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“I’ve been thinking about this big plan of yours” She stabbed a cocktail stick at one of the stuffed olives the waiter had put doith their drinks Garlic-stuffed, too “Won’t your staff think it’s odd that the temp who screwed up the entire payirl?”
“Nope I’ll mention to Super discreetly that my new squeeze wanted to knohat it was like to have a nine-to-five job instead of living off her daddy’s allowance And now that she knohat real work is like, she doesn’t like it tooher picture taken”
“That ed “Does ityour tiny feet will mean most of woled at the thought of hi them Perhaps he’d done that to her already, but she couldn’t be exactly sure
“It’s an observed fact, and that’s why I avoid long-term relationships It’s just not fair on theo “The female ht, but is sadly deluded because I’ look “Just so we’re clear”
“There’s no such person as Mr Right in Passion Creek”
There h, if he hadn’t been such a drifter…
She shuddered for a split second, thinking she’d spoken those words aloud Was she insane? The drifter bum version of Matt DeLeo was the most unsuitable potential life partner she’d ever encountered, apart from her abysmal ex, of course And Matt DeLeo the super-wealthy brewery boss and genius entrepreneur was equally bad, just in a more respectable way Irresponsible and full of himself She was destined to spend the rest of her life alone—there was very little doubt about it—and all things considered, maybe that was for the best
She needed to keep their relationship on as et uess we must have a schedule of events, appearances, that sort of thing leading up to the big launch day? When is that? And you said photo shoots I have no idea what that involves” She couldn’t help wrinkling her nose before finishing with, “apart froe event at the town hall planned out The reed to wear a pink PCB-issue vest for the proceedings”
She couldn’t suppress a little s that piece of infor for so that tacky And alcoholic…”
“He has a lot of contacts and they’ll all be there buying and drinking and being persuaded to tell their friends Hopefully, if they drink enough, they’ll also be tempted to put pressure on their corporate entertainht, word about PCB being a totally a a Twitter hashtag to the caraphic interested”
“Not worried about the Puritans?”
He shook his head “Advertising and pro est responsible drinking is actually good for you And, let’s face it, you can go into a store and buy cannabis legally in Colorado these days Beer is pretty tame in comparison”
She raised an eyebrow and he an to unload a stack of tiny dishes on to the table in front of therinned He clearly enjoyed this part of his job “Fire-roasted piquillo peppers stuffed with fresh goat cheese and rosemary, seared sea scallops with crispy jaula, charcuteria, patatas bravas, and my personal favorite, carne de cerdo, ribs with a pineapple brandy sauce served with crispy fried onions”
“Good grief,” Piper ry,” he said with a laugh and then switched his attention to Matt “I’ll be right back with the blood orange sangria you ordered at the bar, sir”