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“How are you going to stop me?”

Saxon didn’t bother pointing out he had nowhere to go That would just get the other man’s back up or make him think he’d offered this job out of syotten so sensitive about hi to help them?

Things would go much smoother if people just did as he told theht, after all

“You took the job and you’re going to see it through You have complete autonomy over the menu You have more responsibility and benefits than you’d have in any other job”

The other man just snorted But he didn’t make a move to leave He knew Saxon spoke the truth Besides, it wasn’t like he had anywhere else to go Or that anyone else would take him on He’d been fired froood track record

“But you have got to learn how to get on with other staff”

“Don’t see e need a dessert menu”

“So sweet after a meal,” he pointed out in a reasonable voice He couldn’t believe he was arguing thedessert He didn’t have ti to have to learn hoith someone else in your kitchen And there will be wait staff as well If you can’t, then this restaurant is going nowhere”

“Fine Bring me someone who isn’t a complete pain in the ass, with at least athat, in here, I’e, and I won’t scare them off”

“Don’t ask for much, do you?” Saxon asked dryly

But Renard had already turned back to his sauce, and Saxon knew heto hiotten himself into this situation, he turned and left

Ti distracted by a temperamental chef and a raven-haired sprite

Some bastard had stolen her car

Aspen stared with disbelief at the spot where her car had been parked Who the hell would steal her piece of crap car? Unbelievable How had they even gotten it started? And as she going to do now? It wasn’t like it had been insured She didn’t have theOther than to her

Exhaustion weighed her down as she stared at the empty space Yesterday had been her day off, so she’d been forced to leave her car here, hoping that when she ically fixed This rateful when an older couple had pulled over and picked her up Now she had about an hour before her shift started, so she’d come out to see what could be done about her car She needed it for work She couldn’t keep hitching rides or walking And she couldn’t afford to rent a place closer to town