Chapter 4

Jenny took a half step closer before she realized what she was doing. “Not everybody can appreciate a pair of good-fitting jeans. And judging from the accent…” She caught her lower lip between her teeth as she contemplated it. “Texas?”

Ashley nodded. “You have a good ear. I’ve been trying to lose that accent since I moved to California.”

“How long have you been here?”

“Oh, it’s been…” He tilted his head. “A little over a decade now. I came out here, fresh from law school.”

“Really?” He was older than she had imagined. With that grin and his youthful appearance, Jenny would have placed him in his mid-to-late twenties. This made him at least six or seven years older than her. “And California sun hasn’t aged you a bit. I have to know that secret.”

Ashley smiled ruefully. “Oh, that one’s easy. If you never leave the office, the sun never has a chance to get you. It saves your skin, but it’s hell on your social life.”