Harlequin KISS June 2014 Bundle: Don't Tell the Wedding Planner\The Best Man for the Job\Falling for Her Rival\More than a Fling? by Aimee Carson

Author:Aimee Carson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4603-3646-5
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

FOUR

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“I thought you told me you weren’t here to make friends, Finn,” Lara said, raising one eyebrow.

“I’m not.”

“But you’re willing to make an exception in my case?”

Was he?

One side of her mouth rose in a smile that had a decidedly unsettling effect on his heart rate. No, Finn wasn’t after friendship. But he couldn’t deny his interest in Lara Smith. It had been there since the get-go.

“Well, if you looked like Ryder, I wouldn’t be offering,” he replied truthfully.

“And if I looked like Angel?”

“What do you mean by that?” he asked.

“Smoky eyes and Angelina Jolie lips?” Lara pouted and batted her eyelashes for effect. “Not to mention a pair of legs that start at the chin.”

“There’s nothing wrong with your legs.” Or any other part of her anatomy, from what Finn could tell. And, yeah, he’d been looking. “Besides, she’s not my taste. Too...obvious.” His gaze lowered briefly to Lara’s mouth and more naturally proportioned lips before flicking away to gaze up at the busy street. “I prefer subtlety, complexity.”

“Are you talking about women or are you talking about food?”

“Both, I guess.” He laughed.

She nodded, as if processing that. Then, “I’m still not clear on why you want to have coffee with me.”

Why indeed? He wasn’t quite clear on that himself. So, what he went with was “Ever hear the saying, ‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer’?”

“Gee, you know how to make a girl feel special.”

He laughed at her deadpan delivery. He’d always found a good sense of humor attractive in a woman.

“Actually, I’ve got a job in this neighborhood in a couple of hours. It doesn’t make sense to go home, and I don’t feel like sitting alone while I kill time.”

“Kill time,” she repeated. He nearly winced. Had he really just said that? “That’s a lukewarm invitation, you know. You need to work on your people skills, Paper.”

She had a point. He was a little rusty when it came to flirting with women. The ink on his divorce decree might have been dry for a couple of years, but Finn hadn’t gone out much. He’d been too busy. And, yeah, too bitter.

He wasn’t feeling bitter now. Oh, no. The emotions pinging around in his head were a lot more palatable than that.

“Is that no?”

“I should go home,” she told him. “I mean, I have laundry to do.”

“Laundry?” He placed a hand over his heart. “You’re turning me down to go home and throw in a load of dirty clothes?”

A smile lurked on her lips when Lara added, “Well, my refrigerator needs to be cleaned out, too.”

“Yeah. That makes me feel better. What? No game of Candy Crush calling your name?”

“How did you know?” Her full-on grin had his heart doing a funny thu-thunk. “But I can multitask and do that while I’m waiting for my clothes to dry.”

“Who needs to work on people skills now?” he asked sardonically.

“Fine.” Her grin made a mockery of the sigh that followed. “I’ll have a cup of coffee with you.

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