She's the Boss by Katie Kenyhercz

Author:Katie Kenyhercz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, contemporary
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2013-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

He looked up to see the petite figure of a little girl walking carefully down the stone steps toward him — one step at a time. She was dressed in a bright yellow summer dress, billowing out from her hips and reaching just below her knees. A single, printed blue flower on her chest added a colorful touch, and her hair was pinned back with a collection of decorative floral pins.

At her heels followed two large Beaucerons, their pink tongues lolling from the side of their mouths in the heat. She came to a stop next to his vehicle. Alain leaned forward, tilting his head to look at her from under the Maserati’s low roofline.

“You’re Alain,” she said with remarkable assertiveness for her age.

“Correct. And you must be Mia.” He smiled, wondering where this was going.

“And you’re visiting us?” she asked keenly.

“Yes, I am. Your mother invited me for dinner.”

“Oh, yes, now I remember.”

Alain waited patiently for her next prompt. She knitted a little frown, suddenly considering something important.

“I’ll control the dogs. They can bite, you know.” Her head bobbed to stress the importance of the situation.

“Thank you. We definitely don’t want that to happen.” The Beaucerons were watching, lying panting and uninterested in the heat.

“I’ll show you,” she announced with enthusiasm and turned to the two dogs. One hand on her hip, assuming the position of a strict schoolteacher, she raised a little index finger in the air.

“Sit, Romeo, sit!” she exclaimed in a commanding voice, bending forward at the hips to emphasize the command. Romeo sat up obediently and tilted his giant head sideways, waiting for her next command. With equal success, she repeated the same instruction to the bitch, Juliet. She turned to Alain, her head raised high with the satisfaction of her accomplishment. “See, they listen to me.”

“I’m impressed,” he nodded approvingly. “Is it safe to get out of the car now?”

Several affirmative nods assured his safety. Alain removed a wooden crate of rosé wine from the trunk and turned to see Rachel waiting at the front door, smiling down at them. The late sun touched her hair and the spaghetti strap dress caressed her figure with a sensual promise.

“You’ve been watching us,” Alain complained, climbing the steps. “Left me hanging in the wind out there.” He kissed her cheek and willed himself not to nip her ear. At the brief touch of his lips against her skin, he took in the sensual aroma of perfume.

“You did just fine.”

Rachel turned, and Alain followed her to the back garden where Arianne was watching over Iain frolicking in the swimming pool. They moved to the arrangement of comfortable, pillowed deck chairs in the shade of the covered porch and sat down.

Iain noticed Alain and, suddenly losing all interest in swimming, he ran up to Alain, wet and shivering from spending the afternoon in the pool.

“Did you bring the Arati?” he asked wide-eyed, his teeth clattering uncontrollably.

Alain grabbed a dry towel and pulled the shivering body closer. Drying him vigorously, he replied, “Yeah, I brought the ‘Arati.

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