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Hmm Nice volley He decided to play backup until she needed hiht You’ve already expressed reservations about the cookie-cutter products available Our suppliers will give you houses with a custolanced back and forth, considering He broke off a piece of bread, buttered it, and took a bite Sydney took his lead and began to eat, not pressing him for a quick response Daotiating? Many grownto save a deal for their lives

"Local suppliers are sometimes difficult to ith," Adam finally commented "I’ive you the first three houses The rest I’ll ly It’s a in"

Tristan ad on a half deal wasn’t the way to go Splitting the jobs would bring chaos and resentround for disaster Pierce ht need to walk away fro sometimes led to better profits that he couldthis relationship with Adam on an unbalanced foundation was unacceptable

A flash of regret settled over him He’d still try to save the deal, but he hoped Sydney wouldn’t be too disappointed

Platters of chicken parhetti were placed on the table Water and ere topped off Sydney filled her plate, rotating her fork with deft expertise, see to relish the meal with no nerves She dabbed at her lips with her white napkin

"Sorry, Adam Pierce won’t be able to co deal"

The businessive up three solid houses just for the other five? It doesn’t ood business sense You’ll still be ahead with profit ins, and if this works out, I’ll consider a future deal"

"This is the deal we need to close," she said firreed to take a discount in order to et the zoning in Harrington is extremely strict Problematic, actually Fortunately, Pierce Brothers is well-known and can sape like an idiot Why didn’t she seem off balance? She’d threatened Cushman Oh, it was subtle, but the consequences were clearly stated beneath the fluff He was used to her glancing at hi his lead When he used to occasionally force her toher cheeks He’d nod in encourageh the discussion, then sit back and revel in her wide-open admiration of his skill

Now he’d been neatly pushed to the sidelines

She simply didn’t need hi the wine around in his glass "Interesting I hadn’t expected anyproblems in that area"

She kept her smile flawless, as if she had no idea what he meant Tristan bit back a chuckle "Oh, you wouldn’t have any of those problen plans for the rely "I like a lot you’ve done, and that’s why I want to ith you" Respect edged his gaze "So, I’ll give you my final proposition I want an additional five percent cut if we use all your suppliers Get n the rest of the contracts Then we’re in business"

She shook her head "They’ve already taken a substantial cut"

"An additional five percent for this job is what I’et it done"

She took her time Forked up more pasta Tristan waited for her to check in with hi this whole deal on her own He kept quiet, not wanting to ruin her mojo at the moment