The Bluebell Castle Collection by Sarah Bennett

Author:Sarah Bennett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-03-04T22:01:11+00:00

Chapter 10

The next few days passed in a blur of phone calls, spreadsheets and tours of the gardens as Iggy worked her way through the list of specialist contractors Will’s magician of an assistant had put together. When he’d handed her the list and told her to choose whichever of the contractors she thought best for each task, it had rankled. There’d been no discussion between them before he’d instructed his assistant and Iggy had half-wished she’d been prepared enough to counter with a list of her own.

To make matters worse, the lists were detailed and included several companies she’d already heard good things about through local connections. She couldn’t say why it had irritated her other than the high-handed way Will had already marked up his preferred choices, as though she was incapable of making such decisions for herself.

Given Will’s desire to keep his profile as low as possible in the hopes the tabloids would soon lose interest in him, they’d at least agreed that Iggy would carry out the discussions and interviews on her own. Quotations were starting to come through, and with a copy of his company’s job pricing spreadsheet Will had told her to use-told her, not asked her, the arrogant swine-she was feeling much more in control of everything other than her temper.

She knew it was ridiculous to be annoyed when she was the one who’d asked Will for his help in the first place, she just hadn’t known how hard it would be to let him do it. It was just the way he assumed he knew best-even if he probably did-that grated upon her. She wasn’t one of his employees to be ordered around, he was supposed to be working for her!

If anyone had asked her before she’d started the project, Iggy would’ve scoffed about needing any more confidence than she already had, but the weight of expectation had proven surprisingly heavy. As much as she hated his domineering attitude, she also desperately craved Will’s approval for her decisions. When he gave her that smile-the lopsided one that tugged at the scar across his cheek-to show his approval, her insides melted like ice cream on a summer’s day.

Other than the hour they spent over breakfast reviewing her plans for the day, which often felt like he was a teacher checking over her homework, and a debrief after dinner where they discussed the pros and cons of the job bids coming in, Will had proven frustratingly elusive. When she didn’t want his opinion, there he was shoving it under her nose, but when she did need to ask him something, he was off around the grounds somewhere, or hiding away in his bedroom.

She knew he was working on something but was refusing to say what until he had it all worked out. She’d spotted him a time or two in the distance, but always in a different part of the grounds so she’d been unable to pinpoint what had captured his imagination. Never one to enjoy being left in the dark, Iggy had begun plotting to steal his ever-present notebook away.

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