Hard To Handle by Lori Foster

Author:Lori Foster
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

T RUSTING her to fol ow him, Barber wove his way through hordes of customers across the crowded

floor. When he stopped in front of Roger, the girl bumped into his back.

Eyes closed, Barber counted to five, then turned to face her. “I see you made it.”

She hastened back a step and said in accusation, “You’re tal er, so you could see your way

better. If I hadn’t stuck close, I’d have lost you.”

“Got it.” He turned to Roger with a “help me” look. “Got someplace private I can use for a

minute?”

Jumping the gun on the wrong assumption, Roger glanced at the girl, then at Barber.

“Seriously?”

Barber rol ed his eyes. “It’s an audition, Rog. And if you make her cry again, I’l brain you.”

“She was crying?” He looked at her more closely.

The girl gasped, which made Roger smile.

“Ignore Barber,” he said. “He’s sometimes surly like that.” Roger held out his hand. “I apologize

for any unintentional disrespect.”

“Thank you.” Al prim and proper, she took his hand. “I assume you’re the proprietor?”

“Roger Sims. Yes, ma’am.”

“I’m Jasmine Petri. It’s very nice to meet you, Mr. Sims.”

“Cal me Roger. Any friend of Barber’s, and al that.”

“Thank you, Roger. But Mr. Henry and I aren’t truly acquainted. Yet.”

Barber wanted to knock their heads together. “Can we wrap up these social niceties, or what?”

Jasmine said, “I see exactly what you mean, Roger.” Then to Barber, “I’m sorry that common

courtesy is so distressing to you.”

Roger laughed.

After glaring at him, Barber asked Jasmine, “Do you want to audition or not?”

“I do.”

Great. “So Roger, do you have a damn empty room or not?”

Mimicking the girl, Roger said, “I do.” With a smile, he said, “Fol ow me.”

Digging out a hefty key ring, Roger led them to a locked hal way, let them inside, and said, “Use

any room you want. I’l relock the outside here, but it should open from the inside without a problem.

Be sure the door shuts tight, though, if you would.”

Jasmine again offered her hand. “Thank you very much, Roger. I appreciate the assistance.”

“My pleasure, Jasmine. Good luck with your audition.”

Before she could reply further, Barber caught her arm and hustled her away from the door. “If

we’re going to do this, let’s get on with it, please.”

SMILING, Roger shut the door and headed back to the main area of the bar. He saw sparks in

Barber’s future, and it amused him. Hel , everything in life amused him these days, probably because

he was so damn happy.

In such a short time, both his hotel and his bar had quadrupled in business. Best of al , he’d

married the woman of his dreams.

Life was so good that it sometimes scared him. In the past, he’d made mistakes, ugly mistakes,

and now he wasn’t sure he deserved anyone as lovely as Camil e.

But by God, he had her, and he planned to do everything in his power to make her the happiest

woman alive.

He found his lovely wife chatting with her brother, Dean, and Dean’s wife, Eve, near an exit.

Approaching her from the back, he

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