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anything else.
    Megan stopped chewing.
    That’s right; he did. And not just because of
tonight.
    Doug hadn’t been calling lately. He’d been
working later. Had begged off Stephanie’s wedding. Hadn’t even
called to cancel tonight.
    “ Penny for ’em.” Matt waved a shrimp
under her nose. “Or has inflation upped the price?”
    She couldn’t stay grumpy when Matt was being
charming. Which was pretty much all of the time. Seriously, the guy
didn’t have a bad mood. It could get annoying.
    So was the fact that he’d been right about
Doug.
    She bit the shrimp. “As much as I hate to say
it, I think you’re right.”
    “ Oh?”
    “ Doug’s been distant
lately.”
    “ Lately? Megs, the guy’s had you at
arm’s length since I moved in.”
    “ No, he hasn’t.”
    Matt snorted. “Name the last time he stayed
over.”
    “ He’s private. Doesn’t like anyone
knowing our business.”
    “ Name the last time you stayed
there.”

    She couldn’t. After that pregnancy scare… She’d
hoped tonight would change things between them.
    Megan put her eggroll down. Who was she
kidding? Doug wanted out.
    And other than being annoyed that he hadn’t
manned-up to tell her, Megan was, surprisingly, okay with
that.
    She reached for the eggroll again and caught a
glimpse of one of Matt’s designs. It was of her house, only the one
on paper was painted yellow instead of her decades’ old
some-shade-of-beige. The gables had been re-shingled. There was a
white picket fence out front.
    Why would Matt “fix up” her house?
    “ What’s going on behind those
beautiful blue eyes, Megs?”
    That got her attention. “You think my
eyes are beautiful?”
    “ I think all of you is beautiful.”
Matt’s voice was soft. Husky.
    “ You… do?”
    He took her hand. “I do. Have for a long
time.”
    “ You’ve never said
anything.”
    He shrugged with his super charming smile and
the dimple that flashed in his right cheek. “What could I say?
‘Ditch Doug for me’?”
    “ Is that what you want?”
    “ Among other things.”
    He ran a finger along her jaw and it made her
shiver. In a really good way. “What are you saying,
Matt?”
    He pulled something else out from the bag the
food had come in.
    A long-stemmed rose. Yellow. Her
favorite.
    “ I’m saying Happy Valentine’s Day,
Megs. Would you be mine?”
    “ Your valentine?”
    “ That.” Matt brushed the petals
along her nose. “And so much more.”
     
     
    ~ ~ ~
     
    Happy Valentine’s Day!

About the Author

    Judi Fennell has had her nose in a book and her
head in some celestial realm all her life, including those early
years when her mom would exhort her to “get outside!” instead of
watching Bewitched or I Dream of Jeannie on
television. So she did—right into Dad’s hammock with her Nancy Drew
books.
    These days she’s more likely to have her nose
in her laptop and her head (and the rest of her) at a favorite
writing spot, but she’s still reading either her latest manuscript
or friends’ books.
    A PRISM Award and Golden Leaf Award winner,
Judi loves to hear from her readers. Connect with her
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    Books by Judi Fennell

    The Tritone Trilogy
    In Over Her Head
    Wild Blue Under
    Catch of a Lifetime t
     
    Bottled Magic series
    I Dream of Genies
    Genie Knows Best
    Magic Gone Wild
     
    Once-Upon-A-Time Romance
series
    Beauty and The Best
    If The Shoe Fits (coming
soon)
    Fairest of Them All (coming
soon)
     
    BeefCake, Inc. series
    Beefcake & Cupcakes
    Beefcake & Mistakes
    Beefcake & Retakes (coming
soon)