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Grace shook her head—probably much too quickly ‘I don’t think he will’ She turned and looked at the finished decorations again ‘I can’t thank you girls enough I owe you all, big time’
‘I think that’s our cue to leave, girls,’ said Ashleigh ‘Co the drinks’
They all gave Grace a hug and left by the main entrance of the hotel while she went to retrieve her jacket from behind the reception desk
Should she wait? The hotel reception was quiet She wasn’t even sure of the tiive the full effect of the tree
Her stoave a flip-flop He’d asked her to do this He’d asked her Surely he’d want to see that she was finished?
She walked slowly towards his office door, listening out to see if he was still on his conference call She couldn’t hear anything and the office door was ajar
She gave the door a gentle knock, sticking her head around it Finlay was staring out of theinto the dark night His office had a view of the surrounding area—not like the penthouse, of course, but still enough to give a taste and feel of the wealth of Chelsea It was a wonder they didn’t ask for credentials before they let you off the Tube around here
He looked lost in his thoughts She lifted her hand and knocked on the door again—this time a little more loudly
He jumped ‘Grace’ He stood up; his actions seemed automatic He started to walk around the desk and then stopped, the corners of hisupwards
‘What on earth have you done with your hair?’
She’d forgotten She’d forgotten her hair currently resehties pop video
She glanced down at her shirt too Random streaks of dirt
It wasn’t really the professional look she’d been ai for
She gave her head a shake ‘I’ve been busy This stuff doesn’t put itself up’ Nerves and exciteet the better of her ‘Come and see Come and see that you like it’
He raised his eyebrows, the hint of a s me I like it?’
‘Only if you have exceptionally good taste,’ she shot back
He had no idea how uy who hated Christle strand of lights she’d put in his room
This was a guy that was trying to take steps away fro
She stepped in front of hiht be better if you close your eyes’