"Roberts, Nora - A Matter of Choice" - читать интересную книгу автора (Roberts Nora)

fascination with snuffboxes had made him a regular customer who had more
than once recommended her shop to other people. And he was rather sweet
in his fussy little way, she thought as she placed the tea tray on a
table.

"Sugar?" she asked him.

"Ah, I shouldn't." Chambers patted his ample middle. "But perhaps one
cube." His glance flicked briefly down to her legs as Jessica crossed
them. A pity, he thought with an inward sigh, that he wasn't twenty
years younger.

Later he left happily with two eighteenth-century snuffboxes. Before
Jessica could file the invoice, she heard the grumble of an engine.
Glancing up, she saw the large delivery truck pull in front of the shop.
She read the company logo on the side of the steel doors and frowned a
bit. She could have sworn the delivery that Michael was shipping wasn't
due until the following day.

When she recognized the driver, Jessica waved, then walked to the front
door to meet him.

"Hi, Miss Winslow."

"Hello, Don." She accepted the itemized list he handed her, muttering
about not expecting him until tomorrow. He shrugged.

"Mr. Adams put a rush on it."

"Mmm." She jiggled the keys in her pocket as she scanned the list.
"Well, he seems to have outdone himself this time. And another delivery
on Saturday. I don't... oh!" Her eyes lit up with pleasure as they fixed
on one item. "The writing desk. The Queen Anne. I meant to tell Michael
to keep his eyes open for one, then forgot. It must be fate." Of course,
she should uncart it first, at least take a look. No, impulses were the
best, Jessica decided. Smiling, she looked back up at the driver. "The
rest comes in here, but that goes to my home. Would you mind?"

"Well..."

It was easy to justify using the smile. Jessica could already see the
desk in the front parlor. "If it's not too much trouble," she added.

The driver shifted to his other foot. "I guess it'll be all right. Joe
won't mind." He jerked his thumb at his partner, who had opened the wide
double doors of the truck.

"Thanks. I really appreciate it. That desk is just what I've been
looking for."