Ner (Not So) Rich Millionaire Playboy: A Vintage Romance by Amberlee Day

Author:Amberlee Day [Day, Amberlee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gelato Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-07-02T05:00:00+00:00

The second they left the library, Beverly’s interrogation began. “What does it mean that you’re going to stay on?” she asked Aunt Affie. “For how long? When you said you were thinking about Ned’s offer, I didn’t think you were serious.”

“Why in the world wouldn’t I be serious? This is what I love to do, after all.”

“Yes, but …” How could she put this delicately? “Shouldn’t you just focus on one book at a time? Make sure you get one finished before committing to another one?”

Beverly’s aunt stopped in the hall and gave her the stink-eye. “Are you saying I might die, so I shouldn’t think I have time to write two books?”

Yes. “No, Aunt Affie. But don’t you think it might wear you out trying to do so much?”

“I can pace myself.” She started walking again. “And these two books will be so different from one another. One will be an overview, and the other’s more in-depth, really scrutinizing the makings and usage behind a new-world castle.”

“How in-depth of a book are you talking?”

“Now, Beverly,” Aunt Affie said, beginning her slow ascent up the stairs to their rooms. She took Beverly’s arm for additional support. “I suppose I’ll get as in-depth as I find material for. And from what I’ve seen, there’s a lot of documented history with this place.”

“There just can’t be that much from a historical standpoint. I know what you’re thinking … I saw the list of famous guests, and the whole story about the Scottish castle stones, and all that. But really, would there be enough for an entire book?”

When they’d reached the second floor, Aunt Affie looked around to make sure they were alone. “It’s the diaries I found that I think are really going to prove a gold mine.”

Beverly drew back. This was news to her. “What diaries? Where did you find them?”

“In that library,” Aunt Affie said, continuing her walk down the long hallway. “If you hadn’t been off playing with a rosebush, you might have discovered them yourself.”

Beverly grimaced, but opted to ignore the dig. Her scratches were still tender, after all. “I spent time helping you today, Aunt Affie. You never showed me any diaries.”

“Ned didn’t show them to me, either. I’m not sure he’s noticed them, or I think he would have.”

“And you haven’t pointed them out to Ned, I’m guessing. Why?”

Aunt Affie leaned toward Beverly, her wrinkly eyelids contrasting with the sharp look. “When someone has a stake in how their family’s history is presented, they like to pick and choose what the biographer sees. Those journals are straight from the source, and I don’t want anyone deciding which ones I see and which I don’t.”

“Got it.” Beverly nodded. “And where are they hidden in the library?”

“They’re on the bookshelf, very bottom under the fiction section.”

“Fiction section?” Beverly’s eyebrow rose. “Anything good?”

“I didn’t look. I managed to get one of them out—they’re hard to reach when you don’t bend well. It was a journal from the castle’s original mistress, Tess Demander.

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