Bound to Him (Bound Series Book 2) by Ava March

Author:Ava March
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bdsm, submission, historical romance, mm romance, wealthy, aristocrat, friends to lovers, romance 1800s, nobilty
Publisher: Ava March

Chapter Six

A knock sounded on the back door, pulling Oliver’s attention from the inventory records. He dropped his pencil onto the desk and stood. Pressing his palms to his lower back, he stretched, his joints popping and cracking as he worked out the kinks from being hunched over the desk for the past hour. Thank heaven for the interruption. He adored his new bookshop, but when it came to tasks that severely dimmed his enthusiasm for his first and only investment, minding the inventory records ranked second only to balancing the account ledger.

He would have much preferred to assist the customers, but Mr. Wallace had insisted that with him being a lord and all, he might intimidate some of the customers. He doubted he had ever intimidated anyone in his life, but since he’d purchased the bookstore from Mr. Wallace, he figured he should heed the older man’s advice.

That knock sounded again, harder this time. He navigated the piles of books surrounding his desk and opened the back door.

“Got a delivery.” A squat, burly man indicated the cart behind him in the alley. The large draft horse hitched to the cart turned its head to Oliver, regarding him with soft, dark eyes. Rubbing his chin, the man squinted at the piece of paper in his hand. “For a Lord Oliver Marsden. Three crates. Mighty heavy, too.”

New books, which meant more books to inventory, but new books nonetheless. Well, not exactly new. An old friend of his family’s had passed away, and Oliver had ventured out to the estate last week to help prune the overstuffed library. The man’s widow had been willing to sell off the lot of it, but the bookshop’s bank account could unfortunately only afford a few crates’ worth.

He signed for the delivery and had it brought into his office. The first crate was dropped to the floor with a bang loud enough to rattle the small window on the door leading to the main part of the shop. Ignoring the man’s grumbles and grunts as he fetched the other two crates, Oliver grabbed a hammer and used the end to pry open the wooden crate.

The sight of the leather bound volumes, packed not so neatly inside, produced a wonderful rush of pride and excitement. His first purchase for the shop. Each volume carefully selected based on his knowledge of the shop’s existing inventory. Inventory which was in sore need of replenishment. Mr. Wallace had run a decent albeit small shop, one Oliver had frequented many times over the years, but gout and old age kept him confined to Town, unable to travel the countryside to procure more stock. New books could be easily purchased in Town, but the best finds were in the country. Hence one of the reasons why the older man had been willing to sell the shop to Oliver.

A tinkling feminine laugh seeped through the office door leading to the shop. The sound of another pleased customer. Fortunately, Mr. Wallace had been willing to stay on and help with the customers and teach Oliver the business.

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