Where There's a Will (Whiskey River Book 1)

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Author: Katherine Garbera
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means a given, it wouldn’t be because I was afraid of a tornado.”
    He raised an eyebrow. “You can’t deny that was at least part of the reason you kissed me.” He’d bet the Kelly ranch on that.
    Addison raised her chin pugnaciously. “You kissed me. I merely responded like any woman would have when—” She broke off abruptly.
    “When her boss kisses her?” he asked.
    “I’m pretty sure you weren’t thinking like my boss just now. I know I wasn’t thinking about being your secretary.”
    “My point, exactly. I want to do this right, Addison.”
    “Do what right?”
    Irked, he kissed her. When she would have spoken he kissed her again. “Honey, if you’re trying to frustrate me you’re doing a good job of it.” He continued before she could speak. “I want to get to know you and you get to know me,” he explained.
    She moved out of his embrace and sat cross-legged in front of him, her dress modestly arranged around her limbs. “I’ve been working for you for a long time. Don’t you think we know each other by now?”
    “No, I don’t. I don’t know anything about you outside of the office. You’ve never talked about your childhood. I had no idea you grew up in the Barrels.” If he had, he’d have been more careful about recalling that long ago tornado that destroyed much of that side of town.
    She frowned. “My childhood isn’t something I like to remember.”
    “It was that bad?”
    “Yes. Which is why I’ve been working my butt off to get my law degree.”
    Ryder knew Addison commuted to law school part time so she could continue to work part time for him. She never acted as if it was hard to do both, but he knew it had to be.
    “I have an interview in Austin next week, by the way,” she said. “It’s Tuesday morning, so I’ll have to take the day off.”
    A job interview? Addison was that close to finishing law school? When were her boards? Somehow all that had slipped past his radar. “Why are you interviewing in Austin?”
    “What do you mean, why? After I take my boards, I’ll need a new job. I want to practice law, not be your legal secretary forever.”
    Addison was thinking about leaving Whiskey River. Leaving him. He knew it wasn’t personal. After all, this afternoon was only the second time they had kissed. But it felt damned personal to him.
    He didn’t want her to go. “But why Austin? You’d have to move.”
    “Yes, that’s usually what getting a job in another town entails. Why are you so shocked?”
    “I’m not shocked. I just . . . don’t want you to move.”
    She tilted her head and looked at him. “Why?”
    Because he liked having her here. He couldn’t imagine not seeing her almost daily. What’s more, he didn’t want to imagine it. “I just think you ought to look for a job closer to home, that’s all.”
    “There are no jobs in Whiskey River. Ford, Gamble and Lannigan is the only law firm in town. I haven’t heard you mention the firm is looking for a junior associate.”
    “We’ve talked about taking on another attorney.” Occasionally. Not very seriously. Still, their client list was steadily growing, just as Whiskey River itself was growing. It was certainly possible he and his partners could agree to bring Addison into the group.
    Addison looked skeptical. “I can’t afford to wait on a maybe. I’m looking in San Antonio and Austin. If I don’t find anything at either of those cities, then I’ll expand my search.”
    “Don’t be hasty,” he said.
    “Give me a reason to rethink it,” she said.
    Ryder wanted to. But he couldn’t make an offer without talking to his partners and he knew that if he slept with Addison, working with her when the affair ended would be bad.
    And his affairs always ended.
    *
    F OOL.
    She knew that she’d gone out on a crazy limb when she asked him to give her a reason to stay. Of course he wasn’t going to suddenly profess that he couldn’t live without her.
    Silence continued to build between

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