The Way to a Man's Heart: A Novel by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Women, Sagas
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014-01-28T05:02:59+00:00

Eight

“Hello, I’m Meghan O’Day,” Meghan said, greeting the woman with steel-blue eyes who’d been glaring at her for the past half hour. If Grey wasn’t going to make the introductions, then she would see to it herself. The minute Meghan had been free to do so, she’d slipped away from Grey, who’d been engaged in conversation.

“I’m Dr. Pamela Riverside,” the other woman said stiffly, holding on to her champagne glass as though she expected it to protect her against alien forces. “I … I’m a colleague of Dr. Carlyle’s.”

“I assumed that you were.”

“Greyson’s never mentioned me?” the other woman asked softly, lowering her gaze, looking vulnerable and desperately trying to hide it.

“Grey may have, but I don’t recall that he did,” Meghan said, after searching through her memory and drawing a blank as far as Dr. Riverside went. From his reaction earlier, Meghan was almost certain that Grey hadn’t said a word about his colleague. In fact, it seemed obvious that he was doing everything he could to keep the two of them apart.

“I didn’t think he had,” Pamela responded in a hurt voice that trembled just a little.

Meghan’s pulse started to accelerate at an alarming rate. The thoughts that flashed through her mind seared her conscience. If Dr. Riverside was shooting daggers in Meghan’s direction, then there was probably a very good reason. Perhaps Grey had jilted the other woman, and had left her with a battered and bleeding heart. The more Meghan studied the female professor, the more she realized she wore the look of a woman done wrong by her man. She was taller than Meghan by several inches, and thin to the point of being gaunt. Her dark hair was styled in a severe chignon that did little to soften the sharp contours of her cheeks. Without much effort, she could have been appealing and attractive, but her style of clothing was outdated and she didn’t even bother with lipstick or eye shadow.

“Actually, there isn’t any reason why Grey should have said anything about me,” Pamela continued, looking more miserable by the minute. “He’s never been anything but the perfect gentleman with me. If I were to tell you anything different, it would be a lie.”

“I don’t suppose he mentioned me, then, either,” Meghan muttered. Grey had always been “the perfect gentleman” with her, as well. Meghan doubted that he would ever be anything else.

“No, I can’t say that he did,” Pamela confirmed brusquely, looking pleased to be telling Meghan as much.

That didn’t help Meghan to feel any better. In fact, she felt downright discouraged. She wasn’t so naïve to believe there hadn’t been women in Grey’s past. He might even be involved with someone now, although she doubted it.

“Actually, there isn’t any reason he should tell you about me, either,” Meghan admitted with some reluctance.

The beginnings of a smile came over Pamela. “That’s where you’re wrong.”

“Wrong?” Meghan didn’t like the sound of this.

“He didn’t have to tell me anything about you. I knew almost from the first.

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