clenched her phone to her shoulder and proceeded to close the door with the letters in her hand.
He gave her a salacious grin and walked away.
“Your dad thought we should just surprise you and show up at your door, dear, but I said let’s call when we’re close by,” her grandmother continued the conversation at the other end of the phone.
Thank God for that!
For a quick second, she’d almost forgotten they were still on the other end of the phone line until Jake left her presence.
“We’d be there in less than thirty minutes.”
“Good, wonderful!” Good grief!
“Was that him?”
“Who?”
“Greg. I heard a man’s voice.”
“Uh. Yeah.” Liar! God she hated lying on impulse to save face. Damn that super ego! What is your problem, Jody? Stop it now! You’ve gotta end this stupid charade now. Lying is so not good for your health—or your integrity.
For some reason she couldn’t bring herself to tell them now of all times, that she’d been jilted at the altar and Greg was no longer a part of her life. In fact, he was now a part of the justice system at the moment. On the inside. But her grandparents were only going to be visiting Toronto for the day.
One day!
Nothing more!
Perhaps she could get Jake to change his name to Gregory for a few hours and….and pretend they were….
Stupid idea, Jody! Crazy idea!
She would just tell them the truth when they get to her apartment.
The truth. And nothing but the whole truth, so help her, God!
2
Jake walked back into his apartment with a grin on his face. He could not believe his neighbour, Jody. There was something….different about her. She had this sort of innocence about her. Still, she looked gorgeous in her t-shirt with nothing else on but fuzzy slippers. He was a man who often took notice of everything.
And he liked Jody. He liked her a lot and the fact that she didn’t have guys over her apartment all the time, except last year, that….dude she’d been seeing. He could tell the guy was a creep from the get go. Jake had a nose for those types. She really deserved better. Still, he’d overheard her cursing him one night and telling him she didn’t want to see him again and how could he do that to her. Jake really wanted to know what he did to her. Because he thought of what he would do to that guy if he really hurt her badly. He had to be careful when it came to intervening in somebody else’s business. After all, outside of casual small talk they really weren’t that close. They were just neighbours. Though things could just change in the future.
Still, her intoxicating fragrance turned him on as he caught a whiff of it when she opened her door. God, she was sexy in just a simple t-shirt. She didn’t even have to try to be attractive. Yet, he could sense she didn’t know that what she had was priceless. Men go crazy for a body like that.
She had natural beauty with no makeup on and seemed to be comfortable in her skin. Her delicious curves and voluptuous hips captured his eyes and his imagination.
In the past, he’d taken note of how kind she really was…how she would strike up a pleasant conversation with the man sweeping in the lobby or any of the cleaners. She was no snob— that he admired about her. She didn’t seem to be materialistic either. She wore department store clothes and simple jewellery. She carried herself like a lady and didn’t seem to flirt as far as he could tell when they met up in the gym on the first floor of the condo. It was as if she hadn’t noticed the other guys looking at her when she read her book while working out on the treadmill. Jake realized he paid far too close attention to Jody but they were always, for some reason, getting each other’s mail. So it was either fate or
He gave her a salacious grin and walked away.
“Your dad thought we should just surprise you and show up at your door, dear, but I said let’s call when we’re close by,” her grandmother continued the conversation at the other end of the phone.
Thank God for that!
For a quick second, she’d almost forgotten they were still on the other end of the phone line until Jake left her presence.
“We’d be there in less than thirty minutes.”
“Good, wonderful!” Good grief!
“Was that him?”
“Who?”
“Greg. I heard a man’s voice.”
“Uh. Yeah.” Liar! God she hated lying on impulse to save face. Damn that super ego! What is your problem, Jody? Stop it now! You’ve gotta end this stupid charade now. Lying is so not good for your health—or your integrity.
For some reason she couldn’t bring herself to tell them now of all times, that she’d been jilted at the altar and Greg was no longer a part of her life. In fact, he was now a part of the justice system at the moment. On the inside. But her grandparents were only going to be visiting Toronto for the day.
One day!
Nothing more!
Perhaps she could get Jake to change his name to Gregory for a few hours and….and pretend they were….
Stupid idea, Jody! Crazy idea!
She would just tell them the truth when they get to her apartment.
The truth. And nothing but the whole truth, so help her, God!
2
Jake walked back into his apartment with a grin on his face. He could not believe his neighbour, Jody. There was something….different about her. She had this sort of innocence about her. Still, she looked gorgeous in her t-shirt with nothing else on but fuzzy slippers. He was a man who often took notice of everything.
And he liked Jody. He liked her a lot and the fact that she didn’t have guys over her apartment all the time, except last year, that….dude she’d been seeing. He could tell the guy was a creep from the get go. Jake had a nose for those types. She really deserved better. Still, he’d overheard her cursing him one night and telling him she didn’t want to see him again and how could he do that to her. Jake really wanted to know what he did to her. Because he thought of what he would do to that guy if he really hurt her badly. He had to be careful when it came to intervening in somebody else’s business. After all, outside of casual small talk they really weren’t that close. They were just neighbours. Though things could just change in the future.
Still, her intoxicating fragrance turned him on as he caught a whiff of it when she opened her door. God, she was sexy in just a simple t-shirt. She didn’t even have to try to be attractive. Yet, he could sense she didn’t know that what she had was priceless. Men go crazy for a body like that.
She had natural beauty with no makeup on and seemed to be comfortable in her skin. Her delicious curves and voluptuous hips captured his eyes and his imagination.
In the past, he’d taken note of how kind she really was…how she would strike up a pleasant conversation with the man sweeping in the lobby or any of the cleaners. She was no snob— that he admired about her. She didn’t seem to be materialistic either. She wore department store clothes and simple jewellery. She carried herself like a lady and didn’t seem to flirt as far as he could tell when they met up in the gym on the first floor of the condo. It was as if she hadn’t noticed the other guys looking at her when she read her book while working out on the treadmill. Jake realized he paid far too close attention to Jody but they were always, for some reason, getting each other’s mail. So it was either fate or
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