Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right [The Chisholms of Texas 3] (Siren Publishing Classic) Read Online Free PDF Page A

still wasn’t a question. It was a statement, but it worked nonetheless. She got into the truck without further comment.
    They made the short trip in silence, the radio filling the void with eighties rock music. Abby was surprised at Dillon’s choice of music. She hadn’t realized that he listened to anything besides country. It took only minutes to reach the alley behind Bach Florists where the stairway led up to her apartment over the flower shop. When Samantha had originally shown her the apartment, Abby had been glad to see the security light that lit up the entire entrance area and the two locks on the door. A girl couldn’t be too careful these days.
    Abby opened the door and entered the apartment, which was lit by the lamp on the end table in the family room. Going directly into the kitchen, Abby said, “I can’t imagine what you wanted to talk about that couldn’t wait until Monday, Dillon. Do you want a cup of coffee? I have decaf.”
    “That would be fine, baby. Thanks.”
    “No problem,” she said, ignoring the endearment as she had all night. “So what did you want to talk about?”
    “I wanted to talk about us.”
    “Th–There is no ‘us’, Dillon,” Abby stuttered.
    “Now, baby. Don’t be difficult. Just because we couldn’t act on our feelings during the past two years doesn’t mean we need to stick our heads in the sand now that circumstances have changed.”
    “Dillon, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.” She was getting a little nervous. Had he guessed how she felt about him? Was he here to lay down the law and warn her away from him?
    “Baby, let’s stop beating around the bush, okay? Now that you’re not my student anymore, there is nothing standing in the way of us pursuing a more personal relationship with each other.”
    “Shit, Dillon,” she began exasperatedly, “what are you talking about? We’ve never even discussed having a date, let alone getting involved in a ‘personal’ relationship.”
    “Abby, I am attracted to you. I have been since we met at the interview for the clinical internship. You have to know that. You’re attracted to me, too. I know you are. We couldn’t act on those feelings while you were a student. Now we can.” He attempted to take her in his arms, but Abby sidestepped him and tried to gather her scattered thoughts.
    Dillon was attracted to her? He had been all this time? Despite his statement to the contrary, Abby thought he had done an excellent job hiding his feelings. Except for those few times she’d caught him staring at her so heatedly, he hadn’t shown any emotion to her except a guarded friendliness. He’d certainly hid his feelings well if what he was saying now was true.
    He said he knew she was attracted to him. Evidently, she hadn’t kept her feelings as well hidden as he had. While she’d been lusting after him, which he had obviously noticed despite her attempts to hide it from him, he had apparently been biding his time, waiting for the timing to be better for them to get together. She didn’t know how she felt about that. Part of her wanted to know that he had been as hot for her as she had been for him. The fact that he seemed to have easily put aside the attraction he’d had for her, for two years , miffed her in a way she couldn’t explain.
    Of course, he was right. They wouldn’t have been able to act on their attraction to each other while she’d been a student. There were rules against that sort of thing. However, the fact that, come Monday, he would be her boss made Abby wonder how the situation was any different from her perspective. Even if she wanted to pursue something with Dillon, which she was not sure of yet, he was still in a position of authority over her employment-wise. If they got romantically involved and it didn’t work out, she would be in an untenable position.
    Turning to him, she decided to be completely truthful with him. “Dillon, I’m going to be brutally honest with you