They were both nervous as she opened the door and let him in. His eyes wandered over her body for a lovely minute before he caught himself and forced his eyes back to meet hers. Jackie was terribly nervous, and could not help but to wisecrack. "I expected you to knock at the back door," she said with an arched eyebrow and a grin. Jake laughed too hard at the jibe, clearly as nervous as she was. She took the offered flowers and sniffed them approvingly. Once again she raised an eyebrow when she read the label on the wine. Neither of them were really oenophiles, but this was a serious bottle of wine by almost anyone's standards. Jake was really pulling out all the stops on this, Jackie realized. She took the time then to really look him over. Oh, he was a good-looking guy. That had never

