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“I thought you ht want to handle it”

“No” Hope shook her head “You did all the work”

“Me?” Skyler squealed

“You can practice on me,” Tony said

“Excellent idea,” Hope agreed

“But—”

“You’ve listened to my elevator speech dozens of tiot this”

“Swoon You mean you think I’m ready?”

“I do” Hope grinned “Tell Tony your news”

“Turns out I’e Group” Skyler juh for Tony to blush

“Well deserved,” he ed

And if they kept growing, Hope may have the opportunity to open a second branch, perhaps in Dallas, or even New York City There was nothing—and no one—stopping her fro

A trenore it She had her dreams and her business, and she took tremendous pleasure from that

“Hope?”

Realizing the world had gone on without her, she put down her cup and refocused on Skyler “Sorry?”

“Tony had a great night on Saturday too We make an excellent team”

He outlined his evening’s results He’d ht be a potential match for one of their female clients, and he’d had a discussion with a successful career wo a anted to be a stay-at-home mom

Interesting “Is she wanting to sign an agreement with us?” Hope asked

“I wasn’t sure if we can be helpful”

She nodded “If you want to spend some tiy into it”

“Agreed”