Love Among Lavender by Ava Miles

Author:Ava Miles
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ava Miles Inc.
Published: 2019-05-27T08:00:00+00:00

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“Clara, dear,” Arthur said, watching the young couple walk off in the fading sunlight, “our romantic moment got interrupted by that darn goat.” First, that crazy alpaca in Ireland and now this… “Next time we visit a Merriam, I am asking up front about farm animals.”

She socked him in the arm, like she often did. “Oh, stop. At least it’s cute. And the interruption was timely, it seems. Whatever Beau was signing seemed to cause a whole bunch of tension between them.”

“Business papers, I imagine,” Arthur said. “Trouble always comes when you mix love and money.”

Picking up her champagne, she flounced—that was a good word for it—onto the leather sofa. He took his time sitting. Some people slid off Italian leather and ended up on the floor.

“I don’t think we have much to worry about,” Clara said. “They clearly like each other. I haven’t seen that kind of a makeover in a man since George Michael went from being straight to out of the closet.”

“I don’t know who this George Michael fellow is, but after looking into Beau Masters more online, I can tell you one thing: whatever is troubling Beau isn’t public yet.” He’d spent the morning looking up everything he could about the singer. “A transformation like this is motivated by something. I mean, yesterday he looked like somebody from Beverly Hillbillies and today he could have been on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”

“And you don’t know who George Michael is? Oh, Arthur.” She lifted one of her legs on the sofa, the better to tantalize him. Until they’d reconnected, he hadn’t thought a woman her age could have such great legs.

“Well, who is he?” If he didn’t ask, she’d just pester him.

“He’s deceased, but he was a British singer. Quite the hottie in his ‘Faith’ days, let me tell you. The original bad boy in leather surrounded by models like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell.”

“Oh, pfft. You and your fashion, Clara.”

“Only George got outed from the closet in a Beverly Hills bathroom by an undercover cop who caught him soliciting sex, and it didn’t go so well after that. So sad.”

“You think Beau is gay? Good Lord, Clara, sometimes I can’t account for your thinking. That man is no more gay than I am.”

She laughed. “Of course he’s not gay. He wants to eat her up.”

He put his hands over his ears. “Lalalala.”

“Arthur, I only brought up the comparison because Beau’s makeover was so drastic. Heavens, I’m going to need a gin and tonic after all this. Do you think they have the fixings?”

“The French hate the British and vice versa, so it’s doubtful. Come on, we should eat. I’ll probably end up waiting up for Caitlyn. Seeing her leave for a date reminded me of Jill and Meredith.”

“Who are both happily married to good men and who’ve given you great-grandchildren. Oh, Arthur, sometimes I wish we could have had children together.”

The wistfulness in her voice caught him by surprise. “We both led other lives, Clara.

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