Meant to Be Us by Macomber Debbie

Author:Macomber, Debbie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2024-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“Lesley,” Jordan said. Out of his peripheral vision he caught a glimpse of Molly leaping off the sofa. Quickly she righted her clothes, her movements filled with righteous indignation.

“I thought you’d want to know,” Lesley said when he didn’t continue.

“Know?”

“What I’ve decided.”

“Yes, of course.” Jordan cupped his hand over the mouthpiece. “Molly, wait,” he pleaded. They needed to talk, needed to discuss what had happened.

Molly hesitated.

“Molly’s there now?” Lesley asked.

“Yes. Listen, could we talk later?”

“That sounds like it’d be best. Tomorrow morning?”

“Ah, sure.” All he wanted to do was get off the phone. His main concern was keeping Molly with him, until they’d had a chance to talk. It was just like her to run. Just like her to leave him grappling with regrets.

“At ten?”

“Fine. I’ll see you then.” Jordan replaced the receiver just as Molly hurried past him on her way to the front door. “Molly, please wait,” he called, nearly stumbling in his rush to reach her before she escaped.

She stopped, her purse clutched against her stomach.

“Please don’t go. Not until we’ve talked.”

“No,” she answered stiffly. Her eyes, which only moments earlier had been warm with passion, stared back at him, bleak and empty now.

“Molly, don’t do this.”

“Me? I’m not the one with both a fiancée and a wife. As far as I’m concerned, you’ve got one woman too many. I don’t want to see you again, Jordan. I’ll have my father notify you when the baby’s born and you can have Michael petition the court. All I ask is that you notify me when the divorce is final.”

“How can you walk away after what happened? What nearly happened,” he corrected.

“Easy. We’ve been married and, well, I guess you could say we fell back into an old habit. It didn’t mean anything. How could it, when you’re marrying Lesley? It was just one of those things.”

“Habit?” Jordan repeated. “You don’t honestly believe that.”

“Come on, Jordan,” she said and laughed, but the sound of her laughter was hollow. “We used to make love on that old couch more often than we ever did on the bed upstairs.”

Jordan couldn’t disagree with Molly. But kissing her wasn’t habit. It had been a rediscovery, a reawakening. He wasn’t ready to dismiss it, nor was he willing to leave the situation between them so unsettled.

“It was far more than habit and you know it,” he argued.

Molly sighed. “I’m not going to fight with you. If you don’t buy my explanation, then make up one of your own.” She met his gaze steadily, conviction flashing from her beautiful blue eyes. “What I said stands. I don’t want to see you again. Please don’t make this any more difficult than it already is.”

“If you’re worried about Lesley, then—”

“I’m not going to discuss Lesley with you.”

“It’s over between Lesley and me,” he said, then realized Molly had walked away. He debated whether he should run outside and try one last time to reason with her.

His relationship with Lesley had been a mistake. Jordan didn’t know why it had taken him so long to understand that.

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