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projects. The trips she would need to make wouldn’t help.
The good thing was she was always ahead of schedule, so it wasn’t so much as a rat race as it could have been were she behind, but she needed to make sure her clients didn’t think they would be getting substandard service once she joined the big boys.
Ana drafted the letters she would need to send to her clients and set them aside for Rafe and Nate to approve. Her new game Dr. K, kept her occupied the rest of the afternoon and early evening. Kelly didn’t know about it, but she had inspired her to create it and she intended on gifting it to her after it was done. Just like I Love Summer, it was of a beautiful sassy female superhero.
“I know I’m not supposed to interfere in your work, but skipping dinner isn’t part of the deal.”
Ana jumped when she heard Gabe admonish her all the way from the doorway. She glanced at the time and was surprised to find that it was after eight. “I got carried away,” she said as she quickly shut her computer off. “Sorry.”
Gabe looked at her guilty face and wondered if it had something to do with her meeting earlier with his brothers, or something she had been working on when he came in, or skipping dinner. “Should I be worried that you skipped lunch too?” he asked.
“No mother,” she said as she rolled her eyes.
“Come here.”
Ana wondered if Nate and Rafe had betrayed her. Not that Gabe had any say in her work, but she still wanted to keep the peace per se. She intended on making sure he still honored that agreement.
“Ana.”
“No, you come here,” she said with bravado.
Gabe’s mouth twitched. He took the few steps to where she was still sitting in her chair .
Now that he was at her side, Ana didn’t know what to do with him. She hadn’t thought he would have agreed to her spontaneous demand. She stood and simply hugged him to her. “I know I am still recovering, and should eat better. But I promise to try harder.”
Gabe lifted her chin with his fingers. “You promise?”
She nodded.
“No say it.”
“I promise.”
As she finished saying the words, he kissed her. “Thank you.”
Ana laughed. “I’m sorry you worried, but I’m ready to eat now. Actually I’m hungry.”
Gabe chuckled. “Lucky for you, I brought dinner,” he told her taking her hands. “I wasn’t sure how much longer you needed to work.” Gabe walked her to her tiny dining room and sat her down, then placed the tray he had laid out in front of her.
Ana took the seat he offered her. She looked over to where Tim Wallace, her night bodyguard was sitting having his own dinner. It then hit her even harder of how late it was. She waved to him and gave him a smile. “Thank you,” she said to Gabe as she saw what he had prepared for her. “I take it you have already had dinner.”
He nodded. “I ate with the guys. Eat up.”
Ana took the fork beside her and sampled the food. “You or Mrs. Jones?” she asked.
He smiled. “Mrs. Jones. Now are you going to eat or what?”
“I’m eating, I’m eating,” she said shoveling food into her mouth. She always loved the pasta dishes Mrs. Jones made. Actually she always made great meals. It made her think that it had been a while before she cooked. She needed to remedy that.
“ Are we sleeping here or the penthouse?”
“Can we? Sleep here, I mean?”
Gabe sighed. “You would be safer at the penthouse, but I understand the need for your work, so I’ll have Tim make arrangements for us to sleep here tonight. I’ll have to work on making it more secure at night if you intend on us sleeping here more often.”
“Well, if it involves too much work, we can just go to the penthouse. I’ll just come back early in the morning tomorrow.”
“No. We’ll sleep here. Now finish eating while I talk to Tim,” he said.
Ana knew there was no point in arguing. Gabe had made up his mind. She wouldn’t make him change it. Not this time anyway. Besides it
The good thing was she was always ahead of schedule, so it wasn’t so much as a rat race as it could have been were she behind, but she needed to make sure her clients didn’t think they would be getting substandard service once she joined the big boys.
Ana drafted the letters she would need to send to her clients and set them aside for Rafe and Nate to approve. Her new game Dr. K, kept her occupied the rest of the afternoon and early evening. Kelly didn’t know about it, but she had inspired her to create it and she intended on gifting it to her after it was done. Just like I Love Summer, it was of a beautiful sassy female superhero.
“I know I’m not supposed to interfere in your work, but skipping dinner isn’t part of the deal.”
Ana jumped when she heard Gabe admonish her all the way from the doorway. She glanced at the time and was surprised to find that it was after eight. “I got carried away,” she said as she quickly shut her computer off. “Sorry.”
Gabe looked at her guilty face and wondered if it had something to do with her meeting earlier with his brothers, or something she had been working on when he came in, or skipping dinner. “Should I be worried that you skipped lunch too?” he asked.
“No mother,” she said as she rolled her eyes.
“Come here.”
Ana wondered if Nate and Rafe had betrayed her. Not that Gabe had any say in her work, but she still wanted to keep the peace per se. She intended on making sure he still honored that agreement.
“Ana.”
“No, you come here,” she said with bravado.
Gabe’s mouth twitched. He took the few steps to where she was still sitting in her chair .
Now that he was at her side, Ana didn’t know what to do with him. She hadn’t thought he would have agreed to her spontaneous demand. She stood and simply hugged him to her. “I know I am still recovering, and should eat better. But I promise to try harder.”
Gabe lifted her chin with his fingers. “You promise?”
She nodded.
“No say it.”
“I promise.”
As she finished saying the words, he kissed her. “Thank you.”
Ana laughed. “I’m sorry you worried, but I’m ready to eat now. Actually I’m hungry.”
Gabe chuckled. “Lucky for you, I brought dinner,” he told her taking her hands. “I wasn’t sure how much longer you needed to work.” Gabe walked her to her tiny dining room and sat her down, then placed the tray he had laid out in front of her.
Ana took the seat he offered her. She looked over to where Tim Wallace, her night bodyguard was sitting having his own dinner. It then hit her even harder of how late it was. She waved to him and gave him a smile. “Thank you,” she said to Gabe as she saw what he had prepared for her. “I take it you have already had dinner.”
He nodded. “I ate with the guys. Eat up.”
Ana took the fork beside her and sampled the food. “You or Mrs. Jones?” she asked.
He smiled. “Mrs. Jones. Now are you going to eat or what?”
“I’m eating, I’m eating,” she said shoveling food into her mouth. She always loved the pasta dishes Mrs. Jones made. Actually she always made great meals. It made her think that it had been a while before she cooked. She needed to remedy that.
“ Are we sleeping here or the penthouse?”
“Can we? Sleep here, I mean?”
Gabe sighed. “You would be safer at the penthouse, but I understand the need for your work, so I’ll have Tim make arrangements for us to sleep here tonight. I’ll have to work on making it more secure at night if you intend on us sleeping here more often.”
“Well, if it involves too much work, we can just go to the penthouse. I’ll just come back early in the morning tomorrow.”
“No. We’ll sleep here. Now finish eating while I talk to Tim,” he said.
Ana knew there was no point in arguing. Gabe had made up his mind. She wouldn’t make him change it. Not this time anyway. Besides it
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