Harlequin Special Edition July 2014 - Bundle 1 of 2: Million-Dollar Maverick\The Bachelor's Brighton Valley Bride\A Bride by Summer by Christine Rimmer

Author:Christine Rimmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Megan couldn’t believe how much she and Peyton had gotten done in almost a week. Of course, now that school was out, she actually had more time to work because the kids were enrolled in a summer day camp as well as an enrichment program, which kept them busy most of the day.

In addition, she was finally getting the hang of the new accounting system Peyton had installed. Don, who was recovering at home, would be surprised to find out how much they’d accomplished.

After running a series of tests, the doctors at the Brighton Valley Medical Center had decided that Don had been suffering from exhaustion. They discharged him five days ago, and he was now recuperating at home with strict orders to take it easy.

Last night when Megan stopped by his house to visit him and Cindy, they told her someone from the corporate office had called. Just as Peyton had thought, there really was a sunshine fund that would see them through their present financial problems. And apparently, their insurance plan had an emergency clause that would kick in and cover all the excess hospital and medical bills for both Don’s hospitalization and Cindy’s treatments, which was a real godsend.

It would still be another week before Don would be able to return to work, though. But that was okay. Thanks to Peyton’s help, Megan was no longer adrift in a river of invoices and customer complaints.

In fact, Zorba’s was finally showing signs of getting back in order. And Peyton, who’d promised to stick around until after Don came back to work, had been a man of his word.

There’d been moments when Megan would catch herself staring at him while he rearranged the shelves. And there were times when he’d come along behind her chair to point out something about how the new system worked. She’d catch a whiff of that amazing aftershave he wore, that clean, woodsy scent that set her senses reeling. Then he’d place his hand over hers as it rested on the mouse, letting it linger longer than necessary. Or maybe it had just felt that way.

Yet there seemed to be a mutual understanding that they needed to behave like professionals and place their attraction on the back burner.

The problem was Megan wasn’t sure how much her back burner could hold before the attraction pot boiled over.

She’d originally thought Peyton would be here for only a couple of days. And even though she’d both appreciated and needed his assistance, the bookkeeping system was well in place and there wasn’t really much left for an accountant to do around here.

Yesterday he’d started working on some of the computer repairs to help Don catch up, which was really helpful, but she was a little concerned about that, too. After all, she wasn’t sure what kind of training he had. What if he wasn’t able to fix things properly?

The customers all knew about Don’s illness now, so they would be more understanding about the delay in getting their computers back.

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