Joshua and the Cowgirl & Seduce Me, Cowboy by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-18T17:31:05+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

GARRETT FELT LIKE an idiot. From the minute she’d walked through the door to Joshua’s office and had seen what twenty-five dozen roses looked like when amassed in one place, she wondered if she’d gone just the tiniest bit overboard. Mrs. McDonald, however, had urged her to go for broke. Over Garrett’s objections, she had insisted on footing the bill, claiming that she’d foolishly missed out on her own daughter’s wedding and had every right to make up for it with Garrett’s. She’d taken over the arrangements with the logistical expertise of a military commander and the enthusiasm of a mother of the bride. Garrett hadn’t had the heart to slow her down.

Now, though, with cases of champagne being opened and trays of food being displayed on any available surface, all adding to a distinct air of unreality, she wondered if she should have set some limits. The wide-eyed expression on Joshua’s secretary’s face confirmed that nothing quite like this had ever happened in this office before. Not that that was particularly astonishing, she conceded. Weddings didn’t usually take the groom totally by surprise.

If there was a groom, she thought, suddenly filled with apprehension. What if Joshua had lost patience with her? What if he’d decided to get on with a life that didn’t include her? Or, almost as bad, what if he was out of town?

“You must be looking for Mr. Ames,” the secretary said, following her hushed phone conversation. Though there was a definite twinkle in her eyes, her expression was outwardly impassive, as if brides turned up on the doorstep every day looking for her boss. “I’m Suzy Winters. You must be Garrett.”

“How did you know?”

“I can’t think of another woman he knows who would dare this. Can I help you?”

Garrett swallowed hard. “Is he here?” she asked, disgusted at the squeak in her voice. She certainly didn’t sound very daring.

“Afraid not. He’s at a meeting away from the office. He should be back within the hour, though. Could I get you something while you wait? Champagne, maybe?” A smile dashed across her lips, then retreated behind her businesslike facade.

Garrett chuckled. “It’s a little too much, isn’t it?”

“With a man as dense as my boss can be, you might as well hedge your bets.”

Sensing an ally at once, Garrett nodded. “That was my thinking, too. Subtlety doesn’t exactly sink in with him. Half the time I couldn’t even get through to him with a direct hit.”

“Are you expecting a minister? A few guests?”

Garrett nodded. “I told everyone to be here at three. I figured that would give me time to revive Joshua if he fainted dead away. It would also give me time to call it off if he told me to get lost.”

“Somehow I don’t think that’s going to be his response. How’d you do it, by the way?”

“Do it?”

“Lasso him? Women all over the world have been trying for years. He’s been resistant.”

“I haven’t the vaguest idea,” she admitted, sinking down in a chair, the full skirt of her wedding gown spreading out around her.

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