The One-Week Wife by Hayley Gardner

Author:Hayley Gardner
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781459274013
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-07-23T22:10:40.944000+00:00

7

Ten minutes into their visit with Luke Gallagher, Gina felt a pang of pity for the man. Matt’s father was so eager to please his son. The house was spotless, and Luke had brewed a pot of tea for her and coffee for Matt and even served slices of her lemon cake on paper plates for them. But the harder Luke tried, the more closed off his son became, giving onesyllable answers to Luke’s questions and not volunteering anything.

The only thing Gina could say for her “husband” was that he couldn’t have been more attentive to her. Matt sat next to her on the couch, his arm resting on the cushions behind her. His fingers kept reaching around and trailing paths along her neck—never lewdly, but that didn’t matter. The intimacy of his touch made her insides quiver. She crossed her arms. Matt began to play with her earlobe, and her breath caught. His attention should be on his father, not on playing with her. She needed to do something.

“Do you have any lemon?” she asked Luke to get a few seconds alone with Matt.

As it happened, Luke did. As soon as he left the room, she turned to Matt.

“Please don’t touch me like that. You’re making me nervous,” she whispered.

“Nervous?” he asked. He met her eyes and asked, “Or hot?”

“You should concentrate on your father,” she advised.

His eyes shaded over and his face took on an unreadable expression. “I’d prefer to keep my mind on you.”

“You’re asking for it,” she whispered.

“Will I like it when I get it?” he asked.

To her irritation, her mouth twisted of its own accord in suppressed mirth. Before she could think of a suitable retort, Luke was back with a small sandwich plate filled with slices of lemon. Its tangy scent filled the air as he handed it to her.

“Thank you,” Gina said, giving Matt’s father a sincere smile as she took the plate.

“Pucker power,” Matt whispered in her ear.

“Behave yourself,” Gina said aloud.

Matt grinned.

Luke frowned at them in confusion, and Gina leaned forward to put a slice of lemon in her tea. “You’ll have to forgive your son. He’s acting a little frisky this evening. So tell me, Mr. Gallagher, do you like Bedley Hills?” She supposed she ought to worry about eventually running into Luke at some point in the future, but he’d lived in her town for a while now and they hadn’t met yet.

“I don’t get around much, but it seems like a pleasant town,” Luke said. “Of course, when Matt showed up, it knocked me for a loop.”

“I must admit, I felt exactly the same way,” Gina said without thinking. Matt’s thigh hit hers, and she glanced up at Luke. “Uh, that is, Matt never told me his mother had written him where you were until just recently. I didn’t know for a long time what he had planned to do here in Bedley Hills.” At least she was telling the truth, Gina thought triumphantly. She thought she heard Matt sigh.

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