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Sa by the entrance of the bar as she scanned the seats looking for hi a perfectly-fitted eathered at the left side of her waist, e how petite she really was It accentuated her body perfectly But what really had Sa was her hair It wasn’t pinned back in a librarian bun, or halfway up, or in pigtails Her golden curls spilled down over her shoulders just as they had in his wildest fantasies

“Over here, darling!” Ethan called Johnny laughed as Saave them a stern look

“Well, I suppose she could keep us company!” Johnny said

“That is h every word If he wasn’t allowed to misbehave, they had better not

Johnny and Ethan shared a glance and smiled as she came over She walked slowly, and Sa heels rather than puht He downed his scotch and made space for her at the table

“How did we get so lucky!” Ethan was up to greet her before Say had seemed to put April at ease She smiled war next to Samson

“Is your business located here in Chicago?” April asked

“Oh, no We were just visiting the States and thought we could use some face time with our mate Sammy here,” Johnny said

April’s eyes widened, and a wide smile crept across her face as she looked at Samson “Sammy?”

“I am your boss” Samson pointed at her “You are not to call me that”

“A, be a good sport!” Ethan said

“I don’t need to” April shrugged “It just brightensyou that”

Sa herself, so he let it pass Ethan handed a martini to her, and soon the conversation sparked to life once again At first, his two friends were deter Sa school However, April provedthe conversation back to business, and drew the about their shops and their vision for the company as a whole

When she plucked a pen out of her purse and started doodling on a napkin, Sa… orher own, but he was beginning to wish that he hadn’t started drinking before she arrived

Ethan pushed hio to their roohed, said his partner had forgotten the keycard, and excused himself

“You’re ined,” Samson told her

“They’re a handful Maybe I should’ve encouraged the stories about your time as ‘schoolmates’” April brushed her hair back, but the curls fell forward again

“What do you think? Can we bring their disparate ideas together?”

“I think they’re going to need to cut a few things loose But, you know The problem is really that they jumped in without a business plan and put the capital in front of their strategy” April swirled the olive in her drink “If you really want to do this with the to it With a real conference roon eleenius”