After listening to Alaina, Nathan thought about making a plan. What was the best possible scenario he could come up with to get closer to Brooke? Because Nathan couldn’t stop thinking about the green-eyed beauty even for a single second. Thoughts of Brooke had worked their way into Nathan’s heart and soul. It was weird, Nathan knew, but he couldn’t help it. One look at Brooke and he’d felt as if he’d known her for all of his life and that there was a deep bond; although as yet undefined, between them.
But one thing was clear to him. Nathan needed Brooke like he needed air to breathe. It was love at first sight!
A few days passed while Nathan set himself up at the best motel the town offered. It was important that he stay there while his construction crew started to work on converting the winery int
The next day after another round of meetings, they had finalized the details of opening up the brewery plant.“Nathan, the location of this town is perfect. It’s cheaper to transport from here and the major cities of Texas are more or less at an equal distance from here. We should have set up our Headquarters here instead,” Gavin remarked as they sat in the lounge chairs on the balcony of Nathan’s room, drinking beer.Nathan sighed, looking at the huge expanse of the valley that could be seen from the balcony, “I know. I’m thinking about it.” He remarked very seriously.Gavin almost spilled his beer. “Nathan, I was just joking.” He coughed a bit and put his beer bottle down on the table between the chair
As was decided, Gavin burned the midnight oil and compiled a proposition overnight to buy the mansion. The next day, early in the morning,he met Nathan in the kitchen for breakfast. The breakfast spread was impressive. Pancakes with maple syrup, bacon, coffee, fresh fruits and cream. Gavin’s stomach grumbled the moment he saw the food piled on his plate. They both dug into the food and Gavin moaned as the first taste of well cooked bacon hit his taste buds. “Wow, this is awesome, man.” Gavin said with mouth full of food. “Don’t talk while you’re eating, Gavin.” Nathan remarked and watched as his friend nodded and concentrated on the food, while he went over the papers that Gavin had compiled as a proposal for purchasing the mansion. “You think the owner will take
A few days after that conversation, Brooke was sitting in her office, thinking morosely about all the ways she’d mess up his first meeting with Nathan. Because Brooke was sure she’d never be able to control her nerves around Bradford. Just when she thought about that Donald came running into his office.“Madam, there’s a Mr. Bradford here to see you.”Brooke’s eyes went comically wide. “What?! Are you sure?”“Unless I hallucinated, I’m pretty sure that the tall man with long hair standing outside in jeans and a plaid shirt is definitely Mr. Bradford,” Donald said in a excited voice.Brooke did not appreciate him thinking about her man. Wait, wha
Brooke decided to focus on other things. So what if she would never get to date the man, she could still try to get to know him as a person by working with him. “Before we do that, don’t you want to know how much I would charge you? The contract that is to be signed and the labor…”Brooke couldn’t complete her sentence because Nathan interrupted, waving his hands, dismissing the argument already, “No need for all that. I trust you know what you’re doing and you’ll be professional about it. My office will call you and take care of the nitty-gritty. Now please, would you be so kind as to accompany me?” Nathan looked imploringly at her, eyes all sad and pleading.Brooke never knew that humans had the ability to imitate the sad puppy look; which Nathan had almost perfected and Brooke found h
The entire tour went the same way. Nathan would ask Brooke to suggest the changes and Nathan getting more impressed with every idea. At the end of the tour, Brooke was buzzing with excitement at the thought that all her suggestions that she wanted to incorporate in the mansion were approved.“So, by what time would you be able to draw up the plans?” Nathan asked as they headed towards the car.“Well, the plans could be ready by the end of the week. I can show them to you then,” Brooke replied.“Wow, that’s fast. I’m impressed,” Nathan said, looking at Brooke intently, hoping his message was understood loud and clear that he was really impressed with the architect's ideas.
Nathan was walking around the lakefront early in the morning, hoping to catch the sight of Brooke. He was at the lakefront under the pretense of jogging and exercise but the real motive behind that was to catch a glimpse of Brooke. He wasn’t much of an exercise kinda guy anyway. As the sun rose high up in the sky, he completed his last lap of jogging and turned towards the railing that separated the sidewalk and the lake. He looked ahead, taking in the beauty of the sky and the lake water shining in the bright sunlight. Early morning people were out on the sidewalk, few of them running, a few jogging and a few stretching near the benches. The young girls who were doing exercise in the area near where Nathan was standing were bending and stretching a little extra, obviously trying to get his attention. Nathan rolled his eyes. Guess the people who wanted his attention were always around him but the one whose attention he desired was nowhere to be
Brooke on the other hand was bitter...at the whole world, generally. She should be happy. She deserved to be happy, but somehow fate didn’t agree with her. Because she was developing feelings for a person she could never have. She was sick of feeling so lonely and seeing how angry and snappy she had become, Beth, Steve, and Alaina had taken him to the bar, hoping to help him out of his misery.Two glasses of whisky and Brooke told them everything about what happened with Nathan.“So, Bradford hired me.” Brooke slurred.“Yeah we know. You’ve told us at least ten times.” Beth cackled.“But I didn’t want him to…” Brooke whined.
“Good morning, people,” Brooke said as she approached the men.“Good morning, Brooke,” Both men said in unison.“Well, are you ready with the plans?” Nathan asked, enjoying the blush that painted Brooke’s skin when he looked at her.“Yeah, I’m ready...I mean, the plans are ready, if you want to look at them…” Brooke was speaking, carrying three charts with her in an attache, trying her best not to think too much about the half-naked man standing in front of him.“Them? As in more than one?” Gavin asked.“Yeah. Usually, we present the client with multiple s