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this when Jamie always got what
he wanted anyway.
    “What
plans?” he finally asked.
    She
thought of telling him it was none of his business but knew that would only
make him more determined to find out. “I have appointments.”
    “Appointments?”
He sounded frustrated. “I wouldn’t ask you to do this if it wasn’t important.”
    “Jamie.”
    “Grace.”
    “Why
couldn’t you have told me earlier?”
    “It
doesn’t matter.” His tone was clipped. “I need you there. If you can’t come,
I’m going to have to cancel our contract and hire another agency.”
    She
gasped. “You wouldn’t do that.”
    Would
he? What would Charlie say if she lost the account after only a week? It would
be enough to get anyone else fired. And she was trying so hard to prove that
she could handle this promotion.
    “I
would,” Jamie said, not a trace of humor in his voice. “I don’t think I’m
asking for too much, especially with the retainer I’m paying.”
    She
could not believe he was doing this to her. It was so disrespectful, like he
didn’t even care about her or her feeling at all. The way he had treated her
all week was worse than he would have treated a stranger. She had never been
angrier with Jamie in her life.
    This
was not the man she remembered.
    “Fine.”
She squeezed her eyes shut, reminding herself how hard she had worked for this
job. “I’ll go. Are we flying?”
    “I
booked your ticket,” he said. She could practically hear him grin over the
phone. “I’ll come pick you up in the morning on the way to the airport. Where
do you live?”
    “No!”
she heard the panic in her voice and hoped he hadn’t noticed. “Um, I’ll meet
you there.”
    “Okay...”
She could hear his suspicion through the phone and was grateful when he said
nothing further. “I’ll meet you there at 6 a.m. Don’t be late.”
    She
slammed down the phone without saying goodbye and tried as hard as she could
not to cry in the middle of the office.
    Bastard.

 
    Chapter 6

 
 
 
 
 
    “I
love you. Be good for Aunt Caroline while I’m gone, okay?”
    Jake
looked up at Grace with blue eyes that sparkled with tears. “Please don’t go
mommy.”
    Words
no mother could resist.
    “I’m
sorry, baby. I have to. I’ll be back before you know it.”
    She
was on her knees in the kitchen, hugging the tiny boy goodbye. She had spent
the night before packing and trying to spend as much time with him as she
could, but now she had to leave, and he wasn’t taking it well.
    Grace
had never spent a night away from Jake since he had been born. She had never
had any reason to. She hadn’t had a boyfriend for years, and things with
Charlie hadn’t yet progressed to the overnight stage. This would be her first
trip away from her son. She knew it was silly, but she felt like she was going
to cry, too.
    “I’ll
call you as soon as I get there,” she told him, giving him a kiss on his
tear-soaked cheek. “You can tell me all about your day with Aunt Caroline.”
    He
released her, and she left his side with a heavy heart.
    “This
is so wrong,” Caroline told her when she reached the front door. “You shouldn’t
be anywhere near Jamie. Can’t you call him and tell him you’re sick? I’ll call
for you.”
    Grace
had already thought about it, but she was seriously worried that Jamie would
find out where she lived and show up just to see if she were telling the truth.
    “I’m
going to be fine,” she said to Caroline, standing on her tiptoes to give her a
hug. “I’m barely going to speak to him, and it’s only one night. It won’t get
personal.”
    “It
had better not. I wish you’d let me drive you to the airport.”
    “Someone
has to watch Jake.”
    “We
could bring him.”
    “And
risk Jamie seeing him?”
    “Ugh,
this is so frustrating.”
    “I
know.” She hugged her sister a second time. “Thank you for watching Jake this
weekend. Someday when you have kids I swear I’ll make this all up to