Daddy's Double Duty by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell [Bagwell, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-10-29T22:00:00+00:00

Three days later, Vanessa was relieved that Friday had finally arrived. If she didn’t get out of the office and away from Conall soon, she was either going to break into pieces or throw herself into his arms and beg the man to make love to her. Neither option was suitable for a secretary who’d always considered herself a professional. And she was beginning to wonder if the job she’d once loved was now going to have to come to an end.

Drawing in a bracing breath, she rapped her knuckles on the door separating their offices. The moment she heard him calling for her to enter, she stepped into his domain and shut the door behind her.

“I have the contract for the trucking company ready for you to sign,” she said as she approached his desk. “I’ve also alerted Red Bluff that a new trucking company will be in place at the mine by the middle of next month.”

“Good. I’m glad to get that settled.” He glanced up as she leaned forward to place the papers in front of him. “Did Red Bluff seem to have any problem with the idea of new haulers?”

It was after five in the evening and though he’d started out the day in a crisply starched shirt and matching tie, the tie was now loosened and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone while the sleeves were rolled back on his forearms. His nearly black hair was rumpled and she knew if she were to rub her cheek against his, she’d feel the faint rasp of his beard.

“Not at all,” she said as she straightened to her full height and tried to bring her thoughts to the business at hand.

“Good. I only wish raising racehorses was as easy as digging gold from a mountainside.” He picked up a pen and scratched his name on the appropriate lines. Once he was finished, he handed the document back to her and smiled. “But my grandfather used to say that nothing was worthwhile, unless it was earned. Gold mines eventually peter out. Horses will always be.”

“Yes, well, I’ll get this in the outgoing mail before I leave this evening,” she told him, then quickly turned to start out of the room.

She’d taken two steps when his hand closed around her upper arm and with a mental groan, she turned to face him.

“Was there something else?” she asked.

Grimacing at her businesslike tone, he muttered, “Hell, yes, there’s plenty more! I want to know why you’ve been acting as though I have a contagious disease. Ever since you’ve started back to work, you’ve been tiptoeing around me like I’m some sort of hulking monster.”

Shaking her head, she looked away from him and swallowed hard. “I’m sorry if it appears that way, Conall. But I’m just trying to keep things in order.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means—” Her gaze slipped to her arm, where his fingers were pressed like dark brown bands around her flesh. “I’m trying to keep our relationship professional here in the office.

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