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Chuckling, he pushed away from the island and tugged on a curl below my temple as he walked past. “Just kidding. You look beautiful, as always.”
The woodsy scent of his cologne trailed behind him, rousing my hunger for more—just one tiny touch—as I followed him into the cathedral-ceilinged living room.
I hesitated in the cushy shag carpet, still stewing on hisas alwayscomment. Something inside of me snapped. I crossed my arms over my chest. As far as I was concerned, we needed to keep things daisy-petal simple here. Either he liked me, or he liked me not.
Not that I should even care about Doc’s likes, since Wolfgang was obviously interested in me. Unfortunately, I did care, at least my body did, in spite of the whole freaky sniffing thing Doc still did upon entering a house.
What was wrong with me that one man wasn’t enough when no men had been just fine for the last two years? Maybe hanging out with Natalie so much since moving to town was beginning to affect my rusty libido. Maybe I was also into psycho sex now.
“Listen, Doc,” I started, intending to clear the air between us once and for all. I was too tired today for any flirting games. “You and I need to talk about—”
The front door opened, cutting me off.
Pasting on a smile, I turned as a hippie-ish young couple stepped into the room. On their heels was the red-haired agent who’d shooed Harvey and me out of the open house yesterday. Jessica Rabbit’s furrowed forehead as she glared at me told me she hadn’t forgotten Harvey’s parting remark regarding the tightness of her bony ass, and her pinched lips confirmed that she’d heard my answering laugh.
“Hello, again.” While her voice was super-sweet, her smile was sour.
“Hi.” I indicated where Doc stood near the stairs. “I think we’re just about finished here.”
As her gaze moved to Doc, her whole face flared bright pink right in front of my eyes.
“We’re done now,” Doc said, grabbing my arm and dragging me toward the open door.
“What are you doing?” I asked as he tugged me into the hot sunlight. I fished my sunglasses from the neckline of my satin tank. “You didn’t even look at the master bathroom with the built-in sauna and soak tub.”
“I don’t need to.” He still had my arm and was towing me down the sidewalk toward my Bronco at a full stride.
“So, I take it that’s another ‘no’ today.”
“Bingo.”
“Wait!” A voice yelled from behind us as we reached the end of the walkway.
Doc stopped so fast I ran into his back. Rubbing my nose, I turned around and watched the redhead stalk toward us.
“Oh, shit,” I heard Doc mumble as she closed in.
“You!” The redhead’s lips were pealed back in a snarl as she sliced Doc into tiny pieces with her razor-sharp glare.
“Hi, Tiffany.” Doc said. “You’re looking well.”
Tiffany?
“You rotten bastard!” Before I could even blink at her words, the redhead slapped Doc across the face.
“Jesus!” Doc stepped back, holding his cheek. “What is wrong with you, woman?”
“What’s wrong with me?” I swore her eyes were going to pop out of her skull. “You left without saying anything. You didn’t call. You wouldn’t return my calls. You even changed hotels.”
I could have sworn I saw a hint of steam puffing out of her flared nostrils.
“You’re overreacting.” Doc sounded relaxed, but his tense jaw gave him away.
“You’re a selfish son of a bitch.”
Wow!My mouth was gaping and I knew it, but I couldn’t seem to shut it, not with my ringside seat at the Doc vs. the Crazy Redhead Championship Fight.
“Tiffany, calm down.”
