The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak

Author:Brenda Novak
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2016-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

17

“I WANT TO see you. Have you decided yet?”

Nancy shouldn’t have answered Keith’s call, but she’d felt such a surge of excitement when she saw his name that she’d picked up despite her better judgment. Now her eyes inadvertently shifted to the bags of lingerie she’d left on her kitchen table. She planned to take everything back. She’d thought that might help her resist him...

But those things hadn’t been returned yet.

“It’s not even six o’clock, and you’re already asking for an answer?” she said.

“Do I have to wait until a certain time?”

“We just had lunch a few hours ago.”

“So? What are you doing for dinner? I’ll take you to Charleston.”

Oh, boy. He was pouring on the charm. Nancy didn’t know a woman who could refuse him when he did that. But she had to learn from experience. Had to guard her heart. “I was heading over to my father’s. I make dinner for him and Jade every Saturday.”

“Great. I’m in.”

She hesitated. “You’re kidding, aren’t you?” If anything, she’d expected him to try to convince her to cancel. He’d never been interested in her family, hadn’t cared to spend any time with them—which was part of the reason her stepfather had warned her not to get involved with him. According to Martin, that kind of behavior said a lot about a man, as well as that man’s level of interest in a woman.

Her stepfather’s logic had been sound, but nothing she’d been willing to hear back then. She was determined to be smarter this time, since Keith had proved him right before.

“No, I’m serious. What’re we having? Any chance you’re making that Mexican steak dinner you used to make?”

She hadn’t intended to make her Mexican steak dinner, but it was easy enough to do. She could change her plans. But why would she? The fact that she’d even consider it made her mad at herself. She was already trying to please him. “No. I’m making my taglierini dish.”

“The one with tomatoes and garlic?”

She’d often cooked for him. Although she’d enjoyed it, she’d also felt she’d had to cook to compete with the professional chef his mother had hired at Coldiron House. Josephine’s standards were so high—for everything—Nancy had felt she’d never measure up. And Josephine had made it abundantly clear that she agreed.

Still, Nancy had tried, had given it every effort, and there’d been times when she’d succeeded in making life a great deal easier for Keith. She was just surprised all of that hadn’t meant anything to him in the end.

It said something that he remembered those meals, though. “That’s the one.”

“I like that, too. When should I come over?”

“To eat or to help with the cooking?” she countered.

If the challenge put him off, he didn’t show it. “To help, of course. I’m ready now if you want.”

“Fine. Come pick me up.”

“I’m on my way.”

He hadn’t balked at anything. Nancy was smiling when she hung up, even though she wasn’t sure how her stepfather would react to having Keith in his house.

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