Swept Away. Kristina Mathews
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Название: Swept Away
Автор: Kristina Mathews
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: A Swift River Romance
isbn: 9781601839220
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Maybe he was taking a big risk, leaving Cody to fend for himself. He’d always done more than was necessary to help him out. Probably even more than was healthy. But he had been the reason their mother died. He’d been the reason their father left. So he felt like he had to keep an eye on Cody. He had to make it up to him.
The problem was that Cody had become too dependent on him. He seemed reluctant to be alone, even for the eight hours or so he spent sleeping. Carson had started to wonder if going back to bunk beds was the only way to get Cody to stop using women to keep from getting lonely at night. At some point, his good looks and fun-loving manner weren’t going to be enough. Someday Cody might want to actually get a life.
“So that’s one way to make sure we get to see more of Lily.” Cody waited until she was on her way home to start talking about her. “Maybe this way she can take her time figuring out which one of us she wants.”
“If she’s working here, she’s off limits.” Carson hoped he could follow his own command. “We don’t mix business and pleasure.”
“Sure we don’t.” Cody laughed. It wasn’t that funny. “We never meet women on our trips. We never spend time with them once we get off the river. And two guides never hookup by the end of the summer.”
“That’s different,” Carson reminded him. “If Lily is our employee, she’s not someone either one of us can just hookup with. There’s a little something called sexual harassment.”
“Look, I know where the line is, and I won’t cross it,” Cody said. “Lighten up. You know me, I’d never do anything with a woman that’s not one hundred percent consensual.”
“Still, you’re technically her boss,” Carson warned. “So you need to be even more careful.”
“And what about you? Are you going to be careful? Are you going to keep from thinking about how hot she is? Are you going to be able to work next to her, day after day without thinking about kissing her? Touching her? Wanting her?”
“Yes,” Carson lied. He’d have to. Either that, or he’d have to leave a whole lot sooner than he’d planned.
“Sure.” Cody shook his head, chuckling mostly to himself. “This I gotta see. I might just have to stop by the office more often. Just to make sure you’re not crossing a line.”
Carson glared at him. He wondered, not for the first time, what it would be like to be an only child.
“I saw the way you were watching her.” Cody wasn’t finished. “I saw the way she was watching you. You can talk the talk, but you’re going to have a hard time walking the walk, bro. You’re going to have a hard time just walking.”
“Shut up.”
“Look, if it’s too much temptation for you,” Cody kept at it. “I can take her off your hands.”
“No one’s going to take her anywhere.”
“Lighten up, bro. I’m just kidding.”
“There’s something new.”
“Yeah, you want to see how serious I can get?” Cody squared up, ready for a challenge. “I can get just as serious as the next guy. I can get just as serious as you.”
Sure. Why didn’t they just trade places? Cody could take over making sure the bills were paid, the employees got their checks, and the septic tank wasn’t backed up. And Carson would be the one to make Lily laugh. He’d be the one to show her the local sights. He’d be the one to capture her heart.
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