St. Helena Vineyard Series: Straight To His Heart (Kindle Worlds Novella) (The Laffertys Book 1) by Anna J Stewart

Author:Anna J Stewart
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-04-02T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“I take it you heard from your partners in New York.” Sabrina spooned up the last of the tomato sauce. The evening had progressed calmly, simply, almost too nicely, and sitting across her miniscule dining table did little if anything to reduce her pulse rate. That said, even if he hadn’t kissed her senseless, he was winning her over in other ways, including his choice of meals: his brother was a genius in the kitchen.

Flynn’s brow knitted. “What makes you say that?”

“Well, you’ve been sitting across from me for the better part of a half hour and you haven’t checked your phone once.” She stabbed her now empty spoon at him. “What gives? Did you get the job?”

“Remains to be seen,” Flynn said. “The fact all three partners weren’t there to meet with them didn’t go over very well until they heard I left to take care of family.”

“A business with their priorities straight.” She nodded. “I like that.”

“Yeah, me, too. Jocelyn and Kirk said it looks promising, but that the final decision won’t come until we can all meet with them.”

“Must make you anxious to get back.” All evidence to the contrary, however. He wasn’t acting like a man whose business venture was about to get a big boost. “When are you leaving?”

“Trying to get rid of me?”

“Maybe.” Absolutely. The further Flynn Lafferty was from her, the better off she was.

“I’m going to stick around until I’m sure Mom can make do. Maybe until Nissa’s back in a couple of weeks.”

Stalling. Interesting. “So it’s only the women in your life you’re worried about?”

“Hardly. I think I’ve been on high alert with all of them since I knew how to worry.” He twirled his fork in his spaghetti. “Or I was. Before I moved back east.”

“Everyone in your family seems pretty capable to me.” She picked up a hint of guilt at the admission.

“It’s not about being capable. Exactly.” He ducked his chin. “I remember coming home from school one afternoon. I think I was in second grade? Anyway, Mom had this horrific flu, like down for the count for days and dad was working overtime. This was way before Travis was born and Quaid and Nissa didn’t know what to do for dinner. They almost burned down the kitchen boiling water. Gas stove,” he clarified at her confused look. “They left a dish towel on the stove. Anyway, it was like my world went from calm and peaceful to utter chaos in the blink of an eye. After that, I felt as if I had to, I don’t know, stand guard?”

“You became the family caretaker.”

“It’s not like they really needed it, not once Mom was back on her feet, but it made me feel in control. Like I didn’t have to worry about something going wrong.”

“Like what you do now with your consulting business. You look for errors, what needs taking care of.”

“Exactly. It’s also a hard habit to break.” His eyes flickered when he looked at her. “Especially where Trevor’s concerned.

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