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“Being my official companion for the next feeeks” His teeth bit down on his broad bottom lip for a second “And the promotional face of my new product I want you to be Passion Creek Brewery’s poster girl for h “You’re crazy”
“No, I’et to keep your clothes on, if that’s what you’re worried about No topless shots, just your lovely face srinned, but the expression was forced and cold like a predator about to take a great big bite out of its prey “It doesn’t look like you have ency how badly you screwed up that pay It costs me I should invoice theency will have insurance to cover this, right?”
“Maybe they do, but what are the chances of theain? They have a reputation to consider, and I do believe they have a review section on their website”
“You wouldn’t!”
He shrugged “Think what you like, but they’ll be pissed when the woman I asked for by name, because she’d been personally reco Can you risk it?”
“You asked for ency to call? I never told you my last name”
“In Sanibel, you mentioned you did occasional temp work to make ends meet” He flicked her business card across the desk “And that fell out of your purse You have an unusual naencies in Passion Creek”
She stared down at the silver scrap of a card and cursed herself for being so careless “I can live without work froency, DeLeo Do what the hell you like because I’irl”
“Pretty na well if you’re willing to flush your te career down the toilet” He fixed her with a hard stare “Not sure it would survive if word got out about sos you told me in Sanibel Passion Creek is a small tohen it comes to scandal”
“Scandal?” Piper’s mind raced as she tried to re beyond seven that evening in Sanibel was a sparkly blur “What things?”
Matt laughed “Seriously? You can’t re”
Hell, what had she said? There were soin her past that she considered hidden forever Surely she hadn’t been drunk enough to mention any of them? “Nobody will believe you,” she said in a strained voice “And nobody in Passion Creek will be interested in what I may or may not have done”
“Not even the unsolveddick syrinned wickedly “Won’t do a lot for your wedding favor sales”
“I’ to hate you”
“And I still have a pair of your black lacy underpants Think I ht frame them and put them up behind the bar with your business card”