A Bride for Jericho Bravo. Christine Rimmer
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Название: A Bride for Jericho Bravo
Автор: Christine Rimmer
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
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“Yeah. Guess so.”
“You talked to Rico about this?”
“The ad said to ask for you,” she offered lamely.
Gus was already on his feet. “He’s in the shop. Wait right here.”
He went out and she waited, eyeing the two pit bulls, both of which seemed to have forgotten she was there.
Gus returned with Jericho in no time. When he led her brother-in-law in, the room seemed cramped, dwarfed by Jericho’s size and his considerable presence—and by Gus, too, who wasn’t as big as Jericho, but had energy and charisma to spare.
Jericho didn’t sit down. Neither did Gus. That couldn’t be good.
“How you doin’, Marnie?” Jericho asked.
“Hey.”
“Gus tells me you’re looking for temporary work.”
“That’s right.”
With a nod, Gus clicked his tongue at the dogs. They followed him out. She was left alone with her huge brother-in-law who did not look especially thrilled to see her.
Jericho hitched a hard thigh up on the edge of Gus’s desk and rested his big tattooed elbow on his knee. “Okay. It’s just us. What’s this about?”
She told the simple truth. “I’m staying in San Antonio for a while. And I need a job while I’m here. I looked in the want ads … and there was Gus’s ad. It seemed kind of …” I don’t know, karmic maybe?”
“Karmic.” He didn’t look amused. He ran a huge hand down his face. “Look, Marnie …”
Everything about him—his voice, his glum expression, the tired way he dragged his hand down his face—it all said that this was not going to happen.
Grabbing her purse, she stood. “Okay. Getting the picture here. Karmic was a really bad word choice—because you have no intention of hiring me, no matter what I say.”
He had the good grace to look pained at least. “I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. Hey. I get it. Can’t have someone working for you who steals the merchandise.”
“It’s not that. We’re past that.”
“Well, I thought we were.”
“It’s … you’re kind of up in the air now, right?”
“Yeah. So?”
“Around here, we gotta have someone we can depend on to handle the front. You could decide tomorrow that you want to work things out with your boyfriend and you have to go.”
“There won’t be any working things out with Mark.”
“You say that now.”
“And I’ll be saying it next week. And every week after that. He ended it with me. There’s no going back.”
“Maybe he’ll snap out of it, realize he made a big mistake.”
“Too late. I’m done.”
“But Marnie, come on. You could always have a change of heart.”
“How much clearer can I be about this? It’s over between me and Mark. Finished. Dead with a stake to the heart. And as far as my just taking off, no. I would never do that. If I give my word that I’ll be here till your regular person comes back, I’ll be here.”
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