The Lonely Apprentice (The Lonely Girl Series Book 1) by Autumn Skye

Author:Autumn Skye [Skye, Autumn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Nadine

That little vixen. She arrived little more than an hour ago, and there she was frolicking around my pool wearing the sexiest swim suit I’d ever seen, so sexy I couldn’t see the point of her wearing anything at all. Yes, that was an exaggeration. The suit wasn’t all that skimpy, at least not by some standards. I’d seen models wearing less, even those modeling my own summer line. It was her body so perfectly accentuated that made her exquisite to watch, or spy on if I were completely honest. Her long lean legs and her creamy thighs, along with her firm breasts about to fall out of that top, were captivating. Her presence was uncomfortable, unbearable to me. She couldn’t be here. This couldn’t work.

“Why don’t you put on a suit and go out to say hello? Shouldn’t you two be getting to know each other better?” Eva asked.

I jumped, startled at being discovered peeking out the patio doors, spying on our new addition to the household. Why should I be worried about being accused of voyeurism in my own damned house anyway? Shouldn’t I be allowed to look where ever I want? There was a reason I rarely opened my doors to strangers. I hadn’t said one word to the girl yet and already I wanted things back to the way they were before she’d come. I’d wanted to be alone. That’s all I wanted.

So why did you invite her to move in, dumbass, I chastised myself.

“I have work to do,” I said in a sullen voice.

“You gave her the day off. Give yourself a break, too.”

“I don’t take days off.”

“I bet you wouldn’t be so cranky if you did.” Eva’s words were muttered under her breath, but I heard them loud and clear. I chose not to challenge her because I knew she never said anything she didn’t believe I needed to hear.

“Go on, Nadine. Talk business if you like, but get out there and get some sun. You’re horribly pale.”

“You’ve told me a hundred times. I’m pale and thin. I’ve got it. I’m hideous to look at.”

“I never said any such thing.”

“If I go out there will you shut up and get back to work? This house won’t clean itself.”

“I will.”

With a begrudged compliance, I went up to my room and slipped into a white one piece suit. Delia was lying in a lounge chair sipping a glass of what appeared to be iced tea when I exited the patio doors. Not the the type to get pushed into anything, I had to admit that some part of me felt compelled to be near her, despite what a mistake it probably was.

“Hello, Delia, are you doing okay?”

“Everything is fine, Nadine. Thanks for asking,” she said, putting a hand up to shade her eyes from the Texas sun as she looked up at me.

I didn’t ask if she minded that I join her before easing myself into the lounge chair next to hers. I refused to let her presence reduce me to asking permission for anything in my own home.

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