Muddy Waters by Maggie Toussaint

Author:Maggie Toussaint
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, romantic suspense, wedding, strong female lead, pets, happily ever after, mystery
Publisher: Muddle House Publishing
Published: 2019-02-03T00:00:00+00:00

“WHAT’S BUGGING YOU?” Megan asked. “You’ve been down in the dumps for over a week. Did you have a fight with your Mr. Harding?”

Roxie looked up from the search she was running for a new buyer. Was she that transparent? Saying goodbye to Sloan had been awful. Even though she’d amputated him from her life, she secretly craved the comfort she’d felt in his arms. It felt as if he should still be there, still eating her up with those hungry eyes.

She’d done the right thing. Securing her financial future was her top priority. She wouldn’t let her relative youth or a bad economy tank the family firm. She’d promised Gran to keep it going, and she would.

“I’m no longer seeing Mr. Harding,” she admitted.

“What about your contract with him?”

“We parted ways.”

Megan’s brown eyes brimmed with speculation. “You want to talk about it?”

She shook her head. “Things didn’t work out between us. That’s all.”

Her friend drummed her fingers on her desk. “Um hmm. Why don’t I believe you? Could it be that you’ve spent most of the week staring out the window, watching leaves fall from the maple tree?”

“So?”

“I’m not buying your story one hundred percent, but I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt because you’re my boss. Anything else bugging you?”

Everything was bugging her, from the annoying tag in her shirt collar down to her absent-minded brother. “I haven’t heard from Timmy in weeks. He should have checked in by now. Why won’t he return my calls?”

Her friend walked over to the coffee pot. “If you’re so worried about him, why don’t you zip up to Atlanta and check on him?”

Atlanta was where Sloan lived.

Her heart lurched. Though it was a big city, her luck would be that she’d run into him. She wasn’t ready to see him yet. She might never be ready to see him again, not without her heart breaking in two.

“Could you think of anything worse than having your big sister drop by your college apartment to check up on you?” Roxie shuddered. “I should accept that no news is good news, but Timmy has always been a mix of free-spirited and needy. I can’t imagine him going so long without calling home.”

Megan carried her coffee back to her desk. “Let me get this straight. You’re worried because he’s settled in at college and doesn’t need his big sister to watch over him?”

“No. That’s not it. I’m worried there’s something he’s not telling me, that he’s deliberately avoiding me until it’s too late for me to help him.” Was that why that man had been watching her? Was Timmy in trouble with the law?

“You are worrying yourself to a frazzle.” Megan chuckled. “You need to get out of this office and have some fun.”

As soon as Megan said fun, Sloan’s face popped into Roxie’s head. He knew how to have fun. He was probably knee deep in some intriguing security problem, running his house rehab from his swanky Atlanta address, and dating a different beautiful woman every night of the week.

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