In Love with the Boss
From pennies to pearls the Rush sisters are swept off their feet by their handsome bosses!
Sisters Patience and Piper Rush might not have had much growing up but they always had each other, through good times and bad. Now, oceans apart, can they find comfort, safety and acceptance in the arms of their drop-dead gorgeous bosses?
In June 2015 â¦
Patience finds herself falling for the man of her dreams in A Millionaire for Cinderella
And
In September 2015 â¦
Piperâs heart is captured by her brooding Parisian boss in Beauty & Her Billionaire Boss
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CHAPTER ONE
HOW LONG DID it take to examine one little old lady? Patience paced the length of the hospital emergency room for what felt like the hundredth time. What was taking so long?
âExcuse me.â She knocked on the glass window separating the admissions desk from the rest of the emergency waiting area. âMy...grandmother...has been back there for a long time.â She figured the lie would get her more sympathy than saying âmy employer.â Luckily thereâd been a shift change; the previous nurse on duty would have called her on it. âIs there any way I can find out whatâs happening?â
The nurse gave her a sympathetic smile. âIâm sorry, weâre really busy today, and things are backed up. Iâm sure a doctor will be out to talk with you soon.â
Easy for her to say. She hadnât found her employer crumpled at the foot of a stairwell.
Anaâs cry replayed in her head. Frail, weak. If only she hadnât been in the other room...if only she hadnât told Nigel he needed to wait for his dinner, then Ana wouldnât be here. Sheâd be having her tea in the main salon like she did every afternoon.
Patience couldnât help her sad, soft chuckle. A year ago she didnât know what a salon was. Goes to show how much working for Ana had changed her life. If only Ana knew how sheâd rescued Patience, taking her from the dark and dirty and bringing her into a place that was bright and clean.
Of course, Ana couldnât know. As far as Patience was concerned, her life started the day she began cleaning house for Anastasia Duchenko. Everything she did beforehand had been washed away.
The hospital doors opened with a soft whoosh, announcing the arrival of another visitor. Immediately, the atmosphere in the room changed, and not because of the June heat disrupting the air-conditioning. The conversations stilled as all attention went to the new arrival. Even the admissions nurse straightened. For a second, Patience wondered if a local celebrity had walked in. The air had that kind of expectancy.
His tailored shirt and silk tie screamed superiority as did his perfect posture. A crown of brown curls kept his features from being too harsh, but only just. No doubt about it, this was a man who expected to be in charge. Bet he wouldnât be kept waiting an hour.
The man strode straight to the admissions window. Patience was about to resume her pacing when she heard him say the name Duchenko.
Couldnât be a coincidence. This could be the break she needed to find out about Ana. She combed her dark hair away from her face, smoothed the front of her tee shirt and stepped forward. âExcuse me, did I hear you ask about Ana Duchenko?â
He turned in her direction. âWhoâs asking?â
For a moment, Patience lost the ability to speak. He was looking down at her with eyes the same shade as the blue in a flame, the hue so vivid it couldnât possibly be real. Lit with intensity, they were the kind of eyes that you swore were looking deep inside your soul. âPatience,â she replied, recovering. âIâm Patience Rush.â
She didnât think it possible for his stare to intensify but it did. âAunt Anastasiaâs housekeeper?â
His aunt. Suddenly Patience realized who she was talking to. This was Stuart Duchenko, Anaâs great-nephew, the one who called twice a week. Actually, as far as she knew, the only Duchenko relative Ana talked to. Patience didnât know why, other than thereâd been some kind of rift and Ana refused to deal with what she called âthe rest of the sorry lot.â Only Stuart, who managed her financial affairs, remained in her good graces.