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right, it would help me better understand his vision for the racetrack and the overall project. He knew he had me by the short and curlies. I began to bang my head against my desk. This was not going to go well for me.
“Hmmm, head banging at 9:00 a.m. I take it last night with Jace went wonderfully.”
“Fuck off, Coops.”
“Oh, even better than wonderful.” I felt him move farther into the room and take the seat opposite my desk. “Here’s your morning coffee, which you look like you need. Now details.”
After I had sucked down the entire contents of my coffee cup, I told Coops everything that had happened with Jace, leaving out the part about how much I had wanted him.
“Wow.” He leaned back his chair. “He does have some moves, doesn’t he?” I glared at him to let him know he was not helping me with this dilemma. “Oh, glare and growl all you want, as if I pay any attention to that whatsoever. Personally, I don’t see what the problem is. He likes you, you like him. You can get your womanly parts well and truly serviced while working. It’s not like you haven’t done random research trips out of the country before. Remember when we had that couple, the Jamieson’s, who were obsessed with Art Deco so you visited loads of cinemas over in the States to check out design ideas as well as order their furniture pieces.”
I shuddered at the memory. That couple were weird beyond belief. I couldn’t wait to finish that project. “So there’s no difference here. I’m sure his motives are less than honorable,” he leaned in to whisper, “you lucky thing. However, I do think he has a point. You’re struggling to complete an integrated design, so the trip might really help. Whether you drop your panties for Jace is really up to you. Are you telling me that the great bitch, Mara Daniels, is unable to resist the charms of Jace Bryce? If something does happen, it will be because you want it to, and you know my feelings on the subject.” I rolled my eyes at him. “Well, just in case you’ve forgotten, I’m going to remind you.” He took a deep breath. “I think you work too hard and you’re on the verge of becoming an extremely sad cow with no life outside of her work. You need to fix that before it’s too late.”
“Are you done?”
“I think I made my point.”
Just as he sat back in the chair to drink his own coffee, a smug smirk on his face, my phone rang. I put it on speakerphone to answer while I drank my coffee.
“Daniels Architecture. Mara speaking.”
“Mara, I’m bored. And you know I must be super bored if I’m calling you.” She always opened with an insult. Coops was laughing. He loved Lana. He found her the most entertaining thing ever.
“Lana, don’t you have a job? Shouldn’t you have work to do?”
“I had a client booked for an all-day shopping spree and she cancelled at the last minute. I still get paid, but now I have a whole day to myself. Dana is at work. Tara is at work. So I’m calling you and pleading with your good nature, you know that little voice in the back of your head that you try to suffocate, to entertain me for the day. Come shopping with me. My treat.”
“We’ll both come. Lana. Meet you on Oxford Street in an hour.”
“Yay, Coops is coming! This is going to be epic!”
Lana hung up without saying bye. That was nothing unusual.
“We’ve got work to do, you know.”
“No, we don’t. We’ve pretty much cleared everything to make way for Jace Bryce’s project, and I am bored as fuck with nothing much to do. We’ll take our cell phones and find you a nice wardrobe for Italy.”
I didn’t bother to argue with him. There was the possibility that after bailing on Jace last night, he might have changed his mind and not want me to go with him to Italy any longer. I didn’t really think I would be that lucky. I shut down my computer and grabbed my bag then waited for him to do the same.
We took my car and met Lana at a coffee shop
“Hmmm, head banging at 9:00 a.m. I take it last night with Jace went wonderfully.”
“Fuck off, Coops.”
“Oh, even better than wonderful.” I felt him move farther into the room and take the seat opposite my desk. “Here’s your morning coffee, which you look like you need. Now details.”
After I had sucked down the entire contents of my coffee cup, I told Coops everything that had happened with Jace, leaving out the part about how much I had wanted him.
“Wow.” He leaned back his chair. “He does have some moves, doesn’t he?” I glared at him to let him know he was not helping me with this dilemma. “Oh, glare and growl all you want, as if I pay any attention to that whatsoever. Personally, I don’t see what the problem is. He likes you, you like him. You can get your womanly parts well and truly serviced while working. It’s not like you haven’t done random research trips out of the country before. Remember when we had that couple, the Jamieson’s, who were obsessed with Art Deco so you visited loads of cinemas over in the States to check out design ideas as well as order their furniture pieces.”
I shuddered at the memory. That couple were weird beyond belief. I couldn’t wait to finish that project. “So there’s no difference here. I’m sure his motives are less than honorable,” he leaned in to whisper, “you lucky thing. However, I do think he has a point. You’re struggling to complete an integrated design, so the trip might really help. Whether you drop your panties for Jace is really up to you. Are you telling me that the great bitch, Mara Daniels, is unable to resist the charms of Jace Bryce? If something does happen, it will be because you want it to, and you know my feelings on the subject.” I rolled my eyes at him. “Well, just in case you’ve forgotten, I’m going to remind you.” He took a deep breath. “I think you work too hard and you’re on the verge of becoming an extremely sad cow with no life outside of her work. You need to fix that before it’s too late.”
“Are you done?”
“I think I made my point.”
Just as he sat back in the chair to drink his own coffee, a smug smirk on his face, my phone rang. I put it on speakerphone to answer while I drank my coffee.
“Daniels Architecture. Mara speaking.”
“Mara, I’m bored. And you know I must be super bored if I’m calling you.” She always opened with an insult. Coops was laughing. He loved Lana. He found her the most entertaining thing ever.
“Lana, don’t you have a job? Shouldn’t you have work to do?”
“I had a client booked for an all-day shopping spree and she cancelled at the last minute. I still get paid, but now I have a whole day to myself. Dana is at work. Tara is at work. So I’m calling you and pleading with your good nature, you know that little voice in the back of your head that you try to suffocate, to entertain me for the day. Come shopping with me. My treat.”
“We’ll both come. Lana. Meet you on Oxford Street in an hour.”
“Yay, Coops is coming! This is going to be epic!”
Lana hung up without saying bye. That was nothing unusual.
“We’ve got work to do, you know.”
“No, we don’t. We’ve pretty much cleared everything to make way for Jace Bryce’s project, and I am bored as fuck with nothing much to do. We’ll take our cell phones and find you a nice wardrobe for Italy.”
I didn’t bother to argue with him. There was the possibility that after bailing on Jace last night, he might have changed his mind and not want me to go with him to Italy any longer. I didn’t really think I would be that lucky. I shut down my computer and grabbed my bag then waited for him to do the same.
We took my car and met Lana at a coffee shop
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