Snowed in with the Reluctant Tycoon by Nina Singh

Author:Nina Singh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

CARLI TOSSED AND TURNED. Her bedside clock said it was 12:30 a.m. This was the same bed she’d slept in as a teenager. Right in this very room. She was never uncomfortable here. Not even during all those years of dramatic teenage anguish. But tonight was a different story. She couldn’t find a comfortable position. And she couldn’t seem to fall asleep.

Her thoughts kept returning to the man about three blocks away at the Sailor’s Inn Bed and Breakfast. Was he fast asleep as was likely at this hour? Or was there a chance he was thinking about her?

He’d seemed genuinely interested in her artwork. But she wasn’t quite ready to talk about that yet.

She needed sleep. But it was no use. Huffing out a breath, Carli got out of bed and put on her slippers. She walked over to the window and lifted the blind. She could see the rooftop of the B and B from where she stood. From there, her imagination took over. She thought of Justin in his bed, under the covers. A man like him probably slept with only pajama bottoms. Or nothing at all.

She sucked in a breath at that thought and tried to force the image out of her head.

This was the closest she’d ever come to fantasizing about a real actual man in her life. Not even with ex-boyfriends had she done such a thing. But here she was, in the dead of night, unable to get Justin Hammond out of her mind. A curse escaped her lips on a whisper. Damn him for kissing her the way he did. And damn her for responding. What a mistake. She should have never gotten playful with him in the first place. Why, oh, why hadn’t she just said hello to her nephew and then walked away when she’d seen him in the town square? If only she could go back in time and stop herself from throwing that snowball.

It was such a ridiculous thing to wish for that she couldn’t help but laugh. To think, an ill-timed snowball fight had led to such turmoil within her. She would have happily gone on with her life, admiring Justin from afar. But now there was no turning back from the line she had crossed. And that’s exactly what she’d done—crossed a line.

Well, maybe there was no turning back time or rectifying the mistake she had made. But she could certainly vow to be more cautious in the future. From now on, for the week or so that she and Justin were in Westerson, she would be the utmost professional. She wasn’t one of those women to wallow in her mistakes, but she certainly made sure to learn from them.

Starting tomorrow morning, Justin would see nothing but the serious and accomplished career woman that she was. She’d make sure to steer the conversation toward business matters and details surrounding the store and its operations.

She just had to figure out how to do that exactly, while baking Christmas cookies with the man all day.

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