Seducing My Dad's Best Friend by Cassandra Dee

Author:Cassandra Dee [Dee, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cassandra Dee Romance

10

Max

Our food arrives, and we dig in, the conversation dying down a bit. In the middle of her lobster roll, Rachel looks up and blinks.

“Do you ever miss being in one place? After a lifetime of travel, do you think you could settle down?”

Wow, that’s a big question, but this woman already means a lot to me, and she deserves an honest answer. I sit back from the table for a moment and just look at her pretty features. “I don’t know. I never did, at least not until recently. The Max Wyndham brand has been around for a while now, and it’s pretty established. I don’t have to hustle the way I used to, that’s for sure.”

Rachel nods, her eyes wide.

“Of course, everyone knows you, even people not in the beauty industry. You’re huge, Uncle Max!”

I nod.

“Yeah, and it keeps me on my toes. I have a deal with Sephora where I need to do an appearance whenever they open a new store.”

Rachel gasps, her brown eyes wide.

“But there are so many Sephoras, and they’re always opening new locations all over the world!”

I nod ruefully.

“Exactly. And they’re opening retail centers in far-flung locations like Iceland and Kazakhstan these days, so as you can guess, I’m in the air more often than I am on land some months. But it is what it is, and I’m grateful for the opportunity. It just wears on me sometimes,” I acknowledge. “Does that make sense?”

Rachel shoots me a thoughtful look and my heart contracts for a moment. Her opinion matters to me, and I wait with bated breath to hear her response.

“I think I do. Uncle Max. Or at least, as much as I’m able.”

I grin and exhale with relief. We really connect, even if the curvy brunette is decades younger. I nod.

“I think your dad gets it too. Maurice knows I’m sick of glitz and glamour, and the little cottage here is exactly what I need. No celebrities, no paparazzi, and no crushing pressure. It’s just the sun, sand, sea, and a beautiful woman too.”

Rachel’s cheeks blush and she’s so gorgeous that the breath catches in my throat. Is she part of the reason I’m ready to slow down? Is she influencing this decision in any way? Of course, I was already contemplating pulling back from the business before, but now, has it taken on a new urgency?

But I want to talk about Rachel too.

“How about you, honey? What’s going on in your life? How is Birthing Babies coming along?”

The curvy brunette lets out a peal of laughter.

“Well, glitz and glamour are certainly not in the vocabulary I would use to describe my work, that’s for sure.”

“So tell me about it,” I invite.

She sighs.

“Well, I love my job, to be honest. I cater to women who want home births. I don’t know if you’ve ever been unfortunate enough to go to a NYC hospital with any sort of emergency, but it’s like herding cattle through a chute. There’s nothing natural or holistic about it because you just feel like you’re a small mite in a huge industrial operation.

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