The Proposal

By Nanisi Barrett D'Arnuk

Mycah Arcebella is an architect -- precise, hard-working, and not impulsive. After several weeks of work, she meets up with her usual group of friends to relax and wind down. Everything goes as planned until Sonny Cooper comes along.

Dr. Addison “Sonny” Cooper knows no boundaries. She studied hard to be a doctor and has just returned from Africa after a three-year stint with Doctors Without Borders. She is an adventurer, always looking for the next move.

When Mycah and Sonny meet, sparks fly. Three days later, Sonny proposes. Mycah insists they take it slow. But when they decide to go skiing, disaster strikes. Will that change Mycah’s mind?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Jun 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781646564057

Nanisi Barrett D'Arnuk

Nanisi Barrett D’Arnuk first published in 1996. In 2000, she and her partner were victims of a hate crime which burned their house to the ground, destroying everything. She has since rewritten her first series, The Cameron Andrews Mysteries. For more information, visit facebook.com/nanisibarrettdarnuk.

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The Proposal

By Nanisi Barrett D’Arnuk

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Copyright 2020 Nanisi Barrett D’Arnuk

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The Proposal

By Nanisi Barrett D’Arnuk

Mary surprised her assistant Mycah on Friday by closing the office for three days.

That’s enough for today, she proclaimed. You’re doing incredible work on this.

Thanks. It felt good she had noticed. I can put the electrical needs for the outside terrace onto the computer tonight.

No, not tonight. Go home. No work. Take the weekend off. In fact, I’m closing the office on Monday, too. We’ve been working several weeks without even a one-day break. I think we need three days off.

What brought that on?

I need to get home today and straighten up my house. Addy is coming home this week, so my sister and her family will be over for dinner on Sunday. Mary seldom talked about her private life, so when she did, Mycah paid attention. I may be a little distracted for a few days. You’ll have to keep the work on this job up to date until she leaves.

It won’t be a problem. Jason calls every night to report on what’s been done. I need to put our new decisions onto the blueprints and make sure they realigned the hallways if we’re going to put that elevator up to the third floor. Jason Adams was the on-site supervisor for their company and could access the cloud-based Ross server so everyone could stay current with any changes.

Thank you. I’m not sure how long Addy will be here. She usually doesn’t stay long.

"Not a problem. I’ve got enough to keep me busy for another month or more."

Mary, the owner of Mary Ross Interiors, kept her personal life mostly to herself. Some knew she was divorced and had a daughter that had gone off to college, but that’s all they knew. Said daughter, Addy, hadn’t been around in all the three years Mycah had worked here, so she didn’t know what her story was, but wasn’t going to pry. Mary would tell her what she wanted her to know.

The project they had been working on for over two months was an old estate mansion up north near Plattsburgh the owner wanted to turn into a five-star resort hotel. "Money is no object."

Mary and Mycah had spent a couple weeks up there exploring the mansion and its property, taking measurements, and checking what was already there. There were twenty-seven bedrooms, each with their own dressing room, which would be turned into bathrooms, as there were only four bathrooms on the upper two floors and those would be turned into storage rooms. The third floor had rooms that would be suites: two and three bedrooms connected to a large sitting room. The second floor had several bedrooms that could be connected into double-rooms, with a locking door between them. All the fireplaces would be refitted with gas burners.

The first floor had a