Almost To The Altar by Neesa Hart

Author:Neesa Hart [Neesa Hart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459273320
Publisher: Harlequin

Chapter Eight

The next few days passed in a blur for Elise. As the date of the Collingham auction drew nearer, Roger Philpott grew crazier. Every member of the firm, from the receptionist to the senior partner, knew how important the Col-!!lingham account, and Collingham Industries, were to the firm’s continued financial success. While the auction itself had seemed a mundane affair, the Collingham heirs had become more and more involved in its execution, elevating its importance to new levels of firm politics. It wouldn’t have been so bad if she hadn’t also been expected to continue carrying her normal caseload. Worse, Alex Devon-!!shire picked that week to move ahead on a major merger that had Elise wrapped up in more red tape than a Christmas package.

Emotionally, she was a wreck. She hadn’t spoken with Wil since that night at her apartment. On the rare occasions when business demanded that she phone the garage, Jan always answered the phone. For days, she’d been telling herself how grateful she was for that small blessing.

But no matter how she avoided the issue, no matter how hard she tried to bury herself in work, she still had the lonely hours of the night to think about what seeing Wil again had done to her. He had forced her to rediscover a side of herself she’d fought long and hard to subdue. It was the side that lived with the terrible fear that she was a fraud; that at any moment, the world around her would see the gawky kid with the poor English and ill-fitting clothes; that with one slip from her, the world she’d struggled to build would crash around her ears.

It was the side that had once loved Wil Larsen, and had come dangerously close to loving him again.

By the time Roger Philpott finished grilling her late Thursday afternoon, she’d reached her wit’s end. As if she didn’t have enough to worry about in her personal life, Edgar Collingham and Rich Proliss had Roger in an uproar. It was her job to protect Brandy and her interest in the estate. Now that Rich Proliss was brandishing Wil’s accounting ledger like a two-edged sword, Roger demanded that Elise run a second overview of the auction inventory, including the book value and estimated sale prices of all the cars. No matter how many times Elise cautioned Brandy against speaking directly with Edgar, the woman seemed determined to act as her own worst enemy.

Elise knew Brandy didn’t really care about that money, that she merely wanted time to grieve, without Edgar’s condemning looks and threatening comments. Still, in the long run, her interests needed protection, and Roger was convinced that Brandy must understand the gravity of Rich’s threats in order to act on them properly.

The way Elise saw it, she had no choice but to ask Jan for a second report. When he ran the figures for Rich, Elise hadn’t been the least concerned with the report’s readability. As far as she was concerned, the more difficult it was to understand, the better.

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