The Playboy of Rome by Jennifer Faye

Author:Jennifer Faye
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

LIZZIE’S HARD GAZE challenged him.

Dante wondered if she truly wanted him to step away from this project. Had she gotten a taste of his mentoring skills and changed her mind? Not that it mattered. It was too late for either of them to back out.

Somehow he had to smooth things out with her. And he wasn’t well versed with apologies. This was going to be harder than he’d imagined.

“It’s my turn to apologize.” There. He’d said it. Now he just hoped that she’d believe him.

“For what?”

This was where things got sticky. He didn’t want to talk about feelings and emotions. He swallowed hard as he sorted his thoughts.

“I didn’t mean to make you feel bad about dinner.” Her gaze narrowed in on him, letting him know that he now had her full attention. “See, that’s the thing. I’m not a teacher. I have no experience. My grandfather always prided himself on being the one to show people how to do things. He has a way about him that makes people want to learn. If he hadn’t been a chef, he should have been a teacher.”

The stiffness in her shoulders eased. “But I didn’t make you dinner so that you could teach me. I...I wanted... Oh, never mind.”

She clammed up quickly. What had she been about to say? He really wanted to know. Was she going to say that she’d made him dinner because she liked him? Did she want to continue what they’d started earlier that day?

No. She wouldn’t want that...would she? He had to resolve the uncertainty. The not knowing would taunt him to utter distraction. And if they were going to work together, he had to know where they stood.

He cleared his throat. “What is it you wanted?”

“I just wanted to prepare you a nice dinner as a thank-you for what you did by introducing me to your family. And...and I wanted to show you that you wouldn’t be making a mistake by taking me on to work here. But obviously I was wrong.”

“No, you weren’t.”

“Yes, I was. You made it clear you don’t care for my cooking.”

He shook his head. “That’s not it. I think you’re a good cook.”

“So then why did you say those things?”

“Because good is fine for most people, but you aren’t most people.”

Her fine brows drew together. “What does that mean? Do you know about my past? Did your grandfather tell you?”

Whoa! That had him sitting up straight. “Nonno didn’t tell me anything.” But Dante couldn’t let it end there. He wanted to believe that he was being cautious because of the business but it was more than that. He wanted to know everything there was about her. “I’m willing to listen, if you’re willing to tell me.”

Her blue eyes were a turbulent sea of emotions. “You don’t want to hear about me.”

“Yes, I do.” The conviction in his voice took him by surprise.

She worried her lip as though considering what to tell him. “I don’t know. I’ve already told you enough. I don’t need to give you more reason to look at me differently.

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