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The exact opposite.
It had been a long time, years, since he’d felt instant attraction to a beautiful—available—woman.
It figured that it would be her.
She smelled nice. She looked nice. And the idea that she was going to be right there in his office—and there wasn’t a big burly husband to keep him in check.
Robin Patton always had tempted the hell out of him. From the time she’d been almost nineteen to the day she’d run from town and Clive Gunderson, with four hundred dollar bills his brother had given her in her pocket.
Nick’s four hundred dollars. He’d given it to his brother for her.
He hadn’t known any other way to help her, except by taking her with him when he’d left Masterson for the army when his leave was up.
He’d seriously considered it that night. Just taking her with him and leaving Masterson forever. Marrying her, signing up for base housing. Building a life with a not-quite-nineteen-year-old girl who had never seen more than little Masterson County.
She wouldn’t have been ready for the life of a military wife, on her own so much, away from their families, friends. Home.
Far from it.
And he wouldn’t have wanted her with him just to escape a man who had no business stalking her.
She’d just been too damned young back then.
But he wasn’t too old for her now.
There was no husband in the picture for her.No wife in the picture for him.No Clive Gunderson terrifying her.
Robin wasn’t too young now.
Nick wasn’t going to survive.
What had Phil been thinking, talking Chandler into hiring her?
He had only one real answer.
His brother had done it on purpose.
Phil was out to get him.Out to put pure temptation right in front of Nick, just to mess with Nick’s head.
Because Phil could—and was evil that way.
Phil was getting back at Nick now for something. That was the only rational explanation.
Probably for Nick’s continual flirting with Phil’s new ‘housekeeper’ whenever he saw her.
Nick couldn’t help himself—one, it annoyed his widowed older brother, and two, Glenna was an extremely attractive woman.
Phil had noticed that himself.
That’s why Glenna now wore an engagement ring on her left hand—and had a beautiful glow whenever she looked at Nick’s older brother.
Well played, big brother. Well played, indeed.
Nick just stood there and stared at her like a total idiot.
