Zach still asleep in bed beside her. She studied his face in the early morning light. With his wavy hair and long dark lashes, his lips slightly parted in sleep, he looked so innocent. She could easily see him as the young boy he'd described so amusingly the night before.
She wished she could stay in bed all day. Instead she reached for his white robe and tiptoed out of the room.
****************************************
Lars answer ed on the second ring. "Where have you been? I've been trying your room all morning and there was no answer."
Jess's heart dropped. "What's wrong?” She was unable to keep the panic from her voice. "Is Danny okay?"
"If you're so concerned about your son y ou should be where you say you'll be."
"Lars! What happened?"
"Danny had a party today and I didn't have the address. So he missed it. "
"But I gave you that address before I left town." Jess was too relieved to summon any anger of her own. “ I wrote it down on that paper I gave you."
Lars sighed in irritation.
"Let me talk to him..."
"Save it. He's not here, try him later." He clicked off.
Jess hung up the phone, frowning. She felt bad that Danny missed his party but there was no way she was going to let Lars ruin her good mood. She’d try Danny again later.
Looking at her watch she realized she ought to hurry. There was a real estate conference to attend after all and she ’d be expected to report back to her co-workers on what she'd learned. "If only they knew," she smiled to herself.
CHAPTER SIX
Hundreds of participants milled about the hotel conference area, drinking coffee and talking in small groups. After signing in and receiving her participant ’s badge, Jess scanned the crowd, looking for Zach but he was nowhere to be seen. She couldn't contain her feeling of disappointment when the work sessions began and he still hadn’t appeared.
It was during the afternoon break that she finally saw him. He l ooked handsome and tan in his crisp white button down shirt and blue jeans. She could see that his hair was still slightly wet from the shower and she wondered if he had just gotten up.
His laughter boomed out across the room and it was then that she noti ced that he was deep in conversation with a sexy, young redhead in a short mini skirt. Jess took a deep breath. "Excuse me," she said to the two women she'd been chatting with, "I see someone I know."
She couldn't believe she was doing this. She walked ove r to Zach and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Jess." He said, turning to face her. "How are you? "
"Fine" she said, forcing a smile.
“ Jess, this is Tracy, Tracy, Jess.”
The two women nodded and subtly looked each other over. "Tracy has her own agency in D allas. We were just comparing notes on the housing market in our respective cities."
"So Zach," Tracy said, turning her attention back to him, "I have these tickets to the Cirque de Soleil tonight. Will you join me?"
Zach smiled at Tracy and Jess could sense the magnetic pull between them. She felt like an idiot. Embarrassed that she had come over when they were obviously in the middle of planning a date. She felt like a third wheel. A third older wheel.
"I...I thought I'd just come over to say hi," Jess said quickly. "To see how you thought the work sessions were going. I've gotta go. Nice to meet you, Tracy." Jess turned and walked away without waiting for a response.
She had to get out of the hall and away from him. She knew she was overreacting but sh e couldn't stop her emotions. Pushing the glass hotel doors open, she stepped outside, telling herself to calm down.
She'd been such a fool. Thinking she meant something to him when she was just another conquest. He probably had millions of women, probabl y slept with all of them and of course, it meant nothing one way or the other. That line about his two year hiatus was probably just that. A line. She'd been a fool to expect it to be
She wished she could stay in bed all day. Instead she reached for his white robe and tiptoed out of the room.
****************************************
Lars answer ed on the second ring. "Where have you been? I've been trying your room all morning and there was no answer."
Jess's heart dropped. "What's wrong?” She was unable to keep the panic from her voice. "Is Danny okay?"
"If you're so concerned about your son y ou should be where you say you'll be."
"Lars! What happened?"
"Danny had a party today and I didn't have the address. So he missed it. "
"But I gave you that address before I left town." Jess was too relieved to summon any anger of her own. “ I wrote it down on that paper I gave you."
Lars sighed in irritation.
"Let me talk to him..."
"Save it. He's not here, try him later." He clicked off.
Jess hung up the phone, frowning. She felt bad that Danny missed his party but there was no way she was going to let Lars ruin her good mood. She’d try Danny again later.
Looking at her watch she realized she ought to hurry. There was a real estate conference to attend after all and she ’d be expected to report back to her co-workers on what she'd learned. "If only they knew," she smiled to herself.
CHAPTER SIX
Hundreds of participants milled about the hotel conference area, drinking coffee and talking in small groups. After signing in and receiving her participant ’s badge, Jess scanned the crowd, looking for Zach but he was nowhere to be seen. She couldn't contain her feeling of disappointment when the work sessions began and he still hadn’t appeared.
It was during the afternoon break that she finally saw him. He l ooked handsome and tan in his crisp white button down shirt and blue jeans. She could see that his hair was still slightly wet from the shower and she wondered if he had just gotten up.
His laughter boomed out across the room and it was then that she noti ced that he was deep in conversation with a sexy, young redhead in a short mini skirt. Jess took a deep breath. "Excuse me," she said to the two women she'd been chatting with, "I see someone I know."
She couldn't believe she was doing this. She walked ove r to Zach and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Jess." He said, turning to face her. "How are you? "
"Fine" she said, forcing a smile.
“ Jess, this is Tracy, Tracy, Jess.”
The two women nodded and subtly looked each other over. "Tracy has her own agency in D allas. We were just comparing notes on the housing market in our respective cities."
"So Zach," Tracy said, turning her attention back to him, "I have these tickets to the Cirque de Soleil tonight. Will you join me?"
Zach smiled at Tracy and Jess could sense the magnetic pull between them. She felt like an idiot. Embarrassed that she had come over when they were obviously in the middle of planning a date. She felt like a third wheel. A third older wheel.
"I...I thought I'd just come over to say hi," Jess said quickly. "To see how you thought the work sessions were going. I've gotta go. Nice to meet you, Tracy." Jess turned and walked away without waiting for a response.
She had to get out of the hall and away from him. She knew she was overreacting but sh e couldn't stop her emotions. Pushing the glass hotel doors open, she stepped outside, telling herself to calm down.
She'd been such a fool. Thinking she meant something to him when she was just another conquest. He probably had millions of women, probabl y slept with all of them and of course, it meant nothing one way or the other. That line about his two year hiatus was probably just that. A line. She'd been a fool to expect it to be
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