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    You're Beautiful: A Single Dad and a Virgin Romance
    You're Beautiful: A Single Dad and a Virgin Romance
    You're Beautiful: A Single Dad and a Virgin Romance
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    You're Beautiful: A Single Dad and a Virgin Romance

    By Kathleen Hope

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                “Don, I got tickets for the concert in the park for next month. I hope the weather will be nice for it,” I said to my husband as he stuffed papers into his briefcase. “I do love concerts in the park. Don’t you?”


                “Hmm,” was all he said “Where is my agenda?”


                I tried not to feel hurt by him brushing me off. It was nothing new these days. He’d been so busy with work lately that he didn’t seem to have time for me or anything else. I sighed and handed him the leather bound book. He took it without a word and zipped up his messenger bag. Slinging it over his shoulders, he picked up his travel bag and suitcase. He was off to another business trip.


                “I have to go. I’ll call you from the airport,” he said as he headed downstairs. I followed him.


                “Where are you going this time?” I asked.


                “Denver.”


                “How long will you be gone?”


                Don shrugged. “I’m not sure. What’s with all the questions, huh? I’ll be back when I’m done.”


                I looked at him. “I’m sorry, dear. I want to know because I miss you when you’re gone. That’s all. I’m not trying to get in your business.”


                He glanced at me over his shoulder briefly before checking his phone. “That’s probably a good thing,” he snapped. He finished typing the text and stuffed the phone in his pocket. “Look Katerina, I don’t like being gone so much anymore than you do. But you’re not working much anymore. Maybe a gig here or there. And-”


                “My agent gets jobs for me, Don,” I protested softly. “I can’t help it that the agencies want younger models.”


                Don snorted. “Be that as it may, I don’t know why you still try. Face it, baby. You’re modeling days are over.”


                Hurt washed over me but I didn’t let him see it. He’d been saying that a lot as of late. Not like I really needed to be reminded. Every rejection phone call from my agent and every glance in the mirror is reminder enough for me that my career is over. “I guess I just haven’t landed the right job yet.”


                “Well, until that day comes, if it ever does, I still have to work.”


                “I know. It’s just, well, we don’t get to spend much time together. And-”


                Don made a...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJan 21, 2018
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      You're Beautiful - Kathleen Hope

      You’re Beautiful

      A Single Dad and a Virgin Romance

      Kathleen Hope

      You’re Beautiful: A Single Dad and a Virgin Romance

      Copyright 2018 By Kathleen Hope

      All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. The unauthorized reproduction of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be scanned, uploaded or distributed via the internet or any other means, electronic or print, without the publisher’s permission.

      This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters and places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be constructed as real. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for third party websites or their content.

      Table of Contents

      She’s Still Got It

      Change for the Better

      Family Business

      She Still Got It

      Don, I got tickets for the concert in the park for next month. I hope the weather will be nice for it, I said to my husband as he stuffed papers into his briefcase. I do love concerts in the park. Don’t you?

      Hmm, was all he said Where is my agenda?

      I tried not to feel hurt by him brushing me off. It was nothing new these days. He’d been so busy with work lately that he didn’t seem to have time for me or anything else. I sighed and handed him the leather bound book. He took it without a word and zipped up his messenger bag. Slinging it over his shoulders, he picked up his travel bag and suitcase. He was off to another business trip.

      I have to go. I’ll call you from the airport, he said as he headed downstairs.  I followed him.

      Where are you going this time?  I asked.

      Denver.

      How long will you be gone?

      Don shrugged. I’m not sure. What’s with all the questions, huh? I’ll be back when I’m done.

      I looked at him. I’m sorry, dear. I want to know because I miss you when you’re gone. That’s all. I’m not trying to get in your business.

      He glanced at me over his shoulder briefly before checking his phone. That’s probably a good thing, he snapped. He finished typing the text and stuffed the phone in his pocket. Look Katerina, I don’t like being gone so much anymore than you do. But you’re not working much anymore. Maybe a gig here or there. And-

      My agent gets jobs for me, Don, I protested softly. I can’t help it that the agencies want younger models.

      Don snorted. Be that as it may, I don’t know why you still try. Face it, baby. You’re modeling days are over.

      Hurt washed over me but I didn’t let him see it. He’d been saying that a lot as of late. Not like I really needed to be reminded. Every rejection phone call from my agent and every glance in the mirror is reminder enough for me that my career is over. I guess I just haven’t landed the right job yet.

      "Well, until that day comes, if it ever does, I still have to work."

      I know. It’s just, well, we don’t get to spend much time together. And-

      Don made a gesture to include the house. This is a nice house you live in, isn’t it? You like living here right? You have all the luxuries you need, right? When I nodded, he continued. Well I can’t keep you in your finery if I don’t work. Having nice things sometimes means having to make sacrifices. He spared me a quick glance. What’s it going to be? This comfy house or spending time doing useless things?

      Why can’t it be both? I wanted to ask but I didn’t. Don was all about the business these days.  Most times, it didn’t bother me much as I had things to do. But sometimes it got a little lonely. 

                Have a safe trip, I finally said quietly. Not because I meant it

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