Christine Rimmer - Mercury Rising

“Who could have left it here, do you think?” Virginia was intrigued—and suspicious, too.

Jane shrugged and made a noncommittal noise, evading her mother’s question, coming perilously close to telling a lie.

Because she knew very well who had left it there. If she closed her eyes, she could see him now, walking backward down the walk, the sun gleaming golden in his hair, reaching out to brush those long fingers across one of the shining globes tucked among the flowers.

“Jane?” her mother prompted. “I asked who would leave something like this on your front porch.”

Jane considered telling her mother the truth. But it would only be inviting more questions—not to mention an excess of outraged noises at the very idea that Cade Bravo would dare to offer expensive gifts to Virginia Elliott’s only daughter.

She settled for shrugging again. “Open the door, Mom. Let’s go inside and I’ll make our lunch.”

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