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When her two best friends agreed, she needed to listen And in this case, she knew in her heart she needed to step away fro to have to pass on this guy I can’t inconvenience my entire staff because some prima donna athlete thinks everyone should kiss his ass"
"Now you’re thinking clearly"
She lifted her wineglass "I don’t know about clearly, but I knohat I want--and don’t want--for my company"
"Good for you Protect what’s yours and don’t let anyone step on it No client is worth it I don’t knoho this guy is, but even if he’s soe superstar, he’s still not worth the hoops you and your staff would have to juh to keep him happy"
She half turned to face hi me find clarity"
"You know I’ll always be here for you"
There was a knock at the door
"That’s the pizza," Nathan said "I ordered it oncare of dinner She was hungry She was tired She’d totally forgotten about pizza
He hadn’t, though He paid the delivery woht the pizza into the kitchen She followed hiot out silverware and napkins
"Fancy"
She frowned "What?"
"I’m fine with just a paper plate Or even a paper towel It’s just pizza, Mia And I sure as hell don’t need a knife and a fork to eat it"
"I don’t have any paper plates And I just wanted to offer the knife and fork option"
He grabbed a slice and bit into it, talking to her as he chewed "You’ve seen me eat pizza before It’s not like you don’t knowas you eat in the kitchen I’ rooave her a long stare "You drive a hard bargain, Ms Cassidy"
Mia gave hi roorabbed the re until she found the baseball game Nathan came in with his plate and sat next to her
"Your uncle Gavin is playing tonight," she said
"Yeah They’re playing Washington It’s a good ame Mia ate two pieces, then set her plate on the table and finished off her glass of hile she watched Gavin Riley knock a fastball into left field that bounced into the corner
"Hell yes," Nathan said as Gavin ended up with a double
"He is so good"
"My dad got a Dad We flew into St Louis and went to the gao to the locker rooreat trip"
Her lips curved She could i teenager with a case of hero worship for both Mick and Gavin Riley "Obviously a rinned "It was very cool"
After they finished eating, she took their plates into the kitchen, then grabbed her planner, flipping to one of the notebooks She took out her pen and, as the innings progressed, ton pitcher who had a wicked ar and was about to beco coveted by alelanced over at him "Turn what off?"
"Work"
"Of course I do But I’ notes about a player"
"Interested client?"
"He ht be"
"And you can’t tell ht"
A few minutes later, Nathan asked, "It’s not hed "No"