An Unlikely Rancher. Roz Fox Denny
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Название: An Unlikely Rancher
Автор: Roz Fox Denny
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
isbn: 9781474028899
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“Wait!” Jenna jumped up, spilling her coffee and almost knocking over her chair. “Andee, we need to look out the window to see who’s coming before we open the door.”
Andee blinked. “Who else would come? We don’t know anybody here ’cept Flynn and Beezer.”
By now Beezer had both paws on Andee’s shoulders and was licking her face. The girl giggled and the sound swept aside most of Jenna’s lingering reservations.
“Do you need help bringing in your stuff?” she called to the man sliding two boxes and a large canvas duffel bag over the tailgate of his canopied pickup bed.
“I’ve got it, but thanks. One box stays in the kitchen. The other has Beezer’s food and bowls. You decide if you want those to go upstairs. The duffel goes to wherever I’ll be...uh, living.”
“There’s a laundry room off the kitchen. It has a tiled floor and a back door leading outside. I assume you take Beezer out after he eats and drinks. That would be handiest. But the upstairs bath is also tiled.”
“If Beezer ate down here, I could help feed him,” Andee piped up.
“Shh, honey. It’s up to his owner.”
Flynn staggered in juggling the duffel and boxes. He adroitly stepped around the girl and dog while also avoiding contact with Jenna, who held open the screen door. “The top box is my groceries,” he said. “A few items need refrigeration. Just set the box on the counter if you will. I’ll unpack it after I store my other stuff.”
Jenna relieved him of the top box. Even though he said he’d unpack it, she took out the items that sat on top, making room in the fridge on a lower shelf. As she shut the door, she realized Andee and the dog had begun to chase after a well-chewed rubber ball that Beezer must have carried inside.
“Sorry,” Flynn said. “That’s his outside toy.”
“Isn’t Beezer smart?” Andee squealed. “He can catch the ball when it bounces high.”
“Did you hear Mr. Sutton say that isn’t an indoor toy?”
“Hey, if we’re gonna all live under one roof, you’ve gotta call me Flynn. Otherwise I’ll always be looking around for my dad.”
His cell phone rang. He set down the items he held to take out his phone. “Speak of the devil,” he muttered. “Excuse me a minute. Although it’s gonna be my mom calling, not my dad.”
Spinning to present his back to Jenna, he put the phone to his ear. “’Lo, Mom. I knew it was you...Uh, that’s my landlady’s little girl. She’s playing with Beezer. Can I call you back later?...What? No...You’ve totally misunderstood. I’m not moving in with my landlady...Well, I am, but my room is upstairs. Just bringing in my gear.”
Jenna noted the stiff set of Flynn’s shoulders.
“Mom...I explained that the air conditioner on my rental blew its compressor. I’m only bunking in her spare room until it’s fixed... I let you know so you won’t leave messages on my house phone. Just call my cell.”
Sensing his mounting frustration, Jenna crossed to quiet her noisy daughter. “Andee, please sit and play quietly with Beezer. Flynn is trying to talk on the phone.”
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