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us, but I hope it isn’t.” He looked down at his watch, then glanced at her. “I’ve got to get back to work for a meeting. Can I give you a call tomorrow night?”
The knot in her throat pulled tight. She should have listened to Nicky and not indulged in a night of spontaneous lust. Before she’d slept with Jake, she hadn’t expected anything long-term to happen. For once in her life she’d felt reckless and wanton, and he’d been the man she wanted to be reckless and wanton with.
But somewhere between his garage and the taxi ride home, she’d started to think of him in terms of more than a one night stand. But if he didn’t want children, then he wouldn’t be figuring as anything long-term in her life.
Jake leaned across the grass. The sad look in his eyes matched the heaviness in her chest. He kissed the top of her head. “Goodbye, Erin.”
Watching him walk slowly back to the parking lot was heartbreaking. She wished she could jump up and chase after him, tell him it didn’t matter, that she could live without children. But she couldn’t.
Tears filled her eyes and her nose started to run. Drat the man. She’d gone from the giddy heights of lust to the pit of despair in sixty minutes flat, and there wasn’t a thing she could do about it.
She blew her nose, flicked grass off her skirt, and braced herself for the afternoon ahead. She’d just have to get on with her life. Jake wouldn’t want anything more to do with her knowing she had babies on her brain. And there was no way she’d give up her dream.
With one last look at the river, she picked up her cup and followed his heavy footsteps back to the library.
Superman had left the city.
Jake wasn’t in the mood to negotiate a settlement on a personal grievance case. Especially between two hardheaded building contractors who didn’t want to listen to anything he had to say.
By the time he got back to the office both men were locked in a battle of wills trying their hardest to intimidate each other. If they wanted to play it rough and dirty, then he was in the perfect frame of mind to deal with their issues.
After an hour of brutal negotiations he’d used what little patience he had left. Finally alone in his office, his brain refused to think about anything except the look on Erin’s face when he’d told her he wasn’t in the baby making market.
She’d looked as if her whole world had come crashing down and he was the one that had started the earthquake. Saturday night had been incredible, and he’d enjoyed spending time with her since then. Even though none of that time had involved getting naked.
Now that was a sobering thought.
Footloose and fancy free weren’t going to work with Erin. And they hadn’t worked for him for a long time either. He had some serious thinking to do and he wouldn’t be able to do that at work.
He dropped his pen and grabbed his jacket. He needed to get out of the office and find some decent coffee before he tackled the rest of the work in front of him.
One of the best things about working at Osborne and Sons, a law firm in downtown Bozeman, was the café across the road. He closed his door and headed down the corridor, stopping at Adam Jefferies’ office. “I’m off to buy coffee. Do you want one?”
Adam looked up from behind a stack of files. “Double strength latte, with two sugars.”
“Hard day?”
“Hard night,” Adam sighed. “Nathan and Trent wanted a night away from their wives, so we hit Joe’s Bar. A late night isn’t a great idea when you’ve got two messy divorce cases to finalize, a prenup that’s going nowhere, and old man McGarvey’s estate to untangle.”
“Sounds like we both need help. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”
Tess was serving behind the counter of Angel Wings Café. Her wide smile left him feeling even more miserable.
“Bad day at the office?”
He nodded his head. “You’ve got no idea.”
The coffee
The knot in her throat pulled tight. She should have listened to Nicky and not indulged in a night of spontaneous lust. Before she’d slept with Jake, she hadn’t expected anything long-term to happen. For once in her life she’d felt reckless and wanton, and he’d been the man she wanted to be reckless and wanton with.
But somewhere between his garage and the taxi ride home, she’d started to think of him in terms of more than a one night stand. But if he didn’t want children, then he wouldn’t be figuring as anything long-term in her life.
Jake leaned across the grass. The sad look in his eyes matched the heaviness in her chest. He kissed the top of her head. “Goodbye, Erin.”
Watching him walk slowly back to the parking lot was heartbreaking. She wished she could jump up and chase after him, tell him it didn’t matter, that she could live without children. But she couldn’t.
Tears filled her eyes and her nose started to run. Drat the man. She’d gone from the giddy heights of lust to the pit of despair in sixty minutes flat, and there wasn’t a thing she could do about it.
She blew her nose, flicked grass off her skirt, and braced herself for the afternoon ahead. She’d just have to get on with her life. Jake wouldn’t want anything more to do with her knowing she had babies on her brain. And there was no way she’d give up her dream.
With one last look at the river, she picked up her cup and followed his heavy footsteps back to the library.
Superman had left the city.
Jake wasn’t in the mood to negotiate a settlement on a personal grievance case. Especially between two hardheaded building contractors who didn’t want to listen to anything he had to say.
By the time he got back to the office both men were locked in a battle of wills trying their hardest to intimidate each other. If they wanted to play it rough and dirty, then he was in the perfect frame of mind to deal with their issues.
After an hour of brutal negotiations he’d used what little patience he had left. Finally alone in his office, his brain refused to think about anything except the look on Erin’s face when he’d told her he wasn’t in the baby making market.
She’d looked as if her whole world had come crashing down and he was the one that had started the earthquake. Saturday night had been incredible, and he’d enjoyed spending time with her since then. Even though none of that time had involved getting naked.
Now that was a sobering thought.
Footloose and fancy free weren’t going to work with Erin. And they hadn’t worked for him for a long time either. He had some serious thinking to do and he wouldn’t be able to do that at work.
He dropped his pen and grabbed his jacket. He needed to get out of the office and find some decent coffee before he tackled the rest of the work in front of him.
One of the best things about working at Osborne and Sons, a law firm in downtown Bozeman, was the café across the road. He closed his door and headed down the corridor, stopping at Adam Jefferies’ office. “I’m off to buy coffee. Do you want one?”
Adam looked up from behind a stack of files. “Double strength latte, with two sugars.”
“Hard day?”
“Hard night,” Adam sighed. “Nathan and Trent wanted a night away from their wives, so we hit Joe’s Bar. A late night isn’t a great idea when you’ve got two messy divorce cases to finalize, a prenup that’s going nowhere, and old man McGarvey’s estate to untangle.”
“Sounds like we both need help. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”
Tess was serving behind the counter of Angel Wings Café. Her wide smile left him feeling even more miserable.
“Bad day at the office?”
He nodded his head. “You’ve got no idea.”
The coffee
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