The Man Behind the Pinstripes. Melissa Mcclone
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Название: The Man Behind the Pinstripes
Автор: Melissa Mcclone
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: Mills & Boon Cherish
isbn: 9781472005007
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“Gertie asked for your help with the dog care products.”
“That’s …”
“Different?”
A vein at his neck throbbed. “You’ve got a cush job living here at the estate. I’m sure my grandmother’s paying you a bundle to take care of a few dogs and prance them around the ring. What’s it to you anyway?”
He sounded defensive. She would, too. Realizing you’d screwed up was never easy. Boy, did she know that. “Gertie’s helped me a lot. I want her to be happy.”
“Trust me, she’s happy. But you have some nerve sponging off my grandmother, helping her with her wild dog-product scheme and then telling me how I should act with my family.”
Not defensive. Overconfident. Cocky. Clueless.
Caleb Fairchild was no different than the other people who saw her as dirt to be wiped off the bottom of their expensive designer shoes.
At least she’d tried. For Gertie’s sake.
Becca reached out her hand. “Give me your jacket.”
“You’re going to help me after trying to make me feel like a jerk?” he asked.
Mission accomplished. If he felt like a jerk he had only himself to blame. “I said I’d help. I only told you the truth.”
He didn’t look as if he believed her. They were even. She didn’t trust him.
“As you see it,” he said.
She met his gaze straight on. “I could say the same about your truth.”
They stood there locked in a stare down.
Stalemate.
“At least we know where we stand,” he said.
Becca wasn’t so certain, but she knew one thing. Being with Caleb was like riding a gravity-defying roller coaster. He left her feeling breathless, scared to death, and never wanting to get on again. She didn’t like it. Him.
She held up his jacket. “And just so you know, I’m not doing this for you. I’m doing it for Gertie.”
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