Daring to Date Her Boss by Joanna Neil

Author:Joanna Neil
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

‘IS EVERYTHING ALL right between you and Tyler?’ Noah came into the staffroom and saw Saskia standing by the coffee maker.

‘Um...’ Saskia thought about that for a moment or two. ‘Yes, I think so,’ she answered cautiously. She frowned. How had Noah managed to pick up on their difficulties? Hadn’t she and Tyler been ultra-careful around one another ever since the day he’d kissed her? In fact, Tyler seemed to be going about his work in a perfectly normal fashion—she was the one who was finding things difficult.

‘Why?’ she asked Noah. ‘What makes you think there’s a problem?’

He shrugged lightly and helped himself to biscuits from the cookie jar. ‘He’s been quite tense these last few days, and that isn’t like him at all.’ He frowned. ‘I suppose it could be that his plans for the house aren’t going too well.’

‘Plans? What plans?’

‘Oh, you haven’t heard about them? He wants to remodel the interior of his house to make it more light and open, but he isn’t too sure yet how to go about it. I think he feels everywhere’s too cluttered at the moment.’ He smiled. ‘It isn’t, of course, not by normal people’s standards, but Tyler likes everything to be streamlined, very neat and everything in its place. It’s a thing with him. He’s the same with the garden.’

He propped himself up against the worktop, facing her. ‘You must know what he’s like by now. Everything has to be faultless...a bowling-green lawn and manicured flower borders. Even the trees and the shrub garden are pruned to conform to his idea of perfect symmetry. And have you seen his small patch of kitchen garden? It looks as though it’s been planted out along regimental lines.’

‘Oh, dear.’ Saskia paused, holding the coffee jug motionless in mid-air. ‘Yes, I’d noticed his beautiful garden. These things are important to him, aren’t they?’ Absently, she poured coffee into her cup. ‘I’m afraid I’m probably to blame if he’s not himself of late. I might have upset the apple cart.’

He looked at her askance. ‘How? Why? What could you have done? It’s certainly not your work—people speak very highly of you.’

‘Well, that’s a relief.’ She pulled a face. ‘Although I still think Tyler’s waiting for me to trip up somehow. But actually it’s nothing to do with work.’ She placed the coffee jug back on its stand. ‘The thing is, the children and I took Boomer for a walk the other day, and I let him off the lead as we came back towards the house—as I always do. Usually there’s not a problem, he’ll wait for me by the front door...but not this time. He must have picked up a scent of some sort because he took off at top speed and before I could stop him he’d dashed into Tyler’s back garden.’

‘That doesn’t sound good.’

‘No.’ Her mouth turned down at the corners. ‘There were a couple of loose slats in one of the fence panels—well, to be honest, I think Boomer was responsible for those in the first place.

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