Nobody's Business by Gina Ardito

Author:Gina Ardito
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: clean romance, winter romance books for women, sister series romance, clean romance ebooks
Publisher: Gina Ardito
Published: 2023-10-19T00:00:00+00:00

WHEN DOUG STEPPED INTO his slopeside condo an hour later, Ace Riordan’s head popped up over the back of the sofa.

“Where have you been?” Every sharp word sliced the air.

“Gee whiz, Mom, you didn’t have to wait up for me.” He unzipped his jacket and opened the closet door.

Ace’s icy glare could turn the condo into the Arctic Circle. “And you’re not answering my question. Where were you?”

He offered the kid a smug grin. “I had a date.”

Blue eyes narrowed to cobra slits. “With whom?”

“The proprietor of a certain bed and breakfast.” While Ace swallowed that horse pill, Doug hung his jacket in the closet.

“You didn’t.”

He leaned out, the picture of innocence. “Didn’t what?”

“Dude.” Ace slammed a fist into the sofa’s top. “I told you to leave Lyn alone.”

“Since when do I take orders from you?” Doug headed for the kitchen where the package from Jake lay waiting on the counter, silently beckoning him.

“Since I pulled a lot of strings to get you into the Ski-Hab program. Now you’re gonna screw up everything by pursuing a story no one cares about, except you.”

“Oh, I don’t know about that.” He found a steak knife in the kitchen drawer and carefully split the packing tape along the top of the box. “I spoke to Jake Hardwick, and he agrees with me that this could be the story of the year.”

“So, you’ll ruin a woman’s life for ‘the story of the year.’ Great.”

“Lighten up, Ace. You know me better than that. Since when have I ever ruined anyone’s life? I’ve already told you. I’ll make her look like the patron saint of amputees.”

Ace unfolded his body from the couch and clucked his tongue. “Wow. You still don’t get it, do you? It doesn’t matter that you’re not one of those hacks from some gossip rag. For Lyn, no publicity is good publicity. All she wants is to be left alone. Why can’t you respect that?”

“Because it’s stupid.” He flipped open the flaps.

“Says you.”

Doug pointed a finger in Ace’s direction. “Good comeback. You got me there. But guess what? You haven’t changed my mind.”

He pulled out the sleek black laptop and wireless device sitting inside. Time to power up this sucker. He wanted to start recording his perceptions and the details of today’s events while they were still fresh in his mind.

“Oh, now I get it,” Ace retorted. “You didn’t just lose your arm in that Humvee accident. You lost your soul too.”

He looked up from his new box of toys and offered a joyless grin. “I’m a reporter, Ace. We have no souls.”

“You did. Before Afghanistan. The Doug Sawyer I used to know wouldn’t sell out like this.”

“I’m not selling out. I’m writing a great story about a great woman. It’ll put this little mountain and Ski-Hab on the public’s radar. Let everyone know about what goes on here, which in turn, could mean lots of donations to keep the program running. What’s so horrible about that?”

“Because it’s not what she wants. It’s her life, her story.

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