[The Sons of Lily Moreau 01] - Remodeling the Bachelor by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: fra
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373248452
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2007-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

He supposed he had sounded rather abrupt. But he hated being stumped and theprogram was driving him crazy.“Is that how it sounded?”

Taking her seat at his right, she noticed that Philippe hadn’t actuallyapologized.“You have a very authoritative voice.”

He laughed, taking a seat himself.“Comes from telling my brothers what to do.”

“You were a fledgling bully?”she asked. Because the lasagna was hers, she didthe honors, cutting portions. “I was the father figure. Or, I should say,”he amended,“the stable fatherfigure since there were an abundance of other father figures milling around mostof the time.”He stopped abruptly as his words echoed back to him. This wasn’tlike him.“Why am I always spilling my guts to you?”

Her smile was encouraging, understanding.“I have the kind of face people talkto. I’m more or less invisible,”she explained.“They don’t feel that they’llsee me again once the job is over, but for the duration, they have invited meinto their home and since I’m there, they come to regard me as someone they cantalk to.”She grinned, sinking her fork into the piece she’d taken.“I’m likethe family pet without the emotional investment.”

That definitely was not the way he saw her.“We never had a pet.”

“Not even goldfish?” He shook his head.“For a while, Mother traveled around too much for us to havepets. And then when she finally bought the house and we stayed behind while shewent on her tours, she made it clear she didn’t want anything with fur, feathersor fins finding its way to our mailing address.”Because he felt that he’d saidtoo much again, he changed the subject. He nodded at his plate.“This is good.”

“Thank you.”His compliment pleased her more than she thought it might. Careful,J.D., you’ve slid down this path before and all you got for your trouble isskinned knees.“I wouldn’t have brought it if it was bad.”

The reply tickled him.“So, what other talents do you have?”

She didn’t have to stop to think.“That pretty much covers it.” In his estimation, that was more than enough. She cooked like a house afire andcould build a replacement if the need arose.“You ever think about starting yourown restaurant?”

Not even for a moment.“Ninety-five percent of all restaurants fail in theirfirst year. I need a sure thing and working with these—”she held up her hands“—is a sure thing.”

He could understand her reasoning, not that the world of contractors was allthat stable.“Where did you learn to cook like this?”

“It was necessity.”She paused to take a bite herself.“After my mother left, itwas either learn to cook or eat ready-made things out of a box.” He curbed the desire to ask her about her mother. If she wanted him to knowmore, she’d tell him. As for preparing things out of a box, she’d just describedthe way he lived.“Nothing wrong with that.”

“Have you read what they put inside that stuff?” He shrugged, then swallowed what was in his mouth before answering,“Food.” “Food whose ingredients are guaranteed to give you high blood pressure and shutdown your kidneys by the time you reach middle age.”Turning, she reached intothe blue and white box and took out a small round bowl.

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