Infatuation and Independence by Jennifer Becton

Author:Jennifer Becton [Becton, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Whiteley Press, LLC
Published: 2018-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

When Georgie headed back to Pemberley to confess her circumstances to Will, Kitty had to stop ignoring Josh Parrish. She sidled onto the porch to find Josh crouched beside the open side panel of the hot tub. She was only a little distracted by the way his biceps stretched the material of his shirt as he worked.

“Everything going okay?” she asked, forcing herself to look away from his athletic body and focus on the work he was doing. The water level in the spa was back to normal, and the jets were running.

“I think you’re good to go,” Josh said, standing and brushing his wet hands on his jeans. He rounded the hot tub and showed her a cracked piece of clear hose. “I replaced this leaky hose and resealed the connections. I haven’t seen any other leaks yet.”

“Great,” Kitty said, heading around the side of the tub to peek into the open panel. She didn’t see any leaks either. “And the water didn’t damage the deck?”

“No,” he replied without any sign that he thought the question foolish. In fact, he leaned down and traced one large palm along the deck floor. “I think you caught the problem fairly early. There wasn’t enough time to do damage to the wood below.”

Kitty breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn’t damaged Mike’s property, and there was no danger of her falling through herself. She cleared her throat. “How do I pay you?”

“It’s all done through the website,” Josh said. He reached down and picked up her tablet, which she’d left on the chair. “All you have to do is say the job was done to your satisfaction, and the credit card on file will be billed.”

As he handed her the tablet, the screen came on, and he glanced down at it.

Kitty felt a moment of embarrassment when she realized that her personality assessment results were now visible to him. She met his gaze over the tablet.

“Been taking personality tests?” he asked, again without a trace of derision in his tone. He relinquished the tablet. “I took one in college. It said I should be an entrepreneur or a garbage collector.”

“I got dentist,” Kitty said with a laugh. “Or guidance counselor. Which is a good joke since I have no idea what kind of life I want for myself. I can’t very well provide guidance for young people.”

He laughed a little too hard at that.

She glared at him. “It wasn’t that funny.”

“It’s just….” He paused and gave her a considering look. “If you don’t mind my saying so, you don’t seem like someone who doesn’t know what you want out of life. You’re one of the most sure-of-herself females I’ve ever met.”

Surprised, Kitty automatically objected. “That’s not true. I have no idea what I’m doing half the time.”

“I don’t buy it.” Josh shook his head. “You’re the kind of woman who would nearly crash into a bed in the middle of the road and get a flat tire—”

“That hardly means I’m sure of myself.

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