Swept Away by the Enigmatic Tycoon by Rosanna Battigelli

Author:Rosanna Battigelli
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-06T19:51:42+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

JUSTINE COULDN’T STOP thinking about Casson’s guests. They were obviously very good friends, judging from his use of their nicknames. Veronica—Justine couldn’t bring herself to call her Ronnie—was very pretty, confident, and seemed the type to say what she wanted to say. And from what she could see Andy was a polite little boy who had been taught good social skills.

It was obvious he loved “Cass.” And for him to have developed a relationship with Casson they must have spent a lot of time together. Which meant Casson had spent even more time with his mother.

Justine felt something jab at her insides. She stopped and brushed the remnants of beach sand from her legs. What did she expect? That a gorgeous, successful entrepreneur like Casson Forrester would be unattached? And why should she care?

His intentions were not on par with hers when it came to Winter’s Haven. She shouldn’t even be trusting him, given his manipulative way of getting himself onto her property. And after Robert’s infidelity she’d vowed she wouldn’t offer her trust to any other man so easily in the future.

But you trusted Casson to stay over in case Robert came back...

Yes, she had. And he had comforted her too. Made her breakfast at his place. Kissed her. And while he had been doing all those things Justine had forgotten what Casson was really here for.

Justine reached the house and went up to shower. She had spent more time than she’d originally planned on the beach. After a refreshing swim in the bay she had dried off on the chaise lounge and drifted to sleep, listening to the waves lap against the shore.

Now she towel-dried her hair and slipped into a pair of white denim shorts and a flowered halter top. She went down to the kitchen and grabbed a lemon-lime soda, and decided to make herself a tuna and tomato sandwich on walnut bread.

She checked the clock. She had a feeling it was going to be a long evening and night.

After finishing her sandwich, she went out to water her vegetable and flower gardens with the hose that was connected to a pump in the bay. Ordinarily she loved doing this—it was part of her morning and evening routine—but tonight she did it perfunctorily, lost in her thoughts.

A sudden bark startled her and she turned. Casson jumped back and Luna skittered away, barking at the offending spray of water. Justine dropped the hose and stared at Casson helplessly as he pinched his drenched shirt and pulled it away from his chest.

“I’m so sorry,” she told him.

Luna came bounding toward her, now that she had relinquished her water weapon, and Justine patted her and glanced edgewise at Casson.

“I can get you a towel...” she offered contritely.

“If you insist,” he drawled. “The funny thing is, I was coming to see you about getting a couple of extra towels for Ronnie and Andy. I was supposed to go back to the office earlier for some, but Ronnie and I got to talking, and then once Andy had a rest we spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach.

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