Harlequin Special Edition September 2015--Box Set 1 of 2 by Teresa Southwick

Author:Teresa Southwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin Special Edition
Publisher: Harlequin

Chapter Eight

Missy had, as the Americans so often put it, chickened out when it came to asking Casey if she’d been the one who’d seen her and Liam talking—and kissing—out on the front porch a few nights ago.

She’d expected her daughter to come right out and demand an explanation, if not in front of everyone at least with her privately, when she and Liam had sneaked back inside, but the group’s attention had been on the large-screen television where old family movies were playing as they ate dessert.

Casey had been sitting next to Liam’s mother, watching the telly and listening to Elise’s stories about the boys when they were young. Missy had started to go to her when Liam grabbed her hand and pulled her down next to him on a nearby love seat.

After practically landing in his lap, she’d managed to scoot to the far side of the diminutive sofa, shoving a couple of toss pillows between the two of them before Casey turned and sent a big smile her way.

Later, when the evening had ended and the two of them headed back to the boathouse, she’d waited, but again nothing. Deciding it might have been one of his brothers after all, Missy had remained silent on the subject.

In the days since, the three of them had settled into a routine where she and Casey occupied themselves in the morning, but then Liam would join them for lunch at the main house before he went back to his office. Afternoons were spent either poolside or off doing something with Liam’s mother, including today, when they had gone to Cheyenne and done touristy stuff with the twins tagging along.

And as much as Missy tried not to impose, Elise insisted they eat dinner at the main house with her and her husband every night. Liam was there, too, of course. More often than not Nolan and his kids joined them, even though at times Abby didn’t seem too pleased to have Missy and Casey at the table.

Not that the teen said anything directly to her, but Missy had picked up on the verbal jabs she and Casey tossed back and forth, usually under their breath and the radar of everyone else.

Missy had mentioned it to her daughter the first night it happened as they were heading to bed, but Casey had laughed it off as “not a bloody big deal.”

The evenings were nice, filled with watching movies, playing board games—Casey was as cutthroat at Monopoly as Liam—or spending time outside, either taking long walks, being lakeside on the dock or sitting around a fire.

The three of them were always together and often joined by others. Meaning Missy and Liam weren’t ever alone.

She’d told him on that first night there would be nothing between them, no rekindling of a long-ago flame. Missy had decided the best way to ensure that was to keep the focus of their time together on Casey, allowing her and Liam to get to know one another. Again, it was something Liam was being a perfect gentleman about.

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