The Highlander's Hope by Cali MacKay

Author:Cali MacKay [MacKay, Cali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Cali MacKay
Published: 2012-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Iain listened to Mrs. Gordon tell her stories as they waited for the kettle to boil and the tea to steep. He’d heard the stories before, but now he was listening to the details with renewed interest, asking questions and doing his best to remember it all so he could return to Cat with the information he’d gathered.

Despite not knowing Cat long, he already knew how her face would light up as he relayed the stories, knew how she’d vibrate with that contagious energy and enthusiasm. No, he may not know all the little details of her life, but what he did know was the heart of her.

Mrs. Gordon had stopped talking at some point and now stood there looking at him with an all too knowing look on her face that spelled nothing but trouble for him. “So, the rumors are true then. I would have sworn on my life that they weren’t. After all, ye’ve ne’er been one to fall for a lass—at least not longer than a week or two.”

“Mrs. Gordon, that’s not true.”

She made a face. “Don’t lie to me, Iain. I’ve ye known ye since ye were in nappies, and ye’ve had no more love or interest in those other women past dipping yer wick.”

Mortified, Iain knew his face must be scarlet. “So what are the rumors saying then? Surely nothing that’s true. Ye know better than to pay them any heed.”

“Aye, I’d normally agree with ye. But now that I’ve seen ye? I’d ne’er have believed it if not for my own two eyes. Ye’re in love, Iain MacCraigh.” She smiled at him. “I only wish yer Ma had gotten the chance to see it. She always hoped ye’d find some happiness, and will rest easier now, bless her soul.”

“I wish it were the case, since it breaks my heart to disappoint you and my dead mother, but ye’re mistaken. I think Cat’s lovely, but I am telling ye now—I’m not in love.”

“Och, aye. If ye say so.”

The blank look on her face made Iain want to curse and had his back going up. “I barely know her.”

“Do ye now?” Her raised eyebrows and questioning glare made him feel like he was seven again after being caught fibbing about stealing a cake before tea. “Ye can try lying to me and to yerself, but I don’t need yer words to tell me the truth.”

Desperately needing to change the subject, he pulled out his wallet and grabbed his assistant’s business card. “Ye haven’t been away in ages. I want ye to go pay yer sister a visit for a few weeks—on me. Call Grant. He’ll set ye up with a flight and spending money.”

She was already shaking her head no. “She’s all the way in Spain. It’s too expensive, Iain.”

“It’s not too expensive, considering all ye do for us. I insist.” The last thing he needed was for her to get stuck in the cross-fire with all that was happening, and with strangers wandering about hitting people over the head, he couldn’t take the risk.

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