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matter how many times the image of her in that sexy suit flashed in his mind.
    He hadn’t expected to be so attracted to her, and couldn’t let himself go there. She was his employee. A valuable employee if today was any indication of things he could expect from her. He couldn’t mess this up.
    He was only looking for a good time and that would never be wise to do with an employee. He didn’t know enough about her to know what she wanted or was looking for, and he wasn’t even going to try to find out. It was just a recipe for disaster.
    All his life he’d had horrible taste in women. No, that wasn’t true, he had good taste. It was just he wanted it all, only he couldn’t find that one person that met every criteria, or even came close to the more important things to him.
    Most of the women he dated before were too feminine and couldn’t stand to get her hands dirty. They looked pretty, were smart, nice, and would have been perfect for him if only they showed any interest in his job, because his job was his life. It was a part of him. He lived and breathed this, just like Phil.
    On the other side of the coin, he’d tried dating women who had some of the same likes as him. Who were handy and liked doing projects around the house. Who showed an interest in what he loved to do. But then, they were manlier, so to speak. He still wanted someone who looked like a woman, and acted like one. That wasn’t too much to ask, was it?
    All he wanted was someone who was soft and feminine when need be, but who understood his world too. Someone who wasn’t afraid to get dirty, or who wouldn’t cringe at a bit of mud on his boots when he walked in the door. Or paint on his arms or hands until he scrubbed it all clean. Someone who wouldn’t mind that he worked so much, because he didn’t have much of a choice, not if he wanted to be successful, and he did.
    Everyone thought he never took his relationships seriously enough and that was why he was still single. It wasn’t that though. He just gave up trying to find the best of both worlds, convinced it didn’t exist. It was easier to just be laid-back and focus on fun and keep it light.
    Regardless of the fact he’d seen that Brynn could look like a woman—and a sexy one at that—then carry on a conversation with him like a man, he refused to let his mind go to the possibility that maybe there was a woman out there for him—the woman he’d just hired.

 
    So Lucky
     
    “How was your first day?” Carly asked as she set a salad on the table. Brynn was trying to smother a laugh, but Carly caught it. “What? What’s so funny?”
    “You. You are such a little homemaker. You’re going to make some lucky man the perfect wife.”
    “Sure. Someday. If I can find someone that isn’t such a jerk.”
    Brynn laughed. Carly did have bad taste in men. Brynn never really understood why Carly was so hard to please. Those that were close to her would have never figured her as the picky type.
    Either way, Carly was the settling-down type. She loved kids, loved to cook and loved taking care of people. Someday someone would appreciate it and not take advantage of it at the same time. At least she hoped, because that was the one thing she always noticed with the men Carly dated—they took advantage of her caring nature.
    “Anyway,” Carly interrupted Brynn’s laugh. “How was your day?”
    “It was great. I can’t thank you enough for telling me about this job. I don’t want to jinx myself, but it seems too good to be true. The Harpers seem almost too perfect.”
    “They’re nice. Not too cocky or full of themselves. They may seem it to some people, but they’re pretty down to earth.”
    “How do you know?” Brynn asked, frowning.
    “I grew up here. So did they. They grew up on the lake.”
    “But they’re older than us, right?”
    “Yeah. Six years, I think. One of my friend’s sisters dated Alec. Ellen is four years older than us, so I’m pretty sure he is two years