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It had never occurred to him that he and his new boss would be interested in the same fuckin’ woman
Michael threw back the rest of his coffee and stood up “I better get back to work”
“This going to be a problehtforward as ever
Michael decided he owed Jeff to be equally up-front “I like you, Jeff, and I respect you as a h ers too et in our way this time”
Jeff nodded, his blue eyes hard in a way Michael didn’t like “Got it But if she doesn’t want you in her way, I’ll be there to make sure you stay out of it”
With a soft exhalation of frustration, Michael gave him an abrupt nod and strode out of his office
When the gift store was quiet, I spent most of my time in the workshop If the shop was closed, I blared ot to work It was still open, however, so I needed to keep one ear out for the tinkle of the bell above my door Which meant no music
Ha the final piece in the summe
r collection I was creating to put in thedisplay during high season, my brain didn’t switch off like it usually did Most of the ti, but not this time Not after Kell’s bo that had cal myself into the shop
After Michael first showed up, I called my dad to see if he knew Michael intended to come to Hartwell He didn’t The only person who knew Michael had left his job was Dermot, but he hadn’t knohy I was reassured that my family hadn’t let me walk into that shock without a heads-up
Dad had been calling every day to check on me I wasn’t sure if it orry or if he wanted to see how Michael was progressing in his pursuit of uess was it was the latter because he seemed awfully disappointed to learn that Michael had not approached me since Monday
I was seconds off the phone with ave me a quick call to ask if I’d make a bracelet for Astrid’s birthday I had texts froh, and I’d been on the phone with Der about the redheaded administrative assistant he was interested in at the station She sounded too young, and I told him so
It was nice, though
It was beyond nice
My family was in contact with rateful for how easy they’d made it How quickly they had welcoh even let ht, but since they’re kids, talking on the phone was not one of their favorite things