Sweet Berries (Cambric Creek: Sweet & Steamy Monster Romance Book 2) by C.M. Nascosta

Author:C.M. Nascosta [Nascosta, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Meduas Editoriale
Published: 2022-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

In . . . two . . . three . . .

She held the slowly inhaled breath for several beats, attempting to focus on the still air, thick with the day’s heat, and the encroaching twilight. The sun had blazed across the sky for a second afternoon, giving a perfect excuse for the little slip dress she wore, probably too revealing for the workplace, she considered, once again thankful for the lack of an HR department, but easily overlooked with the balmy weather. It had nothing to do with the farm’s evening visitor.

Out . . . two . . . three . . .

“What are you still hanging around for? I can give you a lift if you’re having car trouble?”

The sky was a wash of violet, thready fingers of pale pink slowly receding as the sun sank into the trees. Brogan’s hulking form cast a wide shadow in the dying light, completely engulfing the outline of her own on the gravel.

She turned, giving the big minotaur a smile before shaking her head. “No, I’m not stranded . . . but thank you.”

“Working late?”

"I . . . need to talk with Cal. I booked a last-minute wedding today and it’s coming up fast, so it might be all hands on deck getting things ready for a few days."

As soon as the words were out, Callum's voice rose stridently, cutting across the distant field and interrupting the serene chirping of the crickets. This was the fourth or fifth time he'd done so, and she could only imagine the aggravation with which the terse centaur argued his point, whatever it may have been. The low hum of Merrick's deep voice could not be heard from this distance, and she suspected that even if he deigned to shout back at the centaur, which she couldn't imagine the soft-spoken moth doing, the sound would still be too low to hear.

Behind her, Brogan snorted. “Can’t imagine he’s going to be in a chatty mood after this. These lab types always think they know more than anyone else . . . What are we going to need for this, the hall barn? I’ll have a few of the boys empty it out first thing in the morning, shouldn’t take too long. The banquet tables are still in there, you just need to tell them what you want left. Are you going to want the floors rewaxed?”

Grace breathed a small sigh of relief, turning to her big co-worker with a smile. They had all been somewhat perplexed when she’d started, unsure of what her role would be and if it would mean changes for everyone, and it had, to some extent. Everyone’s position became somewhat public-facing as she booked in school tours and bus trips, agri-tourism being a growing sector of the burgeoning lifestyle business. They’d had to hire more employees, had requisitioned one of the barns as a rental hall, a construction project that extended it and made it gleam, comfortably able to hold a medium-sized wedding reception.

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