Undressed by the Boss (Mills & Boon By Request) by Marsh Susan & Cleary Nicola & Stephens Anna

Author:Marsh, Susan & Cleary, Nicola & Stephens, Anna [Marsh, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781408922538
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd
Published: 2011-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

‘WHAT’S going on?’

Beth stopped chopping onions and dashed a hand across her teary eyes, squinting at her cousin propped in the kitchen doorway.

‘I’m making you my world-famous lasagne, that’s what. Personally, I think you’re taking this whole invalid thing a tad far. I’m betting you ditch the crutches the moment I’m out the door and dance around here naked.’

Lana quirked an eyebrow and stared down at her baggy brown cords, shapeless beige sweater and Doc Martens, her usual daggy stay-at-home garb. ‘You think?’

Beth laughed, wishing Lana would let her spice up her wardrobe a little. It might help her to loosen up, act her age, have a little fun, maybe go the whole hog and find a guy. ‘Well, maybe not. Now, vamoose. You have a master chef at work here.’

Lana shook her head and hobbled towards the breakfast bar. ‘Sorry. Not leaving till you tell me what’s up.’

‘All this lazing around has given you an overactive imagination. There’s nothing wrong.’

Beth resumed dicing, needing to keep her hands busy and her mind focussed on getting the recipe just right; anything to keep her mind off the extremely X-rated fantasies—though they could officially be classed as memories now—of Aidan.

Lana picked up a wooden spoon and banged it on the side of a stainless-steel cookie container. ‘Spill it. You only ever make lasagne as comfort food, so give over. Something’s wrong.’

Turning away from Lana’s probing stare, Beth winced at what she was about to do.

Considering her cousin would have to work with Aidan once her ankle healed, it was only fair she told her the truth. Besides, Lana had been her confidante, best friend and sister rolled into one for ever and she was busting to tell her what had gone down—literally—with Aidan.

Rinsing her hands under the cold tap and drying off, she turned to face Lana, drew out a kitchen chair and pointed to it.

‘You better sit down. I have a feeling you’re going to need to when you finish hearing this.’

Concern crossed Lana’s face in an instant. ‘Are you okay? It’s nothing serious?’

Gnawing at her bottom lip, she dropped into the chair opposite Lana and said, ‘Depends on your definition of serious. If you think sleeping with the boss is serious, well, then, it’s—’

‘You did what?’

Lana sat bolt upright so quickly one of her crutches toppled and slammed against the floor with a bang.

‘It’s no big deal, really,’ Beth hurried on, more than a little intimidated by the appalled look on her cousin’s face. ‘We’ve had this flirting thing going on from the start and we kinda got carried away after that fund-raiser and—’

Lana shook her head and held up her hands. ‘Whoa! Tell me this is yet another example of your warped sense of humour. Tell me you didn’t really sleep with Aidan Voss.’

Beth tried to keep a straight face and failed. She couldn’t, because the instant Lana mentioned Aidan’s name she couldn’t keep the smile off her face.

‘Okay, I didn’t really sleep with Aidan Voss … considering there wasn’t much sleep involved.

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