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She’d set up fruit juice spritzers on a tray before their arrival and served both men as soon as they seated themselves

Her dad had taken an armchair kitty-corner to where she sat He reached for the drink “Thank you, sweetheart”

“You’re welcoo at work?”

“Sandor did an excellent job keeping everything running smooth There wasn’t much for me to do”

“There was enough to keep you there four hours,” she said with a wry smile as she offered Sandor his drink

He’d folded his six-foot-four-inch frame onto the cushion beside her He took the drink and winked “He had to check everything I had done toup too badly”

“Baloney I knew you’d handled everything fine, Sandor, but there are always things that siate”

Ellie sat back down, keeping as much distance as she could between her and Sandor “How are you feeling,” she couldn’t help asking him

“Surely that is a question for your father”

“Dad looks healthier than I’ve seen hiray with fatigue”

“It has been a long week, but I survived it”

“You need more rest, Sandor”

He ed

She frowned “You aren’t going back to the office after lunch, are you?”

“There are things I could take care of”

“Let them wait”

His dark eyes widened

Her dad laughed “She’s getting bossy That’s got to be a good sign With her mother it indicated she felt possessive of me”

Heat cli, I still consider Sandor a friend I don’t feel possessive of him, but I care about him As a friend”