Billionaire's Bride by Eden Proctor

Author:Eden Proctor [Proctor, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Mindy hid out all morning, stalling and hiding and trying to avoid Nate.

But, by afternoon, she found herself headed toward his office, mostly just to prove to herself that she wasn’t a coward. There was no reason for her to be so on edge anyway. She’d made herself clear, and he wouldn’t raise the topic again, so she had nothing to worry about.

Still, she had been reluctant to see him and jittery as all hell, which was quite a departure for her. Even when she had realized the depth of her feelings toward Nate, she’d been able to push them aside and not allow them to interfere with her work.

She would do the same now, but as she walked toward his office on shaky knees, she knew it would be much, much harder this time. It was one thing to secretly harbor feelings that she knew would never go anywhere. It was another altogether to have him propose to her and then pretend like nothing happened.

The proposal wasn’t real, and she knew it was simply a part of his attempt to stay in his grandfather’s good graces, but that didn’t change the fact that even the very thought of it was one that made her happy, and those feelings were dangerous.

When she reached his door, she breathed deep and put on her most businesslike facade.

“Nate, you got a minute?” she said when she stepped into his doorway. She didn’t march right in like she usually did, and she was sure Nate noticed.

He didn’t say anything, though, and instead nodded. “Sure, Mindy.”

She walked as she normally would have, kept her eyes on his face as she normally would have, but inside she was a flurry of emotions. And from Nate’s expression, she wasn’t the only one.

He seemed a little tired, some of his usual energy and cheer muted, and she was instantly concerned. Tried to push that concern down as soon as it came up. This wasn’t her problem. He wasn’t her problem. She needed to keep her concern to herself.

“I have those documents for you,” she said, her voice strong but stilted.

He took the file and began flipping through it.

“You want to talk now, or should I come back later?” she asked.

He stopped, looked up at her with a grin spreading across his face.

“What?” she asked.

“You trying to handle me with kid gloves now, Mindy?” he asked.

“Kid gloves?” she sputtered.

“How long have you been working with me?” he asked.

“Little under seven years,” she responded automatically, not sure what direction he was headed.

He nodded. “And in that entire seven years, you’ve never asked if I had a moment. You just barge in and plop down with the full expectation that I’ll drop whatever I’m doing.”

She looked down, then looked up at him, shaking her head. “Nathaniel, I do not plop,” she said.

He laughed then, the rich sound soothing to her ears, making her think that he might be okay after all.

“Welcome back, Mindy. But to answer your question, yes I do have time.

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