Seducing Megan: Prossers Bay Series Novella Read Online Free PDF Page B

Her friends, and occasionally letting her hair down, with no man to boss her around, was just how she liked things.
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    The Monday of her first day on the job, Megan felt nervous. The twins hadn’t helped because they’d been clingy since she’d told them about morning school care. They had struggled to get up a bit earlier, and Mia was being awkward.
    “What will we do there?”
    “You’ll have breakfast and then read a story or play some games.”
    “I’m tired.”
    Mia lay down on the couch while Megan packed their lunches.
    “I know, honey, but it will get easier after a few weeks.”
    “I want to come with you.”
    Cody leaned against her, making it hard work to get organized. It wasn’t their fault, so she was trying to be extra patient.
    “Sorry, baby. I’ll be working, and you need to go to school. That hasn’t changed. It’s only for an hour, and then all the rest of your class and the other school kids will arrive.”
    Feeling like she was abandoning them, Megan finally managed to drop them off. Luckily there were a couple of children the girls knew, including Liam, Abby’s boy. They loved Liam and she should have remembered that he’d be there, since without her Abby had decided to work more hours until she could find the right replacement. Breathing a sigh of relief, she left them in the care of a teacher.
     
    Entering the grounds of the resort ten minutes later, she once more admired its beauty. The entranceway had a large, arched roof which had bougainvillea growing up the sides on a trellis. River stones made up a large waterfall near the reception area and the nice view didn’t stop there.
    Jordan was bending over the water, a small boy by his side, and they were feeding the fish. It would have been cute if she hadn’t noticed the way his jeans stretched across his buttocks, and his shirt strained over his biceps, as he tossed the food further into the pool.
    When he noticed her, she was still staring, and she forced herself to act naturally while her libido was doing the opposite. He stood up quickly and gave her a smile as if he knew that she’d been checking him out, and was happy to return the favor. Well, he could stop that. And, even better, she had to not think of him as a man – he was a boss, nothing more.
    “Good morning, Megan. Punctual, I see. I’ll introduce you to your team and then some of the others when you’re more settled.”
    He sent the boy back to his family, who were in the lobby checking out, then led the way to her spacious office, which, apart from a desk had a table with several chairs and a couch. Today, making the room seem infinitely smaller, a group of women were chatting as if they knew each other well. That encouraged Megan to hope that she might be able to recreate some of what she had with Stephanie and Abby at the resort.
    As soon as Jordan edged into the already crowded room the noise stopped. All of the women openly admired him while they regarded Megan with varying degrees of suspicion or interest.
    “Good morning, everyone. This is Megan Adams, our new housekeeping manager. For the next couple of days while she finds her feet, Megan will be taking a look at what we do and how we can do it better. No need to look like that, Rose. You know it’s been a disaster lately, and something has to change if we don’t want the business to go down the drain. If that happens, we all lose our jobs.”
    Rose, a petite redhead, went pink and Megan felt sorry for her. No one liked change at first, especially when it was forced on them, and to be singled out was embarrassing.
    “I’ll leave you to it.”
    Jordan smiled at her encouragingly as he left, totally oblivious to the resentment he’d caused. Taking a deep breath, she looked around at each of the women, trying to make eye contact as she’d learned to do in her prior life – pre babies.
    “Good morning. I won’t pretend to know anything about you or what your strengths are individually. I do know