Restless Heart by Rhonda Laurel

Author:Rhonda Laurel [Laurel, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 978-1-947135-54-3
Publisher: Etopia Press
Published: 2018-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

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Austin hadn’t wanted Savannah to go, but he knew he wouldn’t be very chatty tonight with Sunrise being sick. The vet said the next twenty-four hours would be critical, and he wanted to be there.

Sending her away had been tough however. She’d looked so stunning today in a pair of jeans and a pretty jade-colored blouse. Blue was as adorable as she’d described. Although, Blue looked more spoiled than ferocious, Austin liked knowing she had a guard dog of sorts watching over her.

Sunrise had finally simmered down, so he sent Bobby to the living quarters to get some rest. He’d tough it out in the office. There was always plenty of paperwork to do. Maybe he’d be able to catch up with Logan if he wasn’t busy. He hoped his little brother’s talk with Megan about moving in together went well. The football season was winding down and that meant his little brother was figuring out how to spend his downtime with Megan.

The sound of his stomach grumbling was loud enough to startle him. He’d planned on asking Savannah to have dinner with him at his house tonight, but now that was out of the question. He had two primo steaks marinating in his fridge for nothing. Perhaps there was something else in the fridge he could snack on instead. He walked over and opened the icebox to find a turkey sandwich. He heard a bark. He walked out of the stall to find Blue coming his way.

“Blue.” He gave him a good pat. “You’re back. Forget something?”

Savannah rounded the corner and smiled at him. “We talked it over and thought it would be in poor taste to let you suffer alone.”

“Well, Bobby and a few of the staff are still on duty.”

“Yeah? Did they bring you Chinese food?”

“No.” He grinned. “They did not.”

“Good.” She flashed a satisfied smile. “There’s no reason we can’t mix business with pleasure.”

“Pardon me?”

“We can chat while we keep an eye on S-sunrise,” she stammered.

“Let me get washed up. We can eat in my office.” He smiled at her falling over her words.

A half hour later, they were sitting on the couch sharing food and trading stories. He liked talking to her. She was witty, well-informed but didn’t take herself too seriously. She could rattle off sports statistics, postulate about scientific theories, but she wasn’t ashamed to admit some of her favorite shows were animated, sarcasm-laced adult cartoons.

He took another bit of lo mien. “So how’s the story going?”

“I’ve interviewed some people who all have nothing but good things to say about you. Well, the women anyway.” She put some mu shu pork into her mouth with her chopsticks.

“It goes without saying you are loved in this town. I’d still like to know more about you.” She paused, eyeing him curiously. “You’re very comfortable in this office. I bet I can tell a lot of things about you just by looking around this room.”

He was amused by her confidence. “Be my guest.”

She put her food container down and strolled around the room.

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