Crushed: A Western Romance (Red Velvet Series Book 3) by Leanore Elliott

Author:Leanore Elliott [Elliott, Leanore]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Maggie rushed through the hallway. After Nando told her that Bren’s cowboy was just gang groped by a crowd of women clients, Daisy needed to know about this!

Someone crashed into her, and she bounced back.

“Well, there you are, Miss Monroe!” Mr. Morty scowled at her.

Gulping, she tugged her apron down over her ample hips. “Oh, sorry Mister Horty…”

His face turned beet red.

“I mean, Mr. Torty— Oh! I’m so sorry, Mister—?”

“Morty!” he sneered. “Really, Miss Monroe, you shouldn’t hang out with the likes of that Cuban cabana boy!”

Maggie tried hard to keep from snickering. It was Nando’s fault, him always calling Morty different nicknames. She straightened her shoulders and just realized that he’d used her last name. No one here knew that except Mama Daisy. “How did you know my last name?”

“I would also like to know that!”

Maggie flipped around to see Daisy.

Daisy Plush went around her. “Just how did you figure that out, Mr. Morty?”

“Because I asked to see Maggie Monroe.” A man stepped out from the nearest hallway door.

“Pops!” Maggie yelled and ran to hug her father.

He scooped her up and spun her around. “Maggy pie!”

When he finally set her down, Maggie whirled back and saw that only a stunned looking Mr. Morty stood there. “Mama?” she called. She then looked up at her father. “Well, that sure isn’t like Daisy!”

He grinned at her. “You’re wrong; it is exactly like her.”

Mr. Morty gaped at the both of them. “She went completely white! Then, she squeaked like a titmouse and ran. I never saw a woman move that fast in spandex and high heels in all my life!” Mister

Maggie was so disappointed. She really wanted to have her parents get along. “Daddy, why did she do that?”

“Some women are just naturally good at running, I suppose.” Rand shrugged his big shoulders and gave her a dazzling smile.

“No. The Daisy I know is brave and she’d never run from anything.”

Rand took her hand and his smile never slipped. “Never mind about that, don’t worry over it. There’s a lot your mother and I have to hammer out. For now, I want to know just what kind of ranch this is.”

Maggie swung her befuddled gaze over to Mr. Morty, only to see him running—or was it scampering?—down the hall as fast as he could go. Gee, thanks, Mister Horty! Turning to look at her Pop, she sighed. “Well—um?”

“I didn’t see any steers, or any other kind of animal. Not counting the kind who wear too much makeup and some really tight leather.”

Maggie tried to look anywhere but at him. “It’s a— a Bed and Breakfast house.” There! It was partly true, there were beds and all the guests do stay for breakfast in bed! Well, except for the women who believed it wasn’t proper to be out when only hospitals and legs were open. “Oh!” Maggie exclaimed. “I just figured that one out,” she mused aloud.

Rand looked mystified. “So, it’s like a boarding house…a hotel?”

Maggie nodded her head. How she was going to get this past him, she didn’t know.

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