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“Jason will cover for you You just worry about knocking Evan Reese’s socks off”
“I will,” Celia murmured “I will”
On her way down the hall, her BlackBerry rang and she dug into the pocket of her briefcase for it
Seeing Noah’s number on the LCD, she mashed the answer button and stuck the phone to her ear as she walked into her office
“I’ on the maid service,” she said in lieu of hello
Noah chuckled “Great, I nearly killedYou’d be amazed how
dangerous a pair of dirty underwear can be”
Her nose wrinkled in disgust “Would you at least try not to send the ross”
He h the info you sent I also had
Ithis endorsement deal”
“Tell hiift as thank you,” Celia said
“Oh, please He doesn’t even give his mother presents”
Usually she wouldn’t s, but she had a hundred things to do before Thursday, including figure out how she was going to survive a weekend on an island with a man who made mincemeat of her willpower
“So does this mean you’ll consider it?”
There was a pause, and she found herself holding her breath
“Yeah He checks out He see else”
She did a double-fist pu on the floor by her desk
“Have his people call my people,” Noah said airily
Celia laughed “I am his people Or at least I will be”
“Hey, you going to be at Dad’s this weekend?”
She winced when she remembered that she’d told their father she would indeed be there for Sunday dinner again
“Afraid not So’s come up”
Noahsound “Don’t you ever take off? It’s Sunday, for Pete’s sake”
“How do you know it’s work?” she defended “Maybe I have a hot date”
He snorted “When was the last time you went on a hot date? It’s alith you”
Knowing they were about to get into lecture territory again, Celia cut hiot carried away
“Hey, I have to run, Noah Have ain five minutes I’ll call you later, okay?”
Before he could call her a liar, she hung up and plopped into her chair She blew out a long sigh of relief and closed her eyes
It was all coether Not without a few potholes, but it ithin reach All she had to do was hold it together and get through the weekend and the account would be hers
“Knock, knock”
Celia opened her eyes to see Jason Reagart standing in her doorway
“Brock told me I needed to cover for you on Friday, so I stopped by so you could get me up to speed on what I need to know”
“Yeah, have a seat Giveout my notes”
Jason eased into a chair, his long legs eating up most of the space between it and her desk Celia picked up her beleaguered briefcase and opened it on her desk
“So how is Lauren?”
She hated idle conversation, but the silence wasto turn over the two s to anyone, so her notes were haphazard at best
“Pregnant Grunant woman”
Celia scowled at him over the top of her briefcase “Like you wouldn’t be if you had to deal ater retention, horant men?”
Jason laughed “Hey, I spoil her rotten”
“As you should Ah, here we go”
She pulled out a folder and tossed it to Jason
“Everything you need to know for the h three This isn’t a big deal They just need a little hand holding and a little ego stroking Bowl theood while increasing their exposure by three hundred percent and they’ll be fine”
Jason flipped through the pages, his brow creased in concentration She felt co her clients in his very capable hands He took his job very seriously and ood at what he did Maddox had landed a huge account thanks to hi to top that by landing Evan Reese
“And the afternoon ?” Jason asked
“Hopefully you can read o They need to view it and sign off or suggest any changes so we can e Impress upon theoes nationwide so make sure they’re happy with it”
He nodded and straightened the papers before closing the folder “Don’t worry I’ll take care of it
Brock said you were going to be out of town Hope everything is all right”
There was a subtle question there, and she knew he hoped she’d expound on her reasons for not being there on Friday She was just grateful Brock hadn’t told hi and why
She s in on such short notice I owe you one
Send Lauren ift certificate fronant woe”
Jason sent her a disgruntled look “I don’t want so his hands on my wife”
Celia rolled her eyes “The poor wooing to be picky about who gives her some relief?”
“Daht I am!”
Celiamotion with her hands “Out I have work to do”