Breaking Her Rules by Jennifer Snow

Author:Jennifer Snow [Snow, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher: InterMix
Published: 2015-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Wow, this VIP list keeps growing,” Maria said as she hung up the phone behind the bar at ShadowDancers the next morning.

Fighting the hangover of a lifetime, Grace directed the deliverymen on where to set up the displays and tables for the meet and greet that evening at the bar. “That’s good. Busy is good.” The busier she stayed the better as well. It forced her to push through the nausea she felt and the throbbing, massive headache threatening to cause her head to explode any second.

She’d wound up at a tapas bar off of the strip and had consumed countless margaritas, until the general consensus among the loners sitting at the bar was that despite Erik’s shortcomings, he was the better man for her. She couldn’t believe the night before she’d been about to admit her feelings for Walker. Thank God Erik had shown up when he had before she’d made a mistake.

And it would have been a mistake. It was the result of feeling sorry for herself on her birthday. Walker had been there, that was all. Lately, he was always there—when she was sick, when she was lonely. She shook her head. It was easy for him to be there. He lived with her. And they were friends. To read any more into his actions was setting herself up for disappointment and heartache. And to risk her relationship on it. What had she been thinking?

“Where can we set up?” one of Lisa’s body painters asked, coming up to her.

She checked her watch. “You guys are here already?” The signage the models were supposed to be blending into for the camouflage paint hadn’t even been set up yet.

“The painting will take about six hours,” the guy said, adjusting his makeup bag on his shoulder.

The door opened again and three tall, thin models entered.

“Okay, just give me a few minutes, and I’ll have things set up for you,” she said, donning her assembly hat. She opened the trade show booth crates and pulled out the rolled posters and stands. The rest of her team weren’t arriving for a few more hours. She was on her own.

She didn’t mind. It reminded her of her days when she was first starting out, working for the PR firm around the clock and doing anything and everything that needed to be done for events.

“Need some help?” Walker asked, coming up behind her.

“Maria can spare you?” Grace asked. These stands were a two-man or one-desperate-assistant construct. His extra set of hands would be appreciated.

“Yeah, the bar is stocked for tonight, so I’m really not being productive right now anyway. What can I do?” He rolled the sleeves of his black, tight-fitting dress shirt, and she tried to ignore his bulging forearms as she pointed.

“Grab that end and secure the sticks into the base,” she said, holding her side as he secured his.

When hers was firmly in place, she nodded. “Good, thank you. Now we just need to secure the posters.” This was where her taller frame had always come in handy.

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