Harlequin Superromance October 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2: A Texas Family\For the First Time\Because of Audrey by Linda Warren

Author:Linda Warren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“OH, MY GOSH, I’m going to get sick.”

Mark smiled at Nancy’s fear, but also her excitement at standing on what felt like the top of the world. They were on the Skydeck in the Willis Tower and Nancy had braved the glass balcony to look straight down on the city.

It wasn’t a sight for people with acrophobia. Hell, it wasn’t a sight for anyone who didn’t like roller coasters, but Nancy was braving it out. For about five seconds. Then she hopped out and Mark offered her his hand.

“Wow. That was... I’m not sure if I liked it...but thank you. I never do things like that. Daring things.”

“You’re welcome.”

They made their way to the elevator and descended to the city streets. Wandering in the direction of the hotel but stopping occasionally so Nancy could window-shop.

“I want to thank you for the whole day.” Nancy beamed at him from under a red hat that matched her sweater. While nearly April, the city of Chicago didn’t seem to be aware of it. “First the brat sandwiches and the walk along the lake and now this. I feel like I really got to see Chicago.”

A twinge of guilt surfaced and Mark tamped it down. “It worked out. JoJo was on top of Sophie’s schedule all day. Since Sophie isn’t speaking to me, I figured it best to make myself scarce. Besides, it was a lot to ask for you to come out here and keep Sophie on schedule with her class work. I wanted you to enjoy the experience.”

It almost sounded like the truth. And it partly was. It was nice of her to agree to the trip and to help keep Sophie’s schedule routine.

It was also true that Sophie didn’t want anything to do with him. Neither did JoJo.

Nancy seemed like his best bet if he wanted anyone to speak to him today.

Except he couldn’t avoid the fact that he was using her. JoJo wasn’t speaking to him but JoJo knew where the hell he was and who he was with. He’d made sure of it.

When Greg came back to the restaurant, he’d let Mark know that JoJo had gotten a cab and was headed back to her place. While Bay stood watch over Sophie’s very long bathroom break, Greg continued to clean up all the remaining food and in between bites told Mark that he was screwing up with JoJo.

You like her. Admit it. Stop making this a competition between the two of you and treat her like a woman you want in your life.

Which was part of the problem. Since Helen, Mark never had a woman in his life. A woman in his bed, sure, but not his life. Suggesting honesty and openness was so like Greg. Pathetic. Instead he chose to ignore her as much as she was ignoring him. On the plane, with the three of them seated in the same row, he pretended it was perfectly natural to go two hours without saying a word.

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