jaxie was the last to get out of the car, wanting to finish a conversation with the driver about how to make a béchamel sauce. Stepping out of the car, she added her hat to the pile and noticed Crane exiting the house. “Date card came.” He motioned back towards the door and the five girls from the picnic ran in to see who got the private date with Liam. Jaxie stopped and took advantage of the moment to speak with Crane. He looked good in a polo shirt and jeans, tanned and sparkly-eyed. If she wasn’t mistaken, she would say he looked really happy to see her too. They grinned at each other until he finally broke the silence.

“How was your date?”

“I think I made more of a love connection to my horse,” she shielded her eyes from the late afternoon sunshine. Again, his laugh brought Jaxie such satisfaction she felt bubbly and proud. “It was nice, though. The date itself and from a production aspect it was beautifully done.”

It was as though he hadn’t heard her. A shadow invaded his face, like he’d just thought of something serious and his staring made her suddenly uncomfortable. “Why are you even here?” His eyes squinted. “Camera time, I can understand. You have a budding career and need publicity. That would be the obvious answer, but I heard when the producers asked you for an on camera interview this morning to talk about Liam, you declined.” He moved closer. “Why Jaxie? That would’ve been a good moment to get more air time.” He touched her arm and she flinched. “Why are you here?”

She suddenly felt like she was burning up. How much should she admit to this guy who was a producer? She didn’t want to talk about Liam because she was a fraud. If he knew that, Crane would pull her off the show, but wasn’t she thinking about leaving after that date? And if she didn’t voluntarily leave today, tomorrow’s rose ceremony would undoubtedly leave her without a rose. “I’m asking myself that right now too.” Crane was too close. “I’m not sure.” She couldn’t look in his eyes or she’d blurt it all out, right there and then. “I was encouraged by a friend to come on the show when I broke up with my boyfriend, and thought it might be something fun to do.” That sounded good.

She looked up at Crane, who was still staring and saw that he looked at her like she was a drink of water to his thirst. This was no casual conversation about motive, this was something more. Why did he care so much about her motive for doing The Husband Hunt?

He shook his head and let go of her arm. “Sorry I even asked, then.” His words seemed to pain him. At that moment, standing

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