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Well, the man she’d grown up thinking was her
father.
    Her shoulders dropped as she thought
about the deceit. She hadn’t been furious since she’d found out
about it, but being around the Kellers made her angry about her
situation. She missed her mother and she loved her father, but why
had someone given her up and not given her a family like the one
she was being taken in by? An only child of two aging parents
wasn’t the same as what the Kellers had.
    She sipped her coffee again. There was
no need to get worked up. She had a perfectly good life. There was
just a lot of red tape around it.
    “ So, why did you really
come up here? You look a bit out of sorts,” Christian
said.
    Darcy snapped her head up. “Oh, I’m
sorry. Lot on my mind. But I did want to come and thank you all for
the furniture. As you’re the only Keller around, I thought I’d
start with you.”
    He laughed. “Really I had nothing to
do with that. I let them in the house. John, Arianna, and Regan did
the rest.”
    “ I’ll have to thank them
too then.”
    “ Do you have plans Saturday
night? I happen to know where they will all be.”
    She smiled at him. “As a matter of
fact, I do have plans.”
    “ Oh.” His eyebrows drew
together as he took a sip of his coffee. “I need a date and was
going to ask you.”
    “ To Simone’s
fundraiser?”
    He looked up at her. “You sure do know
your stuff.”
    She laughed. “I’ve already been
invited. I will be accompanying…”
    “ He moves fast.”
    “ To be honest, I think I’m
going as an employee, not as a date. He was a little uncomfortable
going, and he’s really bad at asking.”
    “ No kidding.” Christian
leaned in closer to her. “I told you he had a soft spot for
you.”
    Her jaw tensed.
    Christian sat back. “But that really
kills my plans. I was hoping to ask you to go. Now I have to find a
date or go stag.”
    “ You could go with
us.”
    He laughed. “Third wheel was never my
style.”
     

Chapter Five
     
    Ed liked sushi, but this crap from the
grocery store was not what he’d call sushi. But it was going to
have to do. He’d sent Darcy to a build to meet the foreman and help
him get organized. If anything, Darcy McCary was the most organized
woman he’d ever met, next to his Aunt Regan.
    When he thought about it, there were a
lot of similarities between the women. Not only did they have a
similar look, but just the way they did things. They both made weak
coffee, though he hadn’t told Darcy to alter it—not yet. They both
were irritatingly tidy and crazy efficient.
    In less than a week, Darcy had nearly
organized Ed’s entire office, and every report he had stacked on
his desk was now filed. All he had to do was say, “Darcy, where are
we on…” and she knew.
    His Aunt Regan had literally fallen
into his Uncle Zach’s lap on a bus. Well, Darcy McCary had bumped
into him at a Starbucks.
    The thought sent heat rising to his
forehead, and he broke out into a sweat. There was no need to keep
thinking about her in terms of comparing her to his aunt. They
worked together, and that was where it was going to stay—a working
relationship.
    They might have plans for Saturday
night, but that was a business arrangement. He hated fundraisers,
but the work his Aunt Simone did with her foundation was amazing.
There was no way he’d miss it and not give her the support she
deserved. But now he was dragging Darcy with him. Maybe he should
tell her he’d be late and pawn her off on his brother.
    Another wave of heat burst through
him, and this time he reached for a tissue to wipe his
face.
    He’d be damned if he pushed Darcy in
Christian’s direction. He’d seen his brother’s eyes when he’d
brought her in that day. And why had he done that? Why was he being
all neighborly and offering her rides in the morning so
early?
    Oh, that had him twisted inside. Darcy
McCary was his assistant and off limits to his brother.
    Ed shook his head. Dear Lord, he was
losing his