it’s more important that the two of you behave yourselves. This is a place of business.”
“Tell that to her.” Caine wagged a finger at Laura. “She’s the one who was conducting personal business, practically on her own desk.”
“We were not on the desk,” Laura fumed. Though they could have been, she thought, might have been, in another minute. “Royce just dropped by to see if I’d be free for lunch.”
“Hah!” was her father’s opinion.
Laura slapped a hand on the arm of her chair. “You sound just like Grandpa.”
“Oh, that’s fine.” Insulted, Caine sprang to his feet. “I get yelled at when I have a perfectly reasonable reaction to seeing my daughter being swallowed whole by a strange man, but you have no objection to having your grandfather pick out what he obviously considers a suitable stud for the next line of MacGregors.”
“Caine.” Diana moaned the word, sinking to the arm of a chair herself.
“What? What do you mean? What are you talking about?”
“It’s plain as the burr in the old man’s voice,” Caine told her. “You’re the eldest granddaughter, you’re of marriageable age. It’s time you were doing your duty,” he continued, mimicking Daniel’s voice, “finding a suitable husband and getting children of your own.”
Laura’s mouth worked for several seconds before she could manage to speak. Then all that came out was a low, whistling scream.
“See?” Pleased he’d made his point, Caine hitched up the knees of his trousers and sat back.
“He’s picked him out.” Temper had Laura’s breath strangling in her throat. “He sent him to me. He—he selected him so I could … so I could
breed.
”
“Well …” Satisfied he was off the hook, Caine examined his cuffs. “That’s a bit cruder than he’d have intended.”
“I’ll kill him. With my bare hands.”
Caine sat up, enjoying himself now. “Which one of them?”
“Grandpa. You’d best make funeral arrangements.” She snatched up her coat and briefcase. “I’m taking the rest of the day off. I have to drive to Hyannis.”
“Laura—”
“Let her go.” Caine grabbed Diana’s hand as Laura stormed out. “He deserves it.”
“Lord, how did I ever get tangled up in such a family?”
“You wanted my body,” Caine reminded her. “Couldn’t keep your hands off me.” He kissed her fingers. “Still can’t.”
“I’m going to give it more effort.”
“Diana.” He turned her hand over, pressing his lips to the palm in a way that both of them knew undid her. “I was just looking out for our little girl.”
“She’s grown up on us, Caine. It happened too fast.” She lowered her head to his. “It’s so hard to keep up.”
“I just don’t want her rushing into anything with some … Cameron Dad’s picked out.”
“Laura chooses her own,” Diana said quietly. “She always has. What did you think of him?”
“I don’t know.” He rubbed his wife’s knuckles over his cheek. “It was hard to tell. I had this red haze in front of my eyes.” Then he sighed. “I liked him.”
“So did I.”
“That doesn’t mean he can … right here in the office, Diana. For God’s sake.”
“Oh, you mean the way we did.” She tucked her tongue in her cheek. “Disgraceful.”
“That was different.” His brows drew together when she continued to smile at him. “All right, all right. Maybe it isn’t so different.” He slid a hand up her legs. “So, you want to try the desk? See if it still works?”
“I think we’ve given the staff enough to gossip about for one day.” She leaned closer until her lips brushed his. “We’ll wait until everyone’s gone for the day.”
“I love you, Diana.” He cupped his hand at the back of her neck to linger over the kiss. “A thousand times more than I did the day you walked into my life.”
“We’re lucky. All I want is for our children to be as lucky.” She brushed her hands through his hair,adoring the way silver
“Tell that to her.” Caine wagged a finger at Laura. “She’s the one who was conducting personal business, practically on her own desk.”
“We were not on the desk,” Laura fumed. Though they could have been, she thought, might have been, in another minute. “Royce just dropped by to see if I’d be free for lunch.”
“Hah!” was her father’s opinion.
Laura slapped a hand on the arm of her chair. “You sound just like Grandpa.”
“Oh, that’s fine.” Insulted, Caine sprang to his feet. “I get yelled at when I have a perfectly reasonable reaction to seeing my daughter being swallowed whole by a strange man, but you have no objection to having your grandfather pick out what he obviously considers a suitable stud for the next line of MacGregors.”
“Caine.” Diana moaned the word, sinking to the arm of a chair herself.
“What? What do you mean? What are you talking about?”
“It’s plain as the burr in the old man’s voice,” Caine told her. “You’re the eldest granddaughter, you’re of marriageable age. It’s time you were doing your duty,” he continued, mimicking Daniel’s voice, “finding a suitable husband and getting children of your own.”
Laura’s mouth worked for several seconds before she could manage to speak. Then all that came out was a low, whistling scream.
“See?” Pleased he’d made his point, Caine hitched up the knees of his trousers and sat back.
“He’s picked him out.” Temper had Laura’s breath strangling in her throat. “He sent him to me. He—he selected him so I could … so I could
breed.
”
“Well …” Satisfied he was off the hook, Caine examined his cuffs. “That’s a bit cruder than he’d have intended.”
“I’ll kill him. With my bare hands.”
Caine sat up, enjoying himself now. “Which one of them?”
“Grandpa. You’d best make funeral arrangements.” She snatched up her coat and briefcase. “I’m taking the rest of the day off. I have to drive to Hyannis.”
“Laura—”
“Let her go.” Caine grabbed Diana’s hand as Laura stormed out. “He deserves it.”
“Lord, how did I ever get tangled up in such a family?”
“You wanted my body,” Caine reminded her. “Couldn’t keep your hands off me.” He kissed her fingers. “Still can’t.”
“I’m going to give it more effort.”
“Diana.” He turned her hand over, pressing his lips to the palm in a way that both of them knew undid her. “I was just looking out for our little girl.”
“She’s grown up on us, Caine. It happened too fast.” She lowered her head to his. “It’s so hard to keep up.”
“I just don’t want her rushing into anything with some … Cameron Dad’s picked out.”
“Laura chooses her own,” Diana said quietly. “She always has. What did you think of him?”
“I don’t know.” He rubbed his wife’s knuckles over his cheek. “It was hard to tell. I had this red haze in front of my eyes.” Then he sighed. “I liked him.”
“So did I.”
“That doesn’t mean he can … right here in the office, Diana. For God’s sake.”
“Oh, you mean the way we did.” She tucked her tongue in her cheek. “Disgraceful.”
“That was different.” His brows drew together when she continued to smile at him. “All right, all right. Maybe it isn’t so different.” He slid a hand up her legs. “So, you want to try the desk? See if it still works?”
“I think we’ve given the staff enough to gossip about for one day.” She leaned closer until her lips brushed his. “We’ll wait until everyone’s gone for the day.”
“I love you, Diana.” He cupped his hand at the back of her neck to linger over the kiss. “A thousand times more than I did the day you walked into my life.”
“We’re lucky. All I want is for our children to be as lucky.” She brushed her hands through his hair,adoring the way silver
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