All I Want (Three Holiday Romances) by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HEA Publishing
Published: 2012-10-13T13:00:00+00:00

Natalie skipped breakfast, her stomach twisting too much to eat. Grant said they weren’t okay. She’d twisted those words around and around in her mind, trying to figure out what he meant. But it always came back to the obvious—the one that made her feel completely powerless. He wasn’t sure if he still wanted to be with her. And all because of a stupid contract. Wasn’t she allowed to make a mistake ever?

Janessa didn’t say much when she brought lunch up to Natalie, but Natalie knew that Janessa had kept everyone from bugging her all morning to join in the Christmas fun. Grant’s call had killed her mood for anything joyous or jolly or jingly. She just wanted to soak in her regret and—once that got old—she decided to put the finishing touches on her ad. It was pretty much done. Anything else she did to it now would just be changing, not enhancing. After debating for a few minutes, she decided to call Brittany, Mr. Billings’s assistant, and see how the contest was coming along.

“Brit, it’s Natalie.”

“Hey, Natalie! How’s your vacation?” Brittany smacked her gum into the phone and Natalie couldn’t help but smile. Brittany was also Mr. Billings’s daughter and could pretty much get away with anything.

“It’s going okay. It’s kind of a real-life Christmas wonderland here. How’s the office?”

“Meh. Just a sec.” Her voice was muffled as she said, “Hey Rob. Yeah, just put it on my desk. I’ll give it to him when he gets back from lunch. No, don’t wait here. I’ll make sure he gets it. Bye, bye.” The line became clear again. “Okay, I’m back.”

“Are people already bringing in their ad workups?”

“Yeah. We’ve had four come in so far.”

“Have you looked at them?” What Natalie really wanted to ask was if they were any good, but knew she shouldn’t.

“Yeah, I’ve looked at them.” Her voice lowered. “Nat, I totally shouldn’t tell you this, but I’m going to anyway because I like you best. I overheard Dad talking last night while he was going through the ones he already had. All I can say is, whatever you do, don’t use alliteration in your slogan.”

“Are you serious?” Everything Natalie had worked up—had spent hours working up—was the Towers Tough and Tall.

“Yeah. So far everyone’s turned in some kind of alliterative phrase and I heard him say that they are cheesy and overdone.”

“That totally sucks.”

“I have faith in you, Nat. Come up with something awesome so we can work together. Can you imagine Rob getting this job? He’s such a hoverer. Be brilliant. Do it for me.”

Natalie laughed, but her stomach still felt sick. She had nothing. There was no way she could pull this off in less than a week. It had taken her three to get as far as she had on the towers idea. “I’ll try.”

“You’ll succeed. Ugh. Rob is pacing outside the office. I need to go chase him off. See you next week, kay? Hugs.”

Natalie hung up the phone and rested her head in her knees, waiting for it to explode.

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