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"That good, huh?" he asked, keeping his hand on her hip as he leaned forward, careful not to disturb her, and opened the manila folder that McGill sent over earlier

When Rory settled herself more comfortably on his lap and threw her injured arhtly and look over the files with hiood it felt to have her here like this with hi this because he was black her, but that was just a nore it

"Did you see this?" she asked, pausing mid-sip to nod in the direction of the file

"No, I didn’t get a chance to look at it yet," he said, pulling the file to the edge of the desk so that they could both get a better look and when he saw McGill’s new request he forced hiain, sure that he wase the entire wine cellar again and-"

"Turn the subbasee roo out a frustrated breath as he sat back in his chair

"That’s going toanother long sip of her cocoa

"Just a little," he said, dryly,the time and cost this addition just added to the project The materials would be covered by McGill, but this new request could kill this project

"We’re going to have to go overboard on the overti her botto, which he didn’t need to check to knoas es that needed to be done in under five months that was an understatement Even with all theto have to bust their asses to ured the amount of overtime that his company could afford on a weekly basis that would allow them to finish this project and not suffer a loss With this added little project they’d be lucky to break even They’d get paid more, that wasn’t the probleed to make the deadline

If they missed the deadline

Hell, he didn’t even want to think about that They both had so much invested in this project Not only would they lose the bonus, but they’d also lose their reputations The only thing that would save his company’s ass would be his plan to steal the Ja Rory out of business, he didn’t want to do it this way

If this project bankrupted her, she’d lose everything including her house and he wasn’t about to let that happen She’d probably hate him for the rest of her life once this project was over and her brothers left her to come work for him, but that didn’t mean that he wanted her out of his life co a day without seeing her He still planned on having her come work for him, but it wouldn’t be the sa There would also be no guarantee that she would come work for him or even stay in town if that happened

That ure out a way to finish this project so that they didn’t end up losing everything they had and unfortunately for Rory, he knew exactly how to do it She was going to argue it, but in the end she would see that this was the only way

"We’re not going to make the deadline with this new addition," he explained slowly, trying to figure out the best way to break the news to her

"If you have any suggestions, I’h as she removed her arm from around his neck, picked up the file and stood up He almost stopped her, but decided that space would probably be for the best right now

He waited a et it over with "Rory?"