Just a quick read for StevieLuvsalex a woman who has little time to relax :)
As Stevie glanced back over her shoulder, Alex glared at her.
Hesitantly she lifted her hand, gave him a pretty smile then waved to him before her attention was drawn back into the car.
He watched as her face lit up with her beautiful, full smile and she giggled.
A low rumble of a man's voice reached his ears and twisted his heart.
In a cloud of dust they were gone.
...
"Dave Brewer will be here soon Alex! You need to bring King Harold up." Harry Ryan ordered.
Alex stood without acknowledgement watching the last of the dust settle back onto the road.
"Alex!" Harry growled annoyance in his voice.
"What!" Alex answered.
"King Harold!"
"Yeah yeah I know." Alex grumped as he walked away.
...
Harry Ryan inhaled and watched his eldest son walk towards the yards...
He'd moved heaven and earth to keep him from forming any sort of romantic attachment to Stevie Hall.
It was just a whim, a passing crush or perhaps a sexual conquest Harry had told himself.
Alex Ryan couldn't possibly love someone like her.
She wasn't good enough to wear the Ryan name.
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It had been almost a year since Aaron Royston had arrived in the district, a very wealthy and influential man in the agricultural industry.
Harry admired him greatly.
Aaron Royston had the experience of a fifty year old when it came to just about every facet of his life and yet he was still not quite thirty.
A self made millionaire but the time he was twenty five.
Everything he touched turned a profit.
He was like a magnet when is came to success , easily he acquired everything other men would envy.
...
Harry envied his wealth, his power and his business acumen.
He was baffled when he'd instantly showed an interest in Stevie Hall.
What in the hell could he see in her, Harry had initially wondered.
She was pretty that was evident and she had a lovely body, not that anyone saw that very often as it was always covered in work clothes.
Even when she went out it was usually trousers and a top, not very feminine at all Harry mused and defiantly not someone he wanted at his dinner parties.
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Harry had watched delighted at first as Aaron pursued Stevie relentlessly and finally after six months she appeared to take notice of his advances.
It gave him more time to find Alex a wife.
But it hadn't worked out that way at all.
Alex lost interest in almost everything.
Dropped out of the pool comp and rarely went out.
...
A few times Harry had dinner parties , under the cover of business meetings, making sure that eligible young women were amongst the group.
Nothing worked.
Alex remained detached and unattached.
...
The final straw came a couple of weeks back at the Annual Fundraising Ball.
Harry demanded Alex attend, to help him represent the Ryan family in Nick's absence.
Everyone who was anyone would be there.
Lots of eligible, intelligent, farming women all dressed to kill Harry smiled to himself.
But it had backfired dismally.
...
Aaron Royston arrived with a large group of his family and friends.
His table held some of the most influential people of the region.
On his arm was Stevie Hall.
Harry couldn't believe the transformation.
She was breath taking.
...
Harry tried not to stare when she'd arrived.
Her dress was emerald green, low cut but tasteful, showing her bust to perfection.
His gaze like every other man in the room followed her small waist as it led eventfully to her womanly hips.
As she moved they enticed .
Glued to the spot until she sat men watched enviously.
Her normally scruffy hair was a mass of shiny curls and her eyes sparkled and her lips glistened with just enough makeup to highlight her cheek bones and pretty smile.
...
Alex saw her too and the smile that he'd been wearing dropped from his face.
Turning back to the bar he proceeded to soak himself with whisky.
No one wanted to dance with him that night, which suited him just fine.
The only woman he wanted to dance with, hardly even gave him the time of day anymore.
...
Harry looked on and shook his head.
He thought he knew what was best for his son.
He was beginning to realize he may have gotten it wrong.
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