My Fair Fortune by Nancy Robards Thompson

Author:Nancy Robards Thompson [Thompson, Nancy Robards]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-04-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

A knock on the frame of her open office door made Caitlyn look up from her computer. When she saw Brodie standing there, her stomach did a low flip that made her breath catch.

“Hi,” she said, noticing the rolled-up papers he held. They looked like blueprints.

“Hi, do you have a minute?” He smiled. “I have good news.”

She motioned him in. “I’d give you an entire day for some good news. Please, do tell.”

“Let’s go over here where I can roll out these.” With the blueprints, he gestured toward a small conference table set up on the far side of the rectangular room.

“Are these what I hope they are?” she asked.

“If you mean the plans for the Cowboy Condos, you’re spot on.” She watched as he began spreading them out on the table.

“Where did you get them?” she asked.

“I made a couple of calls late yesterday and got in touch with Cisco Mendoza. He dropped them off and filled in some of the missing pieces.”

She narrowed her eyes and cocked her head. “You met with Mendoza without me?”

Brodie held up his hand. “I did, but don’t get upset. He left for business in Red Rock this morning. He’s training for his new job with the Fortune Foundation. If I hadn’t gotten together with him last night, he wouldn’t have been available until next week.”

“You should’ve called me.”

“Really? You wanted me to call you after hours?”

Yes, I wish you would.

She could’ve read so much into his gaze, his tone, that question. Instead, she put her hands in her lap and squeezed them together so tightly that her nails dug into her skin. That touchstone brought her back to her senses.

“Of course, you can always call me...”

But she let the words hang there so he could form his own conclusion.

“Next time I will.”

He smiled at her, and there was that instant rush attraction that pulled her right in. She could’ve sworn he felt it, too.

She smiled and looked away. “I’m surprised Mendoza was willing to meet with you on such short notice. Because from what I understand, he didn’t leave here a very happy man.”

“Obviously, you don’t know that Cisco is engaged to my cousin Delaney,” he said.

Caitlyn laughed. “Why am I not surprised? Is anyone in this town not related to the Fortunes?”

Brodie considered the question. “Not many people.”

“Wait,” Caitlyn said. “Cisco and Delaney were not at the barbecue, were they?”

“No. They were in Miami packing up Cisco’s apartment. He’s moving to Horseback Hollow permanently. They just got back, and Cisco left for Red Rock this morning. That’s why last night’s meeting was more like a hand-off of the blueprints than an actual meeting. He brought me the blueprints and told me his side of the story. Really, there wasn’t much to tell.”

Caitlyn blinked at him, reality eclipsing the attraction she’d felt just seconds ago.

“I thought you said you had good news.”

“Sometimes good news comes in small packages. Mendoza didn’t have much to say, but what he said was important. He didn’t back out because of shoddy construction.

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