Harlequin Special Edition January 2017, Box Set 1 of 2 by Michelle Major

Author:Michelle Major
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488020964
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Chelsea was a woman of her word, Ethan thought as he held open the door of City Hall and they stepped out into the sunny spring morning. She and Lucy had finalized a simple design that required minimal construction and could be completed within a few weeks if they all pulled together and worked hard.

Chelsea had drafted the plans in record time. Lucy had prevailed upon an architect friend to look over the drawings. After the guy had signed off and rubber-stamped it, Ethan and Chelsea handed the blueprints off to the permitting department. Lucy had offered to come, but Ethan had given her a pass for selfish reasons. He wanted to be alone with Chelsea.

The clerk had promised it wouldn’t take very long to get an answer—a day or two at the most. First of the week at the very latest, since the planning and zoning committee was meeting on Thursday.

They’d done all the paperwork. Now they waited.

“That seemed easy,” Chelsea said. Her perfume, something light and floral, teased his senses as she walked next to him down the sidewalk in downtown Celebration.

“I’d hold off on making that comment until after we get the permits,” Ethan said.

Chelsea wrinkled her nose, and the way she looked made his heart compress and then beat a little faster. “Do you foresee there being a problem?”

“No. I hope not. You just never know with bureaucracies. Especially since this is a two-part process. Not only are we asking them to approve the building plan that you so graciously helped Lucy bring to life, but we’re also asking for a zoning variance for the property. As it stands the barn is zoned for private use, but the more I looked into it I don’t think we should have a problem because the Triple C is zoned commercial. Even though we generally don’t have parties in the breeding barns—or at least not the kind of parties we’re talking about—I’m hoping the area of the ranch that is zoned commercial will set a precedent.”

“Let’s hope for the best. You seem pretty connected with all those bureaucrats. If it’s based on popularity, you shouldn’t have a problem.”

Ethan didn’t know why but he found it satisfying that she saw him in a favorable light. Maybe it was because they’d gotten off to such a rocky start when they first met. She was too polite to say it, but it was obvious she thought he was a hard-ass. Of course, he thought she was breaking into Juliette’s house, but looking back on the situation, even he thought he needed to lighten up a little bit.

That was just one of the ways Chelsea Allen seemed to be good for him. She was helping him realize he needed to get out of his own way, out of his head—that he needed to live a little. Hell, she was making him want to do a lot of things he thought he’d never want to do again.

City Hall was located on the south side of Celebration Central Park.

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