Three Marie Ferrarella Romances Box Set One by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

Reese was waiting for Charley after rehearsal that evening. He had been well aware that she’d been avoiding him all day, avoiding him even more than she had before. He was trying to be patient and understanding with her, but after their glorious lovemaking last night, her cold-shoulder treatment of him today hurt. He consoled himself by reasoning that she wouldn’t try so hard to ignore him unless he strongly affected her.

As Charley left the backstage area, she was attempting not to think about the lonely evening ahead. Allison had just turned down her offer to go home and rehearse their scenes together, opting instead to have dinner with the leading man, Peter. Even though Charley knew Branigan would keep an eye on Allison, she felt frustrated at the way the case was going.

She also had to deal with Reese. Case or no case, he was the man she wanted to spend the evening with, and he was the last person she should be with. Frowning with dismay at the mess her life was in, she didn’t watch where she was going and almost walked right into Reese.

“You’ve got to stop popping up like this!” she cried when he seemed to appear out of the blue in front of her.

“I’ll make you a deal,” he said, linking his arm with hers and urging her along. “I’ll stop popping up if you stop darting away.” He held open the door to the street for her. “It’s dinnertime. Want a gourmet meal?”

Her answer should have been no. But she found that when she was around Reese, she didn’t do what she should. “What kind of gourmet meal?” she asked as she allowed herself to be led to the crazy intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

“Why, New York’s finest, of course,” Reese assured her.

A minute later she watched him approach a hot-dog vendor. A white-haired man attending the cart appeared to have been sitting in his rickety-looking folding chair forever. Overhead an umbrella with alternating blue and yellow stripes proclaimed the integrity of his food. As Reese approached, the man jumped to his feet, his hands poised over the various lids on top of his pushcart.

“What’ll it be, sir?” the vendor asked eagerly.

“Two hot dogs,” Reese said. He looked over his shoulder at Charley. “Still no sauerkraut?”

She made a face. “Still no sauerkraut. Lots of mustard,” she added, just in case his memory wasn’t infallible.

“I only got the hot kind,” the vendor said apologetically, spearing two hot dogs.

“That’s fine,” Charley assured him. Suddenly she was so hungry, she would have eaten the mustard alone. She took two large bites of the hot dog in quick succession and grinned.

“If I’d known you’d smile like that,” Reese said, “I would have bought you a hot dog the first moment I saw you.” He started walking east, across town, and she fell into step with him, chewing contentedly.

“Is that how you intend to get to me?” she asked with a laugh. “By bribery?”

“Any way I can, lady.

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