Hired by Mr. Right. Nicola Marsh

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      CHAPTER ONE

      SAMANTHA PIPER needed this job, more than she’d ever needed anything in her entire twenty-five years. OK, so maybe she’d tampered with the truth, changed her surname and taken a crash course in subservience, but it would be worth the price. In fact, she would have done a lot worse to gain employment as Dylan Harmon’s butler.

      ‘So, what do you think?’ Sam pirouetted in front of her best friend, Ebony.

      ‘Honestly? I think you’re nuts.’

      ‘Why? Doesn’t the uniform fit? Does it make my backside look too big?’

      Ebony rolled her eyes and snorted. ‘Oh yeah, like anything could make you look huge! Puh-lease!’

      Sam sat down on the part of anatomy in question. ‘You’re probably right. I am nuts but this is what I want to do. The least you can do is support me.’

      Ebony wrapped an arm around her shoulders and squeezed. ‘Hey, who’s been your biggest fan all these years? And who gave you a crash course in “bowing and scraping, butler-style”? Not to mention a glowing reference.’

      Sam smiled. ‘Point taken. Let’s just hope that I remember your tips when it comes to the crunch.’

      ‘Oh, when’s that? When the dashing Dylan asks you to hold his warmed towel as he steps from a hot shower, water sluicing down his great bod, from his broad shoulders to his—’

      ‘Stop!’ Sam clamped a hand over her friend’s mouth. ‘If I wasn’t nervous before, now I’m petrified.’

      ‘Since when has any guy intimidated you? Supergirl Sam, able to leap tall men and their hang-ups in a single bound.’

      ‘If you’re referring to my archaic father and his cronies, yeah, I can usually handle them. I hope Dylan Harmon proves to be just as easy.’

      Ebony chuckled. ‘I’m sure your five hunky brothers would love to hear you describe them as cronies.’

      Sam wrinkled her nose. ‘To you, they’re hunks. To me, they’re major pains in the rear end.’

      ‘Whatever.’ Ebony glanced at her watch. ‘Isn’t it time you left? Wouldn’t want to miss your flight and be late on your first day.’

      Sam noted the time on her bedside clock and grimaced. ‘Wish me luck. I’m going to need it.’

      Ebony hugged her. ‘You’ll be fine. Just remember everything I taught you and it’ll be a cinch.’

      ‘That’s what I’m afraid of.’

      Since when had her life been easy? Sam had bucked the system for as long as she could remember, ignoring the old-fashioned views of her parents who were still caught up in the ancient fairy-tale of their royal blood. So she was descended from Russian royalty? Big deal. The more her family treated her like a princess, the more she wanted to rebel. When her five older male siblings joined her parents in reinforcing her ‘duties’ as the only princess in the family she’d been pushed over the edge. And the result? A three-month contract in Melbourne as Dylan Harmon’s butler, as far as she СКАЧАТЬ