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actually working against his company?
And what if Daisy knew? In her desire to make Nathan happy, had Angie invited the enemy in?
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B efore heading out to the site the next day, Gabe met Nathan and Angie in Angie’s office. He told them about the information that was missing, and Nathan immediately jumped to Daisy’s side. “She’s not that person anymore. She’s turning things around, and you need to give her the benefit of the doubt before you go accusing her,” he argued.
Stephen, who was not in town but listening on the conference call, felt differently. “Nathan, you haven’t actually talked to Daisy in a while. When you were together, she was also trying to change. Then she went on a huge rampage and tried to convince you to turn on your own family. How do you know this isn’t retribution?”
“She was hurting and lashed out. Believe me, there aren’t any residual feelings between us anymore. She has no reason to attack Duncan Enterprises or anyone in this family,” Nathan insisted.
Gabe folded his arms “Really? Because what I saw at dinner the other night didn’t look like two platonic friends talking,” he pointed out, although he decided not to bring up the fact that Daisy had also kissed him.
“You’re seeing what you want to see. She’s not like that. When she takes on a project, all other feelings go by the wayside. I’m telling you, this has nothing to do with me. What we were talking about the other night was how cool we were with each other. You have to stop thinking of Daisy as my ex-girlfriend and start thinking of her as a consultant. What could she possibly gain from hurting Duncan Enterprises? This is her chance to be seen as a serious environmentalist.”
Stop seeing Daisy as Nathan’s ex-girlfriend? That would probably do more harm than good. Gabe shook his head in an attempt to push his lustful thoughts aside and tried to focus on the bigger picture. If Daisy was up to something, they needed to know about it.
“I don’t trust her,” Stephen said succinctly. “And I think if we stopped looking at her as Nathan’s ex, we would all feel the same way.”
“Not necessarily,” Angie said finally. “I’m with Nathan on this one. I don’t see what she has to gain by doing anything extreme.”
“Of course you’d agree with Nathan,” Stephen said grumpily.
Angie winked at Nathan. “Stephen, don’t start. Let’s look at the facts. She can’t do too much with the stolen paperwork except possibly mess up the shipment schedule. Now that we know the information is missing, we can track the materials ourselves. If anything happens to it, we can deal with the situation before it goes too far. Problem solved. Gabe, have you talked with Daisy about this? Maybe she took it and didn’t realize how it would look. We did give her open access to most of our files.”
“You gave her open access,” Gabe pointed out. “I’m here completely against my will.” He hesitated. “There is also the possibility that Restore Eden is working without Daisy’s knowledge. I’ve met the man under her. Jordan? He has a record as long as my arm. And he was stoned. I wouldn’t put it past him to do something like this.”
“Oh that’s not good.” Angie rubbed her eyes then took a deep breath in. “Okay then. What do we do now?” she asked.
“We can’t discount Daisy so soon, but we don’t have enough proof to outright accuse her of anything.” Gabe began. “There’s a charity event in a couple of nights that includes some big names. Let’s invite her and see how she reacts. If she can control herself, maybe we can trust that she has changed. But if she makes a scene, we have to conclude that she’s part of the problem. Restore Eden might not be making changes that we want to believe in.”
Angie’s eyes lit up with a huge smile. “Oh, I love that plan. Nathan can take her.”
Gabe immediately felt a jolt of anger, but Nathan shook his head. “I’m not going, and
And what if Daisy knew? In her desire to make Nathan happy, had Angie invited the enemy in?
9
B efore heading out to the site the next day, Gabe met Nathan and Angie in Angie’s office. He told them about the information that was missing, and Nathan immediately jumped to Daisy’s side. “She’s not that person anymore. She’s turning things around, and you need to give her the benefit of the doubt before you go accusing her,” he argued.
Stephen, who was not in town but listening on the conference call, felt differently. “Nathan, you haven’t actually talked to Daisy in a while. When you were together, she was also trying to change. Then she went on a huge rampage and tried to convince you to turn on your own family. How do you know this isn’t retribution?”
“She was hurting and lashed out. Believe me, there aren’t any residual feelings between us anymore. She has no reason to attack Duncan Enterprises or anyone in this family,” Nathan insisted.
Gabe folded his arms “Really? Because what I saw at dinner the other night didn’t look like two platonic friends talking,” he pointed out, although he decided not to bring up the fact that Daisy had also kissed him.
“You’re seeing what you want to see. She’s not like that. When she takes on a project, all other feelings go by the wayside. I’m telling you, this has nothing to do with me. What we were talking about the other night was how cool we were with each other. You have to stop thinking of Daisy as my ex-girlfriend and start thinking of her as a consultant. What could she possibly gain from hurting Duncan Enterprises? This is her chance to be seen as a serious environmentalist.”
Stop seeing Daisy as Nathan’s ex-girlfriend? That would probably do more harm than good. Gabe shook his head in an attempt to push his lustful thoughts aside and tried to focus on the bigger picture. If Daisy was up to something, they needed to know about it.
“I don’t trust her,” Stephen said succinctly. “And I think if we stopped looking at her as Nathan’s ex, we would all feel the same way.”
“Not necessarily,” Angie said finally. “I’m with Nathan on this one. I don’t see what she has to gain by doing anything extreme.”
“Of course you’d agree with Nathan,” Stephen said grumpily.
Angie winked at Nathan. “Stephen, don’t start. Let’s look at the facts. She can’t do too much with the stolen paperwork except possibly mess up the shipment schedule. Now that we know the information is missing, we can track the materials ourselves. If anything happens to it, we can deal with the situation before it goes too far. Problem solved. Gabe, have you talked with Daisy about this? Maybe she took it and didn’t realize how it would look. We did give her open access to most of our files.”
“You gave her open access,” Gabe pointed out. “I’m here completely against my will.” He hesitated. “There is also the possibility that Restore Eden is working without Daisy’s knowledge. I’ve met the man under her. Jordan? He has a record as long as my arm. And he was stoned. I wouldn’t put it past him to do something like this.”
“Oh that’s not good.” Angie rubbed her eyes then took a deep breath in. “Okay then. What do we do now?” she asked.
“We can’t discount Daisy so soon, but we don’t have enough proof to outright accuse her of anything.” Gabe began. “There’s a charity event in a couple of nights that includes some big names. Let’s invite her and see how she reacts. If she can control herself, maybe we can trust that she has changed. But if she makes a scene, we have to conclude that she’s part of the problem. Restore Eden might not be making changes that we want to believe in.”
Angie’s eyes lit up with a huge smile. “Oh, I love that plan. Nathan can take her.”
Gabe immediately felt a jolt of anger, but Nathan shook his head. “I’m not going, and
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