Right Here, Right Now
Chapter One
"This isn't working."
There they were. To Gabrielle Pearson the phrase
stood second only to "It's not you, it's me" as the most
lame male excuse on the planet for cutting out of a date
before the dessert menus hit the table.
Gabby glanced around the upscale restaurant looking
for reinforcements. If anyone heard Reed Larkin's big kiss-off
over the rumble of conversation and clanking of silverware,
they were not letting on. No one held up a roll ready
to lob it at Reed's fat head. A shame, really, since his over-inflated
ego made it the perfect target.
"Gabby? Did you hear me?" Reed asked with his suddenly
not-so-kissable mouth turned down in concern.
"I'm not deaf. I was thinking." Thinking that a woman
never had a vial of strychnine when she needed one.
He frowned. "I was-"
"It's interesting, don't you agree?"
He switched to squinting. "You lost me."
"Obviously."
She lowered her fork to the white tablecloth, but not before
toying with the idea of stabbing Reed smack in the
center of his perfectly angled chin. One h ... read full excerpt from: Right here, Right Now ebook