Under the Hood - An Under the Hood Novella by Sally Clements

Author:Sally Clements [Clements, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Single Author, Contemporary, Single Authors, Series, Entangled Publishing, Flirt, short story, novella, Romance, contemporary romance, mechanic, cars
Amazon: B00K48GVGA
Publisher: Entangled: Bliss
Published: 2014-05-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Staring out the window is no way to do business.

Mark rubbed a hand over the back of his neck. Loosened his tie. He needed a distraction—anything to stop images of the night before from flashing through his mind. Alice waving a breadstick in the air as she laughed. The soft curves of her body, revealed in that knockout dress. The trace of chocolate mousse on her top lip that tempted him to lick it away. The hint of black lace he glimpsed as her dress rode up in the car. When he slid his hands over her hips and tasted her, it took superhuman strength he hadn’t even known he was capable of to pull back…

But he’d had to. He couldn’t take her to bed when she didn’t know the truth. He groaned. Why hadn’t he told her everything?

A quick knock, then Janice stuck her head around the door. “Your aunt just called.”

All thoughts of Alice were instantly washed away as though Janice had dowsed him in ice-cold water. “Which one?” His father had four sisters.

“Aunt Louise.” Janice walked into the room. “She didn’t want to be put through, just told me to tell you she was on her way over.”

This can’t be good. At least he didn’t have an appointment. Louise MacDonald was more than capable of shooing any of his clients out into reception while she ranted and raved. Well, he’d needed a distraction, and Louise was certainly that.

“She sounded cross,” Janice warned.

“Right. Send her in when she gets here.”

Mark reviewed Louise’s file as he waited. Her divorce had been one hell of a difficult assignment, mostly because he really liked his uncle, known far and wide as Mac, and Louise had been determined to bleed him dry. Working a compromise that gave her all she was entitled to without destroying Mac’s business had been a challenge.

One he’d pulled off. So why is Louise on the warpath?

There were voices in the reception area. The door pushed open, and his aunt strode in. “Mark.” She strode across the carpet in six-inch heels. Her glossy brown hair was piled up on her head, fastened with two bejewelled chopsticks in a studied, messy look that her hairdresser had probably spent all morning arranging.

Relatively few people could wear that shade of dark red lipstick. She wasn’t one of them. Her forehead was smooth and unlined, but if she could frown, she would be frowning now. Instead, the corners of her mouth tugged down in a familiar “there’s going to be trouble” expression.

Mark advanced and kissed her cheek. “Louise, what a pleasant surprise.” He smoothly led her to a chair, then retreated behind his desk.

Louise leaned forward, gimlet eyes gleaming. “Have you seen this?” She pulled a leaflet out of her padded leather bag and tossed it on the table.

Mark picked up the piece of paper. Under the Hood, a new service for the ladies of Meadowsweet. He glanced up at his aunt. What possible problem could she have with Alice’s garage?

“Mac has gone out of business and sublet the garage to these women.

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