“I appreciate the offer.” I stood, and he did the same. “Thank you, Mr. Monteague, and I’ll get back to you soon.”
“Call me Jake, and I look forward to it,” he replied as we shook hands. Before I could open the door on my way out, he added, “One more thing. I’m sure by now Mrs. Hemming has told you I’m single again?”
I laughed. “Why yes, she did.”
“She pimps me out every chance she gets.” He shook his head. “Anyway, would you like to have a drink with me sometime? Coffee? Or, I don’t know…maybe a walk in the park…a movie? Uh…” He sighed. “Well, hell.”
I grinned. This from a man with two doctorates. “Are you actually babbling?”
He cleared his throat and smoothed a hand down the front of his impeccably tailored suit. “I do that only when I’m in situations like this. So, interested? And
