Nowhere to Hide by Raeanne Thayne

Author:Raeanne Thayne [Thayne, Raeanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense
ISBN: 9780373273348
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2003-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

After Gage’s brother left, Allie fought the urge to dump the lunch dishes all over her stubborn employer’s lap.

What on earth was wrong with the man?

He had a family close by—a mother and a brother, anyway—and he hadn’t even bothered to let them know he was injured and needed help. Allie couldn’t even contemplate it. From what she had overheard, it sounded as if they didn’t even know he’d taken an assignment in Utah.

It wasn’t fair. In the past year she would have given anything to have a family to lean on during her custody battle with Jaime’s parents. And here was blasted stubborn Gage McKinnon, who apparently had a family ready and willing—eager, even—to help him during his time of need and he just shoved them away.

She wanted to smack some sense into his big, stupid head.

It wasn’t her business, she reminded herself. She was just the hired help. If he wanted to keep the whole world at arm’s length, he certainly had that right.

That didn’t stop her from wanting to give him a good piece of her mind. With effort she chomped hard on her tongue to keep her words in check while she finished piling everything onto the tray, aware of Gage watching her brisk movements, his expression closed, as usual.

“I wanted to do some of my exercises,” he said just as she headed for the kitchen with the dishes. “After you’re done with those, do you think you might have a minute to help me?”

She drew in a breath and reined in her temper, knowing how much he hated to ask for anything. “Sure. The girls have finished their lunch and are going over to play at Jessica’s house for a while.”

By the time she loaded the lunch dishes into the dishwasher and returned to his room, some of her anger had faded. She couldn’t know the dynamics of his family. Maybe he had good reason for keeping them in the dark about his life.

His brother had seemed a decent enough sort, though. Very nice, with a smile she had to admit had been charming and easygoing. Wyatt must have gotten all the charm in the family.

She glanced at Gage, who had transferred to the bed in preparation for their home therapy session and was now stretched out, his long body nearly hanging off the bed. Okay, maybe Wyatt had a smile that was something spectacular, but she had to admit he certainly didn’t make her weak-kneed and jittery the way his brother did.

Whatever else might be amiss in the McKinnon family, they certainly had some fine genes to turn out two such very sexy male specimens.

She smiled a little at the thought and then felt the heat of Gage glaring at her. “What?”

“You could at least pretend you don’t enjoy these little torture sessions,” he growled.

She couldn’t help laughing at his disgruntled tone. “What’s not to enjoy? You’re so cheerful to work with.”

He made a face and she took pity on him and told him the truth.

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