Can two men be having two different conversations at the
same time? Penn Roberts and his uncle Alfred do in TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE. They
are preparing for a business meeting and Alfred is grilling Penn on the new
woman in his life.
“Alf, I’m thirty-two years
old, stop asking personal questions.” The younger man frowned.
“I’m looking out for
your interests, like your father would, if he were here. Is she good enough for
you?”
“Forget it. I don’t
need you to look out for me. Any news about the new project?”
“Still deadlocked.”
“Damn. Where’s the
agenda for today’s meeting? And no, she doesn’t have money, and I don’t care,
okay?” Penn said, impatiently.
“Fortune hunter?
Here’s the agenda,” Alf Roberts handed his nephew a piece of paper.
“Doubt it. Where are the
financials?” Penn asked, looking over the list then opening his briefcase.
“Can you be sure? Sam
is bringing them,” Alf said as the buzzer on Penn’s desk sounded.
Penn flipped a
switch, and Nina announced the arrival of the members of the eleven o’clock
meeting. Penn cleared his throat, snapped the agenda to a clipboard, and walked
toward the elevator with Alfred.
“Not all poor women
have class like your mother had, you know,” Alfred whispered.
“And not all of them
are fortune hunters, either,” Penn whispered back.
“She must be very
attractive.” Alfred smiled at his nephew.
Penn sensed a blush
steal up his neck. He coughed as they rounded the bend and entered the
reception area.
“I was young once,
too,” Alfred said, chuckling.
“Sometimes, I
wonder…Hello, Mr. Martin.” Penn extended his hand to the visitor.
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A bit about the
book
Miranda Bradford had given up on men. Weighed down by family
“baggage”: a sick mother and a sister in design school, Miranda had become the
responsible one. Not available for “over-night” dates, she was stamped
“undesirable” by most men, despite her good looks. Until Penn Roberts came
along.
Drawn to her by a mutual love of dogs and laughter, he moved
in quickly on the sexy, dark-haired beauty with the magnetic blue eyes. Attracted to him by his outward qualities, it
was his loneliness and caring attitude that turned heavy-duty chemistry into
love.
A secret revealed soured her love to hate, or did it? Will
the truth destroy her dreams, leaving her bitter? Forced to face her true
feelings, will she decide TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE?
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