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    “I am not a thief. Here, take your damn cleaner.” Megan tried to get the machine out of her trunk, but it was stuck on the hatch.
    “I don’t know why you’re acting like the injured party here.”
    “Of course you don’t. How could you when you think everyone who isn’t rich must be on the take.”
    “I think you should be very careful what you say next, if you want to continue working for me.”
    She wrenched the cleaner out and thrust it into his arms. “I don’t have anything else to say to you, except keep your damn job.” Then she climbed into her car and slammed the door as she left.
    Jordan stared after her. Unbelievable. He’d caught her red-handed and she’d not only made out like he was a moron but had quit before he even had the pleasure of firing her. How had he got this so wrong? He’d totally been taken in by her. Bowled over by some attraction which blinded him to her real personality.
    Storming into the reception area he wanted nothing more than a stiff drink. Chelsea did little to change his mind.
    “What the hell’s wrong with you? You look like you’re after a show down at high noon. I reckon you could scare any guests with just a glance. Thank goodness there isn’t anyone around.”
    He held up his hand. “I’m not in the mood for any banter. Megan’s just quit.”
    Chelsea gasped. “What did you do?”
    “Me? Why would you think that I was the one at fault?”
    Chelsea gave him a penetrating look which rankled. Just because she’d known him for years didn’t mean she could judge him.
    “I caught her with a boot full of our stuff and when I questioned her she got all defensive.”
    “Oh Jordan. Sometimes you make me want to hit you over the head with something.”
    “You’re not seriously defending her?”
    “I most definitely am. Megan asked me if she could buy some product from us and borrow a cleaner. I said have at it and don’t worry about the money since she does so many extra hours from home. Tell me that I did wrong?”
    Jordan opened and closed his mouth a few times then said a really foul expletive.
    “Oh boy, I really stuffed up.”
    “Big time. The question is - what are you planning on doing about it?”
    How was he going to make amends when he’d called her a thief?
    Relief that he’d been wrong in his assumption, and now willing to remember how delectable Megan was when she was fired up, Jordan couldn’t help the laughter bubbling from him. It felt good to let it explode, much to Chelsea’s amusement.
    That crazy little ball of anti-man material made him feel so much, and even when he’d believed the worst of her he was already thinking about not having her around every day, and not liking the idea. Maybe he was the one who was crazy.
     
     

 
    Chapter Six
     
    Megan had just put the girls down when there was a knock at the door. The summer days were long, so it was only just twilight outside at eight-thirty, but she still wouldn’t dream of opening her door when the girls were in bed. Peering through the curtain she saw a couple of the cleaners from the resort standing on her porch holding the cleaning products that she’d left behind, and also the carpet cleaner.
    She went and opened the door but stood with her arms crossed. “Did Jordan send you?”
    Rose smiled. “He said you might not be friendly, but we’re on overtime, so I’m happy to take as long as you need.”
    “Well, I am not happy at all. You can take all this back to him and tell him I said to shove it where the sun don’t shine.”
    Rose held her hands up. “Hey, don’t shoot the messenger. Couldn’t you tell him yourself? He’ll be annoyed if we go back without doing the work. He also said to apologize, and that he didn’t accept your resignation.”
    “Did he now? Well that’s just dandy. Don’t you worry about any of this. I’m sure he’ll still pay you, and if he doesn’t then you let me know, but he doesn’t get to order me around, especially in