Twice in a Blue Moon by Laura Drake

Author:Laura Drake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

ATCLOSINGTIMEa week later, Indigo looked up from her computer. Danovan once more stood at her office door, wearing jeans, a tight T-shirt and a hopeful look.

“Hi,” she said then went back to typing an email to a potential customer who’d asked about their Harvest Moon Cab.

“We need to go to the fair.”

“Hang on one second.” She typed her name at the bottom, proofread the email and hit Send. “Now, what were you saying?” She logged out of email and shut down the computer.

“Are you available tonight?”

“Tonight?” Her heart revved.

Smiling, he nodded.

After his revelation last week, the uneasiness between them had lessened. Well, business-wise, anyway. Like horses in harness, they were getting used to pulling together. They’d mowed their way through the should-have-been-done-long-ago list and were working on the should-have-been-done-yesterday one.

And she was beginning to feel comfortable with her duties in the vineyard, too. Not so with her sales duties. She’d signed the Judas photo of her and Harry on the Oscars red carpet and dropped it in the mail to Bernard. She felt like a coward, but she wasn’t strong enough to deliver it in person and watch him fawn over it. As much as they needed the business, she half hoped he wouldn’t place another order. The thought of walking into that restaurant again made her stomach burn.

“Well?” Danovan shrugged.

She tilted her head and narrowed her eyes. “Danovan DiCarlo, are you asking me out on a date?”

“Nope. This is work. The Santa Maria County Fair hosts the Central Valley Wine Competition every year. The entries had to be sent in months before you took over The Widow, so we’re not entered, but we need to scope out the competition.” He leaned against the jamb and put his hands in his pockets. “But if you want to ride the Ferris wheel, I could probably be talked into it.” He glanced out her window, then to the dog bed under it—anywhere but at her.

She’d never seen him shy before. He was always so in control and sure of himself. “Fine. As long as it’s not a date.”

“It’s not.” His smile was slow and deadly. “If you don’t want it to be.”

She wasn’t sure of anything with this man. But her heart gave a silly skip anyway. She really did love county fairs. “It’s going to cost you. I haven’t had cotton candy in ages.”

“I think I can handle that.”

“Okay, but it’ll be a few minutes. I need to feed Barney, let him out, then change.”

* * *

THESUNHADjust set when they stepped out of Danovan’s Land Rover and walked across the parking lot of the Santa Maria County Fairgrounds. When they reached the admission booth, she pulled out her cash.

“I’ve got this.” Danovan reached for his back pocket.

She touched his forearm to stop him. “Not a date, remember?” She stepped to the window. “Besides, this is a business write-off.”

Grumbling under his breath, he accepted the event pamphlet from the ticket taker, and they stepped through the turnstiles. Once inside, he stopped to study the map.

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