Redemption Bay_Contemporary Romance by RaeAnne Thayne

Author:RaeAnne Thayne [Thayne, RaeAnne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, contemporary, fiction, Haven Point Series, Second-Chances, Memories, Mayor, hometown, Factory, Economy, Animosity, Healing
ISBN: 9781460382141
Google: n-0_BgAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 23492275
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2015-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

MULTIPLE CHILDREN WERE outside his window—and by the sound of the shrieks and cries, somebody was being tortured with chains, cudgels or possibly kitchen implements.

Ben glanced out the window and saw two blond boys chasing each other around the yard next door, with Rika in hot pursuit. He watched for a moment but nobody seemed to be in imminent danger. He couldn’t tell whether Rika or the boys were enjoying themselves more. Satisfied he didn’t need to call in the paramedics, Ben finished the email to his executive assistant, hit Send and closed his laptop.

The day had been remarkably productive. He had finished a half-dozen projects on his to-do list for weeks and had even managed to fit in a conference call with Aidan and their marketing director overseeing a product launch for a new productivity app Aidan had developed over the holidays. Ben fully expected it to be another home run for Caine Tech—hence the need for a new facility as soon as possible.

Aidan had been right, as usual. Ben had needed a vacation, even if the unlikely destination was Haven Point. That morning, he and Hondo had gone hiking across the lake to Mt. Kisomma, the highest peak in the Redemption Mountain Range—named for the Blackfoot word for sun. They had been the only ones on the trail at daybreak and had hiked back into a beautiful glacial lake surrounded by towering granite peaks.

All in all, not something he would have done in San Jose, though he did enjoy the sea and surf and natural beauty of his adopted state.

He had come back to the rental brimming with possibilities to supplement the ideas the marketing director had for the product launch and had spent the past few hours fine-tuning everything.

He put in very long hours in California, usually up before the sun rose and not leaving the Caine Tech offices until ten or eleven at night, with very little leisure time.

He had designed his life that way on purpose. He loved his work, loved knowing his contribution mattered. Ben knew his dedication was an effort to silence the voice in his head that, not surprisingly, sounded just like his father—the one that insisted loudly and vociferously that he was worthless, that he was a waste of air, that he would never amount to anything.

He hadn’t really believed those things in a long time—even before he and Aidan had created their first million-dollar idea together. The insistent voice was still there, though, pushing him on. That was probably why he hadn’t yet learned to slow down a little, to relax and enjoy the fruits of all their hard work.

He was trying, though. After Aidan’s health scare last year and then Marshall’s death from a heart attack, Ben knew his single-minded focus on work wasn’t healthy. He needed to take these little breaks from the office, even if he was ostensibly mixing business with recreation.

Hondo went to the door and whined with a pathetic sort of look.

“Do

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