A Highland Summer: The Billionaire's Nanny (A BWWM Billionaire Contemporary Romance) Read Free Page B

children, before puberty had hardened his jawline and broadened his shoulders at the same time that it softened her into the tall, slender and quite beautiful creature I saw in front of me. She was giving me a look I couldn't quite decipher.
    "Did you - did my brother hire you?"
    "Er," I paused, not sure what Anne was asking me, "well, yes, I'm going to be here until the end of the summer."
    "No, no," Anna waved her hand at me slightly impatiently, "I mean, did Darach hire you himself? Did he do the interview? Or did Mrs. Clyde do it?"
    "Mrs. Clyde interviewed me on Skype. I only met Darach this morning."
    "Really?!" Anne seemed surprised by my response - I caught it when she held back what was going to be an amused eye-roll. "Hmm. Alright. Are you coming out here to see the loch?"
    Anne changed the subject quickly and kept going before I had time to respond:
    "I've just been to see it - it's such a beautiful day isn't it? Do you want me to show you where it is?"
    At the time I didn't know what a 'loch' was but Anne seemed so enthusiastic and so eager for me to get a look at it that I just nodded and followed behind her as she turned and started leading me back down in the same direction she'd come from.
    "So you met my brother?" Anne called back to me without bothering to turn around as we walked.
    "Yes." I tried to keep my voice as neutral as possible - already getting the feeling that Anne was fishing for information.
    "He's quite a sight, isn't he?"
    Well, there was no obvious response to that question, so I didn't give one. Anne stopped in the middle of the path and turned to me with a knowing smile on her face:
    "What? You didn't notice? My brother has been breaking girl's hearts since he was twelve years old - and he's been known to have...certain tastes."
    That was twice now. Both women I'd met at Castle McLanald had made a point of noting Darach McLanald's good looks. Why? I was starting to get the distinct impression of the Laird as a golden boy of sorts, a favored son doted on by women young and old, related or not. I've never really gone for that kind of thing, especially in a grown man, and the look on Anne's face felt slightly presumptuous. What of it if the Laird was smoking hot? Was I being made fun of? That seemed like bad manners - and it put me a little on the defensive.
    Anne saw the look on my face before I replied and immediately changed her expression to one of contrition.
    "Och, Jennifer, I'm sorry! I'm not implying anything about you! If anything I'm implying something about my brother."
    WHAT about your brother? I wanted to ask, in much the same way I'd wanted to ask Mrs. Clyde when she brought up the Laird's dashing features - and his apparent lack of availability. Yes, he was handsome. Yes, I had definitely noticed. No I was not planning on begging him for a proposal - fantasist or not, I have my pride.
    Anne continued: "Never mind me. I'm just - well, let's say I know my brother's predilections, is all."
    I didn't know the Laird's 'predilections' but at that point I was damned if I was going to ask about them. We kept walking in - at least on my part - a kind of perplexed silence, until the path suddenly turned to the left and a small lake with dark blue water that looked unfathomably deep came into view. It was beautiful enough to take my breath away and sweep all thoughts of the Laird from my mind.
    "Wow."
    "It's lovely isn't it?"
    I could hear the pride in Anne's voice.
    "See that little waterfall over there? You can slide down those rocks and straight into the water - only on a really hot day, of course, because the water in the loch is absolutely arse-freezing."
    The water did look cold. It also appeared that word 'loch' meant lake. I was glad I wasn't going to have to ask anyone about it and risk looking like a stereotypical insular American.
    "Jennifer, I'm sorry if I was too familiar earlier. I really didn't mean anything by it - it's really lovely to have someone new here for the summer