Just A Little Bit Married

Just A Little Bit Married
Teresa Southwick

How to ruin a perfectly good divorceThe last time Rose Tucker saw her ex-husband, Lincoln Hart, he was fleeing their newly minted marriage. Now the man she fell in love with at first sight has returned to say those three little words: "we’re still married!" And while the lawyers fix the clerical glitch, the handsome millionaire offers a way to help his not so ex-wife save her business.The pretty interior designer can hardly wait to say, “I don’t.” But in the meantime, Rose can’t afford to turn down her husband’s job offer. So she agrees to decorate Linc’s new luxury condo. While Rose draws up plans for his home, he has designs on her heart. And if he gets his way, the new towels will say his and hers.

How to ruin a perfectly good divorce

The last time Rose Tucker saw her ex-husband, Lincoln Hart, he was fleeing their newly minted marriage. Now the man she fell in love with at first sight has returned to say those three little words: “we’re still married!” And while the lawyers fix the clerical glitch, the handsome millionaire offers a way to help his not-so-ex wife save her business.

The pretty interior designer can hardly wait to say “I don’t.” But in the meantime, Rose can’t afford to turn down her husband’s job offer. So she agrees to decorate Linc’s new luxury condo. While Rose draws up plans for his home, he has designs on her heart. And if he gets his way, the new towels will say His and Hers.

“Don’t expect me to forgive you,” she said.

“I don’t.” But seeing her again, remembering that they’d once been two halves of a whole, made him wish she could. “I just thought you should know about the divorce.”

“It is kind of important,” she agreed. “Chances are I would have found out the hard way pretty soon.”

“Oh?”

“I’ve been dating someone and it’s getting serious.” She turned away and walked over to the couch, absently rearranging throw pillows. “Lately he’s been hinting about getting married.”

Linc had absolutely no right to the feeling, but that didn’t stop the blast of raw jealousy that roared through him. “I guess it would have been awkward to apply for a marriage license and find out you were still married.”

“You think?”

He detected the tiniest bit of defensiveness in her voice and decided to take a shot. “You never told him you’d been married before?”

“We were married for fifteen minutes.” Ten years ago her eyes took on shades of gray when she was annoyed, and they looked that way now. “It was a long time ago. I’ve been busy. It didn’t seem important.”

“The thing is, you never checked to find out about the divorce,” he reminded her.

“Neither did you.”

“Fair enough. I’ll take care of it now...”

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The Bachelors of Blackwater Lake:

They won’t be single for long!

Just a Little Bit Married

Teresa Southwick

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

TERESA SOUTHWICK lives with her husband in Las Vegas, the city that reinvents itself every day. An avid fan of romance novels, she is delighted to be living out her dream of writing for Mills & Boon.

To my sister-in-law, Rose Boyle.

I borrowed your name for the heroine in this book because she’s as smart and sweet as you.

Thanks for marrying my brother, sole sister!

Contents

Cover (#u020f2dd3-0237-5db9-8d50-6a4d091704ce)

Back Cover Text (#u08fc7b26-e924-57a2-b2d0-e0cb3e9ed8e1)

Introduction (#u29b69f92-1344-5539-ae11-be36925f6235)

Title Page (#u1ae8c288-689d-5962-8fcd-8da86cdde0d1)

About the Author (#u89fe5bce-f44c-5368-828b-0609a650a481)

Dedication (#u8440d2af-0066-5e76-a043-4e04c193f7a7)

Chapter One (#ud2654e70-087d-5796-bc85-1573a604e38a)

Chapter Two (#uf5b123bf-3e57-5675-a029-50de71314546)

Chapter Three (#ubef37685-7910-5165-88bb-625dd97295f1)

Chapter Four (#ua056c0df-13df-51d9-b1d4-04e1fb17a620)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)