Anything For Love by Melissa Foster

Author:Melissa Foster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: World Literary Press
Published: 2018-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

THE DAYS LEADING up to the Mad Prix awards ceremony passed in a flurry of preparations, but it never overshadowed the closeness or the deepening of Beau and Charlotte’s relationship. Charlotte had surprised him and put aside her work last Sunday to spend the day horseback riding with him again before they’d had to return the horses that evening. They’d packed a picnic, and spent the entire day enjoying each other. It was the calm before the awards-ceremony storm. While chefs, waitstaff, housekeepers, groundskeepers, and valets took over the inn, Beau raced through a number of smaller repairs he’d noticed needed tending to, which had turned into bigger jobs, like reframing a window instead of simply replacing a sill. Charlotte was knee-deep in writing again. She’d failed to mention that in addition to innkeepers came a group of massage therapists and an entire office and concierge staff who took over the study, managing phone calls, registrations, and it seemed to Beau, everything else under the sun. Most everyone greeted Charlotte with warm hugs and intimate conversations, catching up on one another’s lives like old friends. She might not have a biological family, but she was clearly loved by many, and he was glad for that.

Beau paced the terrace Saturday afternoon, waiting for Nick, Jillian, and Aiyla to arrive. Nick had called from the airport, and Beau had been tense ever since. Hopefully Nick wasn’t dead set on harassing him the whole time he was there, because if he was, he had another thing coming.

The grounds were crawling with charitable contributors, race staff, and spectators sipping champagne and nibbling on finger foods while they waited for the racers to ascend the last hill before heading down to the finish line. Charlotte was mingling among them.

Cheers told Beau the racers weren’t far off. He descended the steps, excited to see where Ty and Graham would place, and scanned the crowd for Charlotte. Colorful banners emblazoned with sponsors and charity names flapped in the breeze, and just beyond, his beautiful girl stood by the podium, looking carefree and gorgeous in a sexy blue halter dress as she spoke with Parker and Grayson Lacroux and Eric and Kat James. Parker was the founder of the Collins Children’s Foundation, and Grayson was her husband. Eric had started the Foundation for Whole Families. The money earned from the race benefited their charities. Beau knew Eric and Kat well, and he’d been thrilled to meet their six-month-old son, Denny, whom Charlotte was now fawning over with that dreamy expression women got around babies.

Beau stopped to admire her, remembering how she’d said she’d once dreamed of finding Mr. Right and having a family of her own. He wondered what she was thinking as she shifted her attention to Parker and Grayson’s baby girl, Miriam, who hadn’t left her daddy’s protective arms since they arrived.

It had been ages since Beau had given any thought to having a girlfriend, much less a family. But when he’d held Eric’s adorable

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