Housekeeper to the Millionaire by Lucy Monroe

Author:Lucy Monroe [Monroe, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Win finished cleaning the kitchen, careful to get every last bit of milk mopped up. Carlene wouldn’t appreciate the smell of sour milk in her kitchen. He liked the possessiveness with which she referred to the kitchen. Other housekeeper-cooks had said similar things, but hearing it had never affected Win the same way. It made him feel a sense of permanence with Carlene; like maybe she wouldn’t quit and move on the way she’d told him she planned to do eventually.

He rinsed the mop with bleach water and put it away in the broom closet. Then, although he knew he needed to get to the stable, he found himself climbing the stairs to the second level and walking down the corridor toward Carlene’s room. He took a minute to check on Jared and Shelly. Both kids were sleeping soundly, which didn’t surprise Win at all. They expended enough energy to fuel a small town. He didn’t know how Carlene handled it. Even with Shorty’s help in the afternoons, she must be running herself ragged, but she hadn’t contacted a service to send someone out to help her.

When he had asked her why, she shrugged and said she didn’t think the kids needed another stranger in their life right now.

She was an amazing woman.

He pushed open her bedroom door and his gaze settled on the woman sleeping in the bed. She’d undressed and her bare shoulder peaked above the light blanket she slept under. His fingers itched to touch the silky smooth skin. How long was she going to keep him waiting? When would she accept that they could be good together?

Good, nothing. They would be spectacular.

She sighed in her sleep and turned her head on the pillow, giving him an unencumbered view of her gentle features. Bruises from lack of sleep marked the skin under her eyes. He felt guilt settle on him. Hell. He should have noticed how tired she was getting, but he’d been so busy trying to avoid her. He’d spent the last three days trying to give her space.

He realized now that the strategy hadn’t worked worth a hill of beans.

She was still focused on his desire to remain single. She couldn’t seem to grasp the fact that he wanted more than some tawdry affair or a one-night stand. He almost laughed. One night with Carlene would only leave him hungry for more. As he’d told her, there was a whole range of possibilities between marriage and a quick roll in the hay.

Wasn’t there?

Of course there was, he admonished himself.

She didn’t think so.

Hell. She’d even compared him to that idiot, Lonny. It was not a flattering comparison. Lonny would bed any willing woman. Win should have realized the potential for trouble when he hired Carlene. He hadn’t. The knowledge rankled.

She should never have found herself in the position of having to defend her virtue from a lecher like Lonny.

Well, Win would be much more careful when he hired a replacement hand. He wouldn’t hire another jerk looking for an easy lay, even if it meant working the busy spring season short one stable hand.

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