Sam and Evie - A Lost Highlander Novella by Cayman Cassidy

Author:Cayman, Cassidy [Cayman, Cassidy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Love Story
Publisher: Little Black Cat
Published: 2014-04-14T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Sam was extremely pleased with himself after his performance on the phone with Evelyn. He even high fived Magnus’s tiny curled up fist, telling his son he deserved a BAFTA award for his smooth lies, then instantly warned the lad never to lie to his mother. Still, he needed her to feel good and confident that he didn’t remember anything about the night before. It would be just like Evelyn to pretend nothing had happened and he would use that to his advantage.

He couldn’t keep from smiling as he hustled through the last of the inventory, foisting a good bit of it onto his overworked employee as he left early again. He promised Jeremy he would be back on his game soon, thanked him profusely and told him to order some food using money from the cash register, then left before he gave the kid a pay rise he couldn’t afford.

During the ride home he sang to Magnus, reaching around and joggling the car seat if his eyes began to drift shut. He’d kept him awake the whole afternoon so he would go to sleep as soon as they got home, then he and Evelyn could have some alone time. He’d put in one of his ancient dvds and then make his move as soon as she got cozy on the couch.

“Sorry, Mags, old chap, but if you want your mummy and da to stay together, you need to stay awake a wee bit longer.”

His mood dampened slightly when he found that Evelyn had the table strewn with papers and was apparently doing some sort of complicated math. She looked up at him and blinked several times as if she weren’t sure of who she was looking at, then jumped up and took the baby. Magnus immediately started fussing.

“Didn’t he nap?” she asked, glowering at Sam as if it was his fault.

Which it was, he reminded himself. He recognized the sounds Magnus was making as the beginning of a major meltdown and hurriedly fixed him a bottle, which he fitfully took as if he hadn’t eaten all day.

“I fed him,” he said before she could accuse him of not only sleep depriving their son but starving him too. “I don’t know what he’s so worked up about.”

His own frustration level rose. He needed to get things back on track to the relaxed, hopefully romantic evening he had planned. He took the pan of lasagna out of the fridge, unable to stop the feeling of foreboding that passed over him, as if the meal was somehow cursed.

“I’m taking a job,” she said abruptly and he turned to look at her, unsure why she should look so apprehensive.

“That’s wonderful,” he said. So much of her satisfaction came from working. He knew it was hard on her not being able to get a job in the village, and she was too proud to take Piper’s money, though she certainly earned it with all the time she spent up at the castle. He

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