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“You and me? What about you and me?” she asked
“You finished with all your client stuff?”
She nodded
“Let’s go soering where her silk blouse lay against her breasts He dragged his gaze back to her face, searching for a reaction
She sed, and the muscles of her throat moved with the effort
Elizabeth was nervous Gavin didn’t think he’d ever seen her nervous before
This was perfect
“Talk”
“Talk?”
“Yeah” He pushed off the wall and signaled for the valet, gave hi her with hi his car
Fortunately, the sports banquet was in the city where the Saint Louis Rivers spent spring training Da into his schedule He traveled enough during the season, and having to add one more event where he had to hop on a plane would have been a drag
He tipped the valet when he brought the car He and Elizabeth got in, and he zipped onto the highway
“Where are we going?”
“My house”
She arched a brow “You have a house? Why not one of the hotels?”
“I stay in enough hotels during the season I want a place to ”
They drove in silence Gavin made the turn north toward the beach
“A house on the beach?”
“Yeah It’s res”
She half turned in her seat “Da to fire ht away Don’t drag me out here to your house, then expect me to take a cab back to the hotel”
Gavin fought back a laugh “We’ll talk e get inside”
“Shit,” she whispered, then folded her arainst thefor the remainder of the drive
He turned off the highway and took the beachfront road, pulling into the garage Elizabeth let herself out of the car and followed hi like a prisoner on her way to an execution
He flipped the lights on and opened the sliding door leading out to the back porch
“Nice place”
He shrugged “It’ll do for now Want a beer or some wine?”
“Why? Trying to soften the blow?”
He slipped his hands into the pockets of his slacks Ignoring her question, he asked again, “Wine, beer, so else?”
She inhaled and let out an audible sigh “Glass of ould be nice, I guess”
He opened a bottle of wine, poured a glass for her, then grabbed a beer froe
“Let’s go outside”
The house had a great back porch, though he supposed out here it was called a veranda or balcony or so Hell, he didn’t knohat it was called, only that it overlooked the ocean and he liked sitting out here at night to listen to the waves crash against the beach
There was a long cushioned swing for two and a couple of chairs Liz sat in a chair, and Gavin took the other one
She took the glass he offered and tipped it to her lips, taking several deep ss of wine “Is there a particular reason you draggedme what you needed to at the hotel?”
Yeah He wanted to set her off balance Liz was always in control Besides, he didn’t want her to stalk off or find an excuse to leave
Andhell, he really didn’t knohy he’d brought her here, other than he wanted to knohy he hadn’t seen her inhappened with his brother Since then she’d all but fallen off the face of the earth
“You usually call me twice a week, and I see you at least once a month”
She shrugged “You were busy with the end of your season I was busy, too Then there were the holidays”
“You always make it a point to be wherever I am so we can have dinner And as the last time you missed the holidays with my family?”
She snorted “Your brother fired me His fiancée hates me I hardly think it would have been appropriate to spend the holidays with your family”
“It wouldn’t have mattered to my mother She loves you and thinks of you as family Personal is different from business”
“Not to me it isn’t And I’m sure it isn’t to Mick and Tara, either I wouldn’t have wanted to interfere in your family celebrations I know I’m not welcome there anymore”
She looked away, but not before he saw the hurt in her eyes