Heiress for Hire by Erin McCarthy

Author:Erin McCarthy [McCarthy, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Adult, Contemporary, Humour
ISBN: 9780425214848
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2005-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

face to the other. And despite his sweat, and standing in the doorway, Danny bent over and grabbed her at the waist.

He tossed her up in the air and settled her against his chest, her legs straight down and his arms resting at the back of her thighs. "Did you save any for me?"

Piper wiggled her loose tooth with a finger and giggled. "We didn't even start yet."

With a loud smacking kiss on the top of her head, Danny set her back down. "Good."

And Amanda had to look away, had to busy herself with grabbing paper napkins out of the little wooden holder on the counter. She was happy for Piper and Danny. Painfully happy for them.

But she was also suddenly aware of how completely and totally alone she was.

They were a family, and she was the rich girl intruding in their lives. She was temporary, just a small, tiny part of one short summer, and ten years from then no one would even remember her or give her a second thought.

And God, that hurt. That hurt more than she could have ever possibly imagined.

She wasn't important to anyone.

Except maybe her personal shopper at Neiman-Marcus.

Danny was still embarrassed about that kiss. Part of him wanted to take it back. Part of him wanted to forget about practicality and repeat it, without clothes this time.

But considering that Amanda looked like she could chew through a tractor tire, he didn't think she'd go for a repeat performance.

It was an odd experience, eating lunch with his parents and his daughter, her imaginary friend, and one very pissed-off heiress.

Equal parts elation and agony.

Piper was in a really good mood, putting away a whole chicken leg and picking all the potato chunks out of the potato salad, carefully avoiding the onion bits. He felt warm and fuzzy every time he looked at her.

Then he'd glance at Amanda, and she'd freeze him with an arctic glare.

Clearly, he needed to make some kind of amends.

"So, Mom, did Amanda tell you she's going to paint Piper's bedroom? Pink, right, Amanda? Then Brady Stritmeyer's going to paint butterflies on it to match Piper's new comforter that arrived this morning."

"White," Amanda said.

"Huh?" He just stared at her, sitting across the table from him. She was between his parents, definitely leaning toward his father and away from his mother.

"I'm painting the walls white."

It was hard to get that out through those pursed lips, but she managed it. Then she shot him a glare before giving Piper a brilliant smile.

"That sounds like something special," his father said to Piper. "You'll have to show us your new things after lunch."

Piper looked up from carefully skinning her second chicken leg and nodded. Using a knife and fork, she slit with the precision of a surgeon.

Danny glanced back at Amanda. She was wearing that orange dress that looked like a bathing suit cover-up to him. It was a soft, towel material and just came to the top of her breasts. He wasn't really sure what held it in place, but he was pretty damn certain she couldn't be wearing a bra.

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