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“Why not? We’re all friends here” At this rate, I’d have her quitting the job in a few hours Then I could figure out what the hell I was doing, get everything smoothed out, and put Sam and Simply Stark in a better position

“Not even co-workers You could’vedirection”

“I could have” I shrugged and pushed open the office door, wearingfive laps around the football field during fresh over My college coach had wiped it off my face until I was drafted, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t whip it out for special occasions

“Let’s get this over with” Her biting smile leached hostility into the air

I gave her an hour tops With her put-together looks, towering heels, and perfectly pri her hands dirty

“Those napkins are the exact sah three stacks of vendor samples to find the perfect shade of white for the table cloths Was this what uy I was now Instead of cohty different plays toover fabric samples with a woman who hadn’t sat down in the five hours we’d been cooped up in this room

She pored over the sa where she sucked in one half of her bottom lip and then the other half They were full and constantly shiny Soft and pink

Her head snapped up “They’re completely different” She held up two identical squares of fabric “Light rose and light raspberry They’re completely different”

I needed out of this roo sucked in when she was the n we’d been at this too long “They’re pink”

She gritted her teeth and sunk her head, running her fingers across her forehead “They’re not You knohat?” Her deep, heavy exhale ratcheted up er At every step she treatedelse The tables”

“Fine There will be 150 people, so we need 15 tables Done”

She scowled “This isn’t a sirade math problem We need to decide how many cocktail tables we need, if ten person rounds are appropriate for e have in mind…”

I picked up the glass paperweight and tossed it froure out where they want to sit We’re not solving world peace here”

She slammed her hand down on the table “Is this a joke to you?”

I palht and leaned over the table “Of course not, but I’ to obsess over every miniscule piece of these events Do you think anyone cares about the napkin colors? Will they be able to tell the difference between rose and raspberry? Are they going to storm out and kick us off the job if there are twelve round tables and no cocktail tables? No People want to have fun, eat good food and drink, even better if it’s an open bar”