Once in a Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge

Author:Eileen Goudge [Goudge, Eileen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Vanguard Press
Published: 2011-10-02T21:07:04+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“YOU’RE SURE YOU’RE ALL RIGHT?” Grant eyed Lindsay across the Monopoly board.

“Of course. I won, didn’t I?” She held up a fistful of colored bills.

“I wasn’t referring to that.” He directed a meaningful glance at the darkened hallway down which Kerrie Ann had retreated a short while ago. The house was quiet; there was only the crackling of logs in the fireplace and gentle snoring of Chester at their feet.

“Oh.” Her shoulders rolled in a small, resigned shrug. “You think I’m upset because my sister went for a walk with Ollie?”

“You said it, not me.”

She sighed and began sorting the pink, blue, and yellow bills into their proper receptacles. “Okay, maybe I was a little upset. I know Ollie’s a big boy and that he doesn’t need anyone to look out for him, but I can’t help feeling responsible to a certain extent. After all, I’m the one who threw them together. And the way my sister prances around half-dressed . . .” Lindsay crammed the last of the bills into the box with more force than was necessary. “Of course he’s going to be drooling over her—what man wouldn’t be?”

“I can think of at least one.”

She brought her gaze back to Grant. This was the first chance they’d had to talk, other than the banter exchanged at the dinner table and over the game. With a small stab of guilt, she realized she’d scarcely given him a thought all evening. Odd, she thought, when until now it had seemed as if all she could do was complain about the fact that they didn’t see each other as often as she would like. She smiled at him and reached for his hand.

“I appreciate your loyalty,” she said, “but I also happen to know that my sister’s not your type.”

Grant was too much a gentleman to say anything critical of Kerrie Ann, though his feelings were evident in the elaborate courtesy with which he treated her, the same that he showed Miss Honi and others whom he considered less cultured or intelligent than he. “How could she be when I have eyes for only one woman?” he said, his navy-blue eyes crinkling.

She played along: “I wonder who that could be.”

“Oh, that’s easy—she happens to be sitting in front of me.” He laced his fingers through hers. “And while we’re on the subject, may I remind you that it’s been some time since we’ve shared more than a nightcap?” He glanced once more toward the darkened hallway.

“It might be awkward with my sister sleeping a few feet away.”

“There’s always my place,” he reminded her.

Lindsay smiled seductively. “Just name the date.”

“How about next weekend?”

“Sounds good.”

He frowned. “Wait—no. Friday I’m flying to Seattle for a deposition, and I’ll probably have to overnight it.”

“Are you free on Sunday?”

“Sadly, no. I have my cousin Daryl visiting from out of town.”

“You don’t want me to meet your cousin?”

Grant shook his head, wearing a long-suffering look. “Believe me, I’m sparing you. Daryl’s a nice guy, but all

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