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Author: Sidney Sheldon
They were having dessert and Adam still had not said one word that could be misconstrued. Jennifer had been building up her defenses for nothing, fending off an attack that had never materialized, and she felt like a fool. She wondered what Adam would have said if he had known what she had been thinking all evening. Jennifer smiled at her own vanity.
“I never got a chance to thank you for the clients you sent me,” Jennifer said. “I did telephone you a few times, but—”
“I know.” Adam hesitated, then added awkwardly, “I didn’t want to return your phone calls.” Jennifer looked at him in surprise. “I was afraid to,” he said simply.
And there it was. He had taken her by surprise, caught her off guard, but his meaning was unmistakable. Jennifer knew what was coming next. And she did not want him to say it. She did not want him to be like all the others, the married men who pretended they were single. She despised them and she did not want to despise this man.
Adam said quietly, “Jennifer, I want you to know I’m married.” She sat there staring at him, her mouth open.
“I’m sorry. I should have told you sooner.” He smiled wryly. “Well, there really was no sooner, was there?”
Jennifer was filled with a strange confusion. “Why—why did you ask me to dinner, Adam?”
“Because I had to see you again.”
Everything began to seem unreal to Jennifer. It was...
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