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It didn’t

She sighed heavily as she adjusted the tool belt around her hips It really wasn’t her fault that her body betrayed her the way it did when Connor was around Hebastard and her poor neglected body didn’t realize that it should hate him as much as her heart and brain did One day her body would be on board, but until that day ca to have to ignore her body’s response to hi on?" she asked as they stepped outside

"Work has coestured with his clipboard towards Strawberry Manor

One look and she knew that thethe equip that was supposed to be coainst the outer walls of the le one of her and Connor’s e and pushing ht dryly, just what they needed

When she spotted the familiar beat up red pickup truck parked near the coffee truck she nearly cried Why did he have to come here today of all days? Why couldn’t he have co she wanted hi her like so this?" her father asked as she stepped past the coffee truck

She looked to her left to find her father leaning back against one of Connor’s trucks with his ie arms crossed over his standard black tee shirt covered chest and a hint of annoyance in his blue eyes as he looked past her toward the ivewhen all this nonsense would end so that she could go back to focusing on Strawberry Manor Right now she should be inside assessing the water dae in the attic, but thanks to Connor, she was stressed and needed a hot cocoa fix soon or she was afraid that she was going to kill soh all hell was breaking loose a her father around to witness it was just the icing on the cake

He nodded firmly as he pushed away froirl over when you’re finally ready to get down to work," he said, e at the unspoken criticisht and herherher father taught her never to do

Relieved that he was going to let her handle this without an audience, she walked around the crowd, stole the bullhorn fro around looking useless, and e crowd of e crowd she couldn’t help but wonder where her brothers were They should have handled this

"You have exactly sixty seconds to go back to work or you’re fired," she announced, keeping it simple and direct

Her e crowd Not even ten seconds later they were shoving Connor’sshe made sure of was that everyone that worked for her understood on the first day that they were hired was that she always backed up her word Whoever wasn’t working in sixty seconds would be fired She didn’t play games and she definitely didn’t have time for her h, Connor took the bullhorn from her hands and made his own announce the bullhorn back to his supervisor, as still standing around looking useless

"Try to keep your men in line, okay, cupcake?" Connor drawled as he walked past her

"Don’t call me that," she bit out as she yanked out a pair of pliers from her tool belt and walked past hiht moment and when that moment came she didn’t hesitate