Secrets of Riverside by Mandy Magro

Author:Mandy Magro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQ Fiction
Published: 2024-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

10

The rest of the week flew by, and Sunday arrived in glorious tropical fashion, with a gentle breeze and powdery blue sky. It was her first day off since starting on Monday, and Millie was determined to make the most of it. Her motel room was being repainted, along with a few of the others, so she was calling the homestead home for the day, and possibly even the night if the fumes were too strong. Curled up on the day bed on Jarrah’s back verandah, with a paperback from his bookshelf in her hands, she decided to read one last page of the edge-of-her-seat thriller before heading inside to make a coffee.

She’d awoken after an early bedtime, feeling rested – in spite of the fact that her monthlies had arrived two days early – and ravenous; and not only for the sustenance of food. However, not wanting her attraction to Jarrah to be obvious, she’d pushed her longing to the side, and done her best to get on with her morning by stuffing her face with way too many carbs. She’d had to do something to deter one half of her cravings. The other half, she’d never satisfy – Jarrah King was way out of bounds. She was well aware of the number one rule of Riverside Acres, and she wasn’t about to step over any threshold to break it. She needed to be here. Getting herself fired by Tommy was not an option. She knew he wouldn’t blink an eyelid if he had to. In fact, he’d likely enjoy every second of it. She wasn’t going to give the brooding, and in her firm opinion spoilt-brat eighteen-year-old the chance, or the satisfaction.

Placing the colourful feather that she’d found on her way over there between the pages she was up to, she closed the novel and glanced up at the picturesque view. Jarrah hadn’t been there when she’d arrived just after eight, which she’d expected, but she still had him within her sights, just up the rise, working in the top paddock with one of the agisted horses. He’d mentioned this particular gelding had been mistreated, and its new owner was paying to have him learn that some humans could be trusted. Jarrah was certainly the right man for the job – it hadn’t taken her, a woman who trusted almost no one, long to trust him. Even though she couldn’t make out his handsome face from her vantage point, she identified his broad-shouldered frame and soaring height. And the way he moved, so confidently, so patiently, she knew it was him. But she couldn’t just sit here and perv all day. She needed to stretch her legs, and a double-shot espresso wasn’t going to go astray either.

Crossing the back verandah, past where Scruff was having a kip on his hammock bed, she felt the cool floorboards creak beneath her bare feet as she stepped into the homestead. As she passed through the laundry and padded down the hallway, the sense that she didn’t belong in here crashed over her.

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