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Still not quite believing as inside, she opened it and once more ainst the royal blue silk lining

‘Tosignature that denoted the sense of ier, cloaked himself in

Carly shook her head as she took out the necklace For a start her hair was ht to impress her with his cleverness he’d be disappointed

If he thought to impress her with the amount he must have spent on it he’d be disappointed as well Carly was too practically minded for lavish jewellery and still wore the diao, ust

But she did have to give him points for his approach The necklace was undoubtedly the et her attention and she’d had a few offers over the years Some had been patients, or relatives of patients, others had been doctors—but Benson’s porandson had taken the cake

Even if she weren’t still getting over a bad relationship with a doctor with a God coone for Beckett There was so a little bit slimy about the man He also had a sense of entitlement a mile wide and at one point, when she’d declined yet another invitation to dinner, she’d been sure he’d been about to stamp his foot

Since Benson didn’t want anyone to know about his illness, Beckett believed her to be the daughter of an irandfather’s but that hadn’t stopped hiht when he’d been two drinks past his li her had beenelse, and Carly felt sure he would have been e

It also spoke volumes that Benson trusted his staff with the inforrandson

Still, the st men and she wouldn’t have accepted his attention She hadn’t exactly sworn offworse than adding a ht now Not with the poor judgment she’d shown in the past

Her father assured her that all she needed was a plan to get her back on track, ical studies, but Carly wasn’t even sure she wanted to reeon

The ruby necklace lay heavy in her palet it back to him as soon as possible, but, while Beckett had entrusted it to the postal service, Carly wasn’t so trusting She’d much rather hand it back in person

Spying her cotton shirt under a nearby lounge chair, Carly was about to fetch it when Gregory started yapping as if the gri down on him

Carly frowned at the pretentious little dog All her life she’d brought home orphaned children and injured ani that she would save a caterpillar from a broccoli stalk if she’d let her, but when it caled The pampered pooch had more of a sense of entitlement than Beckett, but she supposed it wasn’t entirely his fault Not with the way Benson doted on him

‘Okay, Gregory,’ she said to hi that racket’ She frowned as he pulled against his leash ‘What’s got you so riled up anyway, boy?’

He was looking off towards the forest and Carly aze was averted he did his funny little twist manoeuvre she’d been warned about and slipped his collar

‘Gregory No,’ Carly called in frustration ‘Itore off across the li back in the breeze ‘Come back here!’

The last thing she needed was the Baron’s beloved pet getting lost right before his operation She’d never forgive herself

Muttering a string of curse words, she shoved her feet into her flip-flops and took off after the cantankerous animal