Every Kind of Heaven by Jillian Hart

Author:Jillian Hart
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2007-10-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Did you know he lived up here?” Aubrey asked from behind the wheel as she negotiated the curving road that led into the foothills where the posh people lived.

“Nope. I had no clue.”

Ava couldn’t seem not to look at Brice. There he was right in front of them in his snazzy red sports car.

Aubrey followed Brice into an exclusive gated community. “If you’re falling for this guy, you have to stop this destructive thing you do.”

“I tried my best at all my other relationships. It’s my fault-blindness. Maybe it’s a good thing you’re here. I need your help. You can watch for his faults that I can’t see.”

“You definitely need help.” Aubrey rolled her eyes and turned her full attention back to the road. “Look at this place. This is really wow. How rich is this guy?”

“He’s a Donovan. How rich are they?”

“Well, his grandfather knew Grandpop. They played golf together.”

Grandpop had been pretty rich. “It still hurts to think about him, doesn’t it?”

“Yeah.” Aubrey paused a moment, the sadness settling between them. He’d been gone two years now and it was a terrible hole in the family. It was why Gran had moved permanently to their winter home in Scottsdale. She’d found it so painful to be alone in the house he built for her when they were a young married couple, that she simply stayed down south where there were fewer memories to haunt her.

The quiet stayed between them as they followed Brice through a gate and along a grand driveway to a private house tucked into the hill, surrounded by lush trees and lawn. Views of the Bridger Mountains backed up behind him, and views of the Rockies rimmed the entire western exposure.

Brice parked in the third bay of a three-car garage, and Ava was too busy looking around to realize Aubrey had parked the SUV and was already climbing out of the vehicle. Okay, pay attention. She joined her sister outside the wood and stone house that looked like something out of a magazine.

“That’s nicer than Gran’s house,” Aubrey said.

True. Which only pointed out the plain truth. Brice was so wrong for her. He was going to look for the wife to fit into this house. Face it. It was such a good thing they had this friends-only policy.

He closed the car door and pocketed his keys. “C’mon in this way. I never use the front door.”

“Not even when you entertain?” Aubrey asked.

“I never entertain. Having my folks over is about as elaborate as I get.” There was that grin again, the inviting warmth, the good-guy charm that was so totally arresting.

He held open the door for them at the back of the garage. Ava saw a wide but short hallway with a laundry room to her right elbow and what had to be a huge pantry to her left. Ahead of her was an enormous kitchen with a family room off to the side, not that she noticed that. She was too busy salivating over the kitchen.

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