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sister and brother-in-law are saving to buy their own place. They had a second bedroom so I moved in to help.”
    “Tina, is that you?”
    Gina let out an expletive that sounded Spanish just before a mountain of a man walked out of the kitchen. He looked at Ben and scowled. “Who the hell are you?”
    Gina stepped in front of him, placed her hands on her hips, and stood up to the huge guy. “What are you doing home?”
    “It’s my day off. What the heck are you doing here in the middle of the day dressed like that?” It was just about that time he noticed her ring. “What the hell? You’re married?”
    Gina looked down at her ring and cursed. “I forgot to take it off.”
    The guy looked as though he was about to explode. Ben pulled Gina behind him and held out his hand. “I’m Ben Walsh, Gina’s husband.”
    The guy puffed out his chest and crossed his arms.
    Gina shot Ben an angry look and tried to push him back, but he didn’t move. “Sam Corrigan, this is Ben Walsh. Ben, this is my brother-in-law, Sam.” She blew her bangs out of her eyes. “Sam, behave.”
    “You run off and get married without saying a word to Tina, and you’re telling me to behave?”
    “It’s temporary.”
    If it were possible, Sam looked even angrier.
    “I told you I was moving out.”
    “You told us yesterday. You forgot to mention the whole marriage thing and since when is marriage temporary?”
    The front door opened and a woman who looked a whole lot like Gina walked in. “What is going on? I heard you two yelling all the way from the elevator.”
    Sam glared at Gina. “Go ahead, Gina. Explain to your sister why you got married to this guy without a word to either of us.”
    Tina’s eyes went wide. “You what?”
    Gina turned to Ben. “Ben, this is my little sister Tina. Tina, this is Ben Walsh. And don’t look at me like that. I was going to tell you about it.”
    Sam put his arm around his wife. “She said it’s temporary.”
    Tina’s shock was evident.
    Gina nodded and swallowed hard. “It’s a long story.”

Chapter 3
    It took one trip for Gina, Ben, and the driver to have all her worldly possessions in her new place. After throwing the suitcases on top of the unmade bed, she turned to find Ben leaning against the doorjamb to her bedroom. “Where’s the driver?”
    “I sent him away.”
    She put her hands on her hips. “Then why are you still here?”
    “I let him go. I didn’t need him any longer. If I had known you had so few things, I would have just brought my car.”
    Gina raised an eyebrow. “And how are you planning to get home?”
    Ben shrugged with one shoulder since the other was holding him up while he leaned. “I can call a cab or take the train.”
    She remembered what Rosalie said about being nice and kept her mouth shut. What she really wanted to know was when he was leaving. She had a lot to do. It would take her a couple hours at the most to unpack, then she needed to run to the store to buy groceries and, Lord knows, she didn’t want to spend any more time with Ben than absolutely necessary.
    He cleared his throat, which brought her attention back to him. “I thought we could set up some appointments to look at houses.”
    Gina would rather discuss this anywhere but inside her new bedroom, but since he took up the entire doorway, she was stuck. “What’s the rush?”
    “I’ve got to get back to Idaho, so the sooner we buy a place, the sooner I can leave.”
    Gina was happy where she was and the thought of moving again, even though it wasn’t much trouble, wasn’t something she looked forward to. “Okay, I guess there’s no harm in looking but I have one problem.”
    Ben straightened up and looked almost eager. “What’s that? I’m good at solving problems.”
    “Whatever we buy will have to be furnished, either by the former owner or by me.”
    Ben crossed his arms over his chest further blocking her in. “A deposit has been made to your account so spending money on