Settling The Score
Chapter One
The way Jake saw it, he had two choices. He could either pretend he didn't
recognize the woman he'd just about knocked over in his rush to get to a date he
didn't even want, or run like hell in the other direction. Out of the two
choices, neither seemed particularly reasonable, but running held a lot of
appeal.
At that moment, as he looked into familiar green eyes and caught more than a
hint of humor, all the chatter in the restaurant faded to a dull roar. The
music, the laughter, the clang of plates and flatware all disappeared, leaving
him standing alone against the one woman he'd hoped to never see again. The only
woman who'd ever been able to get under his skin and turn him inside out.
Why now? Why here, of all places? If he didn't know any better, he'd think his
mother set the whole thing up, but even she wasn't that devious. He hoped.
"Hi, Jake." Amber's smooth, smoky voice rolled over him like a caress. A caress
he felt everywhere. In the thirteen years since he'd last seen her, he hadn't
forgotten that voice. Back in high school, it had been a voice that didn't fit
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