Lucky Chance by Marissa Dobson

Author:Marissa Dobson [Dobson, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939978677
Publisher: Sunshine Press
Published: 2015-04-09T05:00:00+00:00

The next day had come in a rush, one interview after another, but now that it was all over, Lucky just wanted to get Madison alone. He wanted to know if she’d thought about what he had said, and if she’d come to any decision. He suspected that she had something on her mind because throughout the day she had tried to talk to him, but they got interrupted each time. Now that they were back at the house, he planned to corner her and any ringing phones be damned. He wanted to know where things stood.

“Maddie, we need to talk.”

She slipped off her heels and let out a sigh that could only be associated with relief. “I was thinking the same thing, but first I want…” She paused and her lips curled into a half smirk. “Normally, I’d have filled that in with a glass of wine, but I’m playing everything by the book with this pregnancy. No caffeine, no alcohol, nothing bad for the baby will pass my lips.”

“How about I make it up to you with a chocolate milkshake, extra thick, just like you like it?”

“That’s better than wine, any day. I never could turn down chocolate milkshakes and…well, I crave anything chocolate.”

“If you want to change, I’ll make them and then we can talk.”

“My clothes are fine for a bit longer, it was the heels that were killing me.” She followed him into the kitchen and hopped up onto the counter, her legs swinging as she grabbed an apple from the basket. “I know you don’t like the spotlight, but you did great today.”

“Thanks.” He grabbed the ice cream, milk, and chocolate syrup from the refrigerator. “I just want to get through this and be out of the spotlight.”

“I still believe you’ll win, so you’ll have two additional weeks of this…if not longer.”

He slid the blender from its hideaway. “You didn’t always look on the dark side of things,” he joked.

“Oh, come on, would it really be that bad?” She bit into the apple, and raised an eyebrow. “Would it be that bad to be stuck with me?”

“Does that mean you’ve given us some thought?” Before she could answer, the doorbell rang, interrupting them again. “Damn it. I thought when we got back here we’d finally be able to talk.”

“The other contestants wouldn’t come here, so it’s either my boss or one of the neighbors. Either way, it shouldn’t be long.” She hopped off the counter. “I’ll get it, you make my shake.”

“You might have been given a reprieve, but I still want an answer once you get rid of them.”

She didn’t reply, but gave him one of her bright smiles and headed to the door. While she was gone, he busied himself making the milkshakes. If there was another interruption, be it the phone or door, he was going to pin her against the wall with his body just to get her to answer his question.

With the milkshakes in the glasses, he grabbed a piece of rich chocolate and grated some on top.

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