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envisaged her a thousand times, burning with utter commitment to getting everything right at the resort, shutting out everything else from her mind. Including him. Especially him. Though he didn’t believe she could be any more successful than he was at setting aside the strong attraction they’d experienced. All the same, the need to know wouldn’t wait much longer.
    â€œDon’t you have some impression, Nathan?” his mother asked, frowning at him.
    â€œWhy should I? I don’t stick my nose into Tommy’s business any more than I stick it into Jared’s.”
    His mother’s gaze sharpened on him. “You did take Miranda on a sight-seeing trip, didn’t you?”
    â€œSix weeks ago,” he answered with a shrug. “I haven’t seen her since.”
    His mother sighed, looking extremely vexed.
    â€œI’m sure Tommy will fill you in when he arrives this afternoon.” Nathan smiled at her, seeing a way to use her frustration. “You can grill him to your heart’s content,” he added casually.
    It earned an exasperated glare. “I wanted another point of view.”
    â€œThen why not ask Miranda over to dinner tonight, satisfy yourself about her? Satisfy Jared’s curiosity, too. You could ask Sam, as well. Get her opinion. Make a party of it.”
    â€œYes,” his mother snapped, looking at him as though she wanted to box his ears. “I shall do that, Nathan. I’ll get some answers for myself since I can’t count on either you or Tommy to be sensible about women.”
    Her eyes glittered bitter disapproval.
    He thought fleetingly of Susan, aware his mother had considered her a waste of his time. But mothers didn’t know everything. All the same, he was glad that door was shut now because another door had opened and it had a stronger lure than any he had ever known.
    â€œWell, it’s lucky you can count on Jared to be sensible,” he tossed out, then slanted a teasing grin at his brother. “Been a good boy, have you?”
    He laughed and they moved onto a lighter vein of conversation, which suited Nathan just fine since he only had to give half his mind to it.
    Tonight, he thought with deep satisfaction.
    Tonight he would find out more about the woman he wanted.
    As was her custom, Miranda was ready to welcome back the homestead guests as they returned from their day’s activities. She waited on the verandah, watching the fishing party unload themselves from the Jeep Sam always commandeered, and thinking they looked well satisfied with what they had chosen to do.
    â€œLook at these great barramundi!” John Trumbell crowed, holding up his catch for her to admire as he led the others up the path.
    Miranda laughed at his glee. “Biggest I’ve seen this season, John.”
    Robyn, his wife, asked. “Can we give them to the chef to cook for our dinner tonight?”
    â€œOf course. Should make a great feast for you.”
    â€œIt was a marvellous day,” Robyn enthused. “I’ve never gone fishing in a helicopter before.” She swung around to Sam who was trailing after them. “Thanks for the ride.”
    â€œCouldn’t get you to that part of the river any other way,” Sam informed her.
    Robyn sighed happily, turning to the other couple who had accompanied her and her husband. “Don’t you just love the outback? It was like fishing in a world of our own.”
    The others made equally enthusiastic comments as they passed Miranda. Sam sidled up to her and remarked sotto voce, “Wonderful, when you’ve got money to burn.”
    She grinned. It was true the guests who took homestead suites never seemed to count the cost of anything. Nevertheless, in the month since the resort opened, she’d found that even the campers loved being here, just exploring the gorges, swimming in waterholes, enjoying the unique wildlife.
    â€œSo what’s on for

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