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invited to a weekend on Mercer Island .’ H e looked at her again, his face indifferent. ‘ A friend of mine owns a house at Faben Point and has this annual tradition of getting together all of his business partners and friends . It includes me, as you have most probably guessed.’
‘So what? Is it forbidden to show up single?’ S he shook her head, unconvinced .
‘No, of course it isn’t . ’ He wasn’t impressed with her doubtful attitude, she could tell. ‘I missed it last year , since I was away in Africa, but before that I did come by myself, more than once.’ He leaned back against the sage green cushions of her sectional, his face enigmatic. ‘ What changed , unfortunately, is the dynamics of our group. One of the partners got married to a woman I used to date before I met Vic. Yes, it doesn’t seem so outlandish, but it gets worse , ’ he responded to her unspoken question, still perfectly polite. If she didn’t know any better, she’d be able to consider his visit nothing more than a conventional chitchat , she thought bitterly.
‘Marcy falls into pretty much the same category as Vic, unfortunately. She is lovely, witty , and… high maintenance.’ He grinned humorlessly. ‘ Maybe that’s something you should throw at me, Kate. I do seem to fall for the wrong type of women, over and over again. She married Lucas after a short and passionate courtship, most of the passion and courting very much one - sided, I ’ m afraid.’
‘So , ho w does it affect you, Justin?’ s he had to ask, taken aback by the swift stab of pain at the thought that he still carried a torch for this woman. It was none of her business, really .
‘She doesn’t love Lucas , that’s how.’ He stated it with such an air of confidence, she couldn’t really doubt him. ‘ Ever since she found out I was back from Africa and single again, she has been trying very hard to get us back to the place we left off years ago. Finding out that we are now in the same circle of friends doesn’t help , either. She knows I can’t really avoid her all the time and makes the most of it.’
‘ And that bothers you so much?’ S he could tell that he found her question offensive, the muscles of his jaw tightening ever so slightly before he answered.
‘Surprisingly , yes. I ’ m not interested in a romance with a married woman, however attractive she might be. Especially since I ’ m pretty sure this is nothing more than her way to punish her husband. I’ve heard there was trouble in paradise when he refused to finance the modeling agency she wanted to start.’
‘So , talk to her, then. Make it clear that you aren’t interested. I can’t imagine she wouldn ’ t find anyone else if all she ’ s after is a fling. You said yourself that she ’ s very pretty, right?’
‘She wants me, period.’ He shrugged, his eyes stormy. ‘ Mostly because I ’ m friends with her husband and the other guys , and also because we do have some history together. Hooking up with someone from his own circle is bad enough, but knowing Marcy , that’s not all. It would twist the knife just a bit more if Luke found out she decided to go back down memory lane . ’
‘I guess you should stay vigilant , then . ’ Kate shrugged dismissively, acting more nonchalant than she really felt. ‘ If you play hard to get, she’ll have to cut her losses eventually. Unless you think she plans on carrying the torch for you for the rest of her life . ’ She had to add it, she thought with satisfaction, hating the feeling of being weaker and at his mercy.
‘Irony doesn’t really become you, sweetheart.’ He smiled icily with a reproachful glance. ‘ And your advice is not very useful , even though it’s most certainly heartfelt.
‘Quite frankly I don’t have either time or patience to wait for things to take their natural cou rse, Kate. Especially since Lucas and I have become business partners on the new est enterprise. I have convinced him to
‘So what? Is it forbidden to show up single?’ S he shook her head, unconvinced .
‘No, of course it isn’t . ’ He wasn’t impressed with her doubtful attitude, she could tell. ‘I missed it last year , since I was away in Africa, but before that I did come by myself, more than once.’ He leaned back against the sage green cushions of her sectional, his face enigmatic. ‘ What changed , unfortunately, is the dynamics of our group. One of the partners got married to a woman I used to date before I met Vic. Yes, it doesn’t seem so outlandish, but it gets worse , ’ he responded to her unspoken question, still perfectly polite. If she didn’t know any better, she’d be able to consider his visit nothing more than a conventional chitchat , she thought bitterly.
‘Marcy falls into pretty much the same category as Vic, unfortunately. She is lovely, witty , and… high maintenance.’ He grinned humorlessly. ‘ Maybe that’s something you should throw at me, Kate. I do seem to fall for the wrong type of women, over and over again. She married Lucas after a short and passionate courtship, most of the passion and courting very much one - sided, I ’ m afraid.’
‘So , ho w does it affect you, Justin?’ s he had to ask, taken aback by the swift stab of pain at the thought that he still carried a torch for this woman. It was none of her business, really .
‘She doesn’t love Lucas , that’s how.’ He stated it with such an air of confidence, she couldn’t really doubt him. ‘ Ever since she found out I was back from Africa and single again, she has been trying very hard to get us back to the place we left off years ago. Finding out that we are now in the same circle of friends doesn’t help , either. She knows I can’t really avoid her all the time and makes the most of it.’
‘ And that bothers you so much?’ S he could tell that he found her question offensive, the muscles of his jaw tightening ever so slightly before he answered.
‘Surprisingly , yes. I ’ m not interested in a romance with a married woman, however attractive she might be. Especially since I ’ m pretty sure this is nothing more than her way to punish her husband. I’ve heard there was trouble in paradise when he refused to finance the modeling agency she wanted to start.’
‘So , talk to her, then. Make it clear that you aren’t interested. I can’t imagine she wouldn ’ t find anyone else if all she ’ s after is a fling. You said yourself that she ’ s very pretty, right?’
‘She wants me, period.’ He shrugged, his eyes stormy. ‘ Mostly because I ’ m friends with her husband and the other guys , and also because we do have some history together. Hooking up with someone from his own circle is bad enough, but knowing Marcy , that’s not all. It would twist the knife just a bit more if Luke found out she decided to go back down memory lane . ’
‘I guess you should stay vigilant , then . ’ Kate shrugged dismissively, acting more nonchalant than she really felt. ‘ If you play hard to get, she’ll have to cut her losses eventually. Unless you think she plans on carrying the torch for you for the rest of her life . ’ She had to add it, she thought with satisfaction, hating the feeling of being weaker and at his mercy.
‘Irony doesn’t really become you, sweetheart.’ He smiled icily with a reproachful glance. ‘ And your advice is not very useful , even though it’s most certainly heartfelt.
‘Quite frankly I don’t have either time or patience to wait for things to take their natural cou rse, Kate. Especially since Lucas and I have become business partners on the new est enterprise. I have convinced him to
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