Too Smart For Marriage by Cathie Linz

Author:Cathie Linz [Cathie Linz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459274570
Publisher: Harlequin

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AS LONG AS YOU don’t get used to it. David’s words immediately echoed in Anastasia’s head with stunning emphasis. The problem was that she was getting used to it—used to having him around, used to teasing him, used to kissing him. This feeling was starting to go far beyond merely teaching him how to dream and have fun. What was she getting herself into here?

“Are you okay?” David asked Anastasia as she suddenly stopped in her tracks. “You look funny.”

“I’m fine,” she lied, fanning her face with her hand and willing her inner panic away. “It’s warm in here though. I think I’ll head back outside into the fresh air and maybe get a cold lemonade to cool me off.”

Looking at David as she spoke was a mistake and only heated her up again. He was wearing jeans and the same denim shirt he’d had on the first time she’d met him. Now, as then, his shirt sleeves were rolled up, displaying his tanned arms. The amount of physical labor he’d been doing in the storefront’s restoration showed just a bit in the delineated muscles of his forearms, but it took a keen eye to notice it.

Anastasia had that keen eye where he was concerned, and that worried her. All along, the idea had been to teach David how to loosen up, to show him how to have fun, how to dream. And while their trip to Ravinia hadn’t gone the way she’d planned, David was showing signs of lightening up. He didn’t complain as much about how foolish Claire had been to buy the building, how many businesses failed in their first year, and that sort of thing.

And he certainly didn’t kiss like a guy who was a stick-in-the-mud, that’s for sure!

“You do look flushed, dear,” Claire noted, looking concerned. “I hope you’re not coming down with something.”

“I hope so, too,” she muttered. She’d better not be coming down with David-infatuation, because as great as the guy kissed, he still didn’t accept or trust her a hundred percent.

“Do you feel faint?” David asked, putting his arm around her waist as if fearing she might melt on the spot.

His nearness only made her feel hotter. “I just need lemonade.”

“Not ice cream?” he teasingly asked.

“It wouldn’t be as good as Claire’s,” Anastasia replied. “She’s spoiled me.”

“She’s good at that.”

Anastasia’s eyes met his in what was intended to be a brief glance but what blossomed into something much deeper. She found herself becoming fascinated by the darkening hues in his eyes. The irises weren’t simply one shade of blue, but a reflection of many hues. His gaze was equally complex, revealing first humor then awareness followed by…could that be…hunger?

Anastasia had no idea how long they stood there staring at each other like lovesick fools before the sound of Claire’s voice brought them back to planet Earth. She prayed it was only a second or two, not the ten minutes it felt like.

“Oh, look,” Claire exclaimed. “There’s that nice Mr. Rozenkrantz. Maybe he’d like to join us for some lemonade.

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