Little Pink Taxi by Marie Laval

Author:Marie Laval [Laval, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Choc Lit Ltd
Published: 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Marc watched McBride’s sports car speed away, so fast it skidded on the bend of the lane. The man was hiding something, and hopefully Luc or Cédric would find out what it was.

After picking up a bottle of Angus’s beer, he went up to the library to collect a couple of books and a folder filled with papers, and took them to the drawing room.

He lit a fire, and uncorked one of Angus’s pine needle ales with a popping sound, like a bottle of champagne. The smell emanating from the bottle, however, was so bitter it made his eyes water. ‘It’s an old Highlands recipe,’ Angus had explained, ‘and just what you need as a pick-me-up, my lad, you’ll see.’ He had leaned closer and winked. ‘It won’t do Roz any harm to drink a wee drop either.’

Marc smiled. So Angus believed his ale could increase his libido … As if he needed help in that respect! Being near Rosalie day in, day out was enough to give any man raised blood pressure, not to mention the dreams that plagued him every night as he tossed and turned in that big bed in the Crimson Room. At times he could almost believe that Isobel’s bed was indeed enchanted.

He lifted the bottle to his lips and drank a swig of beer. Although the taste was sharp, it wasn’t as unpalatable as he’d feared. In fact, he thought after a few more sips, it was rather nice. With the heavy green curtains drawn against the night, and the soothing, almost hypnotic crackling of the flames dancing high in the fireplace, a pleasant torpor soon crept inside him. Stifling a yawn, he relaxed on the sofa. So much for the beer’s special powers. It was more likely to make him fall asleep than give him any lustful urges.

He sighed, and closed his eyes. What was he going to do about Love Taxis? The businessman in him knew exactly that he should already have shut it down. Of course he understood why Rosalie was so keen to keep it going – it was her project. He also had to admit that she more than compensated her lack of business acumen with her warmth, kindness and enthusiasm. It was plain to see how much people loved and respected her. With one smile she lit up a cold, grey morning, made a lonely old woman feel cherished and cared for, and reassured an exhausted, insecure young mother. From a more pragmatic point of view, there was definitely a need for affordable transport in the area as he had seen very few buses in and around Irlwick since he’d been there.

Perhaps he could turn Love Taxis into a social enterprise project and set up a non-profit bus company. He might be able to find ways of subsidising it, with company money and public grants. He could even turn it into a clever marketing ploy to promote the Petersen brand as humane and people-friendly.

Humane? With his and

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