Dancing in the Moonlight - Harlequin.com

RAEANNE THAYNE
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Jake smiled at her disgruntled tone. “I have a homefield
advantage here. You’ve been away since high
school while I’ve been right here with both of them for
the past three years since finishing my residency.”
“Do you think something’s been going on all that
time?”
“I couldn’t say for sure. But I can tell you that I
didn’t start to sense any kind of vibe between them until
the last year or so. I thought I might be mistaken—and
it was none of my business, anyway—but when you told
me they were fighting, I started to wonder about it.
What does Viviana have to say about it?”
“She didn’t want me to find out. I think she was afraid
of my reaction, that maybe I wouldn’t understand or accept
that she could have feelings for anyone but my father.”
“Can you?” he asked. “How do you feel about the
idea of the two of them together?”
“Branching out into psychiatry now, Dr. Dalton?”
He smiled. “Whatever works.”
With exaggerated movements, she slouched down on
the chaise and folded her arms across her chest as if she
were on a therapist’s couch. “I’m fine with it. I am. I want
her to be happy. Both of them, really. Tío Guillermo is a
good man and I have no doubt he’ll treat her well.”
“When my mother ran off with Quinn, I struggled a
little at the idea of her with someone new, even though
I was certainly happy for her. It might take you a while
to adjust.”
“I don’t think it will. I’m thrilled for them. My
mother’s still a lovely woman and only in her midfifties.
I sometimes forget that.”