How To Win (Back) a Wife (Harlequin Silhouette Desire) by Small Lass

Author:Small, Lass [Small, Lass]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin Treasury-Silhouette Desire 90s
Published: 2011-07-15T06:00:00+00:00

By purest accident, Tyler asked a cousin of hers, “Where’s Kayla?”

And her cousin replied, “Oh, she’s gone ballooning with Tom Keeper, I believe, out west of here.”

“She’s what?” Tyler didn’t know which was worse, her being in a hot-air balloon or being with Tom Keeper. Finders keepers, losers weepers! Where had that thought come from? Was his subconscious telling him he was the odd man out?

Six

So the next morning, Tyler went downtown. He drove into the tiered parking garage and eased the nose of his car into his allotted slot on the slightly fanned corner. The time would come when he had the clout to assume he’d be given one of the wider, parallel slots.

Without even having to consider his route, Tyler went through the car maze, down the elevator, out of the garage, down the street, into the firm’s building and up to his shared office.

If he’d had to think about doing all that, he probably would have gotten lost. It was his giving in to his directional brain that got him where he was to go. His brain was mapped. And if he didn’t interfere with it, he got where he was supposed to go.

Along the way, he had nodded to greetings without ever knowing he did that. And he responded in a rote manner to Jamie’s automatic “Good morning.”

But Tyler’s distracted reply caused Jamie to look up from his usual concentration as to what was on his desktop. He frowned at Tyler. “What’s going on?”

Not even lifting his eyes, Tyler said through his teeth, “She’s gone ballooning with that damned bastard.”

Jamie knew who the “she” probably was so he just inquired, “Who’s...the damned bastard?”

Tyler muttered through his teeth in a very hottempered way, “Tom Keeper.”

“I hadn’t known he was a bastard.” In his mild exclamation, Jamie was being subtly chiding. “If fact, I met his parents not—”

Distracted, ordering his papers, Tyler growled, “For Keeper, being a bastard isn’t necessarily genetic.”

Watching Tyler’s hunt, Jamie inquired carefully, “What paper are you looking for?”

And Tyler still didn’t look up. “I’m separating my workload so Miss Nelson can spread it out. You’ll probably get the most of it.”

“I’ll help her. Give the files to me.”

“Thank you.” Tyler put the stack down on Jamie’s desk. He finally looked at Jamie.

And Jamie, oddly enough, was not looking at his papers as he generally did. He was looking right at Tyler. And he was very serious.

Tyler told Jamie, “I’m going out to where they’re ballooning.”

“You’re going to have to ask Barb for time. And she’ll ask why and where you’ll be.”

“She’s damned nosy.”

“Careful.” Jamie’s voice was very soft. “Anyone who is in charge must know where the crew is. She’ll need to know where you’ll be, for how long and she will ask why.”

“Family business.”

Jamie considered. “She may not accept only that.” “I’ll quit.”

“The firm we’re going to isn’t yet ready for us.”

The kind manner of Jamie’s reply caused Tyler’s eyes to focus on his partner. “Yes.” Tyler took a steadying breath. “I’m a little rattled.

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