Clueless Cook 02 - Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman

Author:Liz Lipperman [Lipperman, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101581049
Google: fH8k9FI0aawC
Amazon: 042525142X
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2012-07-03T04:00:00+00:00

Watching the gang interact with Alex as if it hadn’t been almost two months since he’d left Ranchero had warmed Jordan’s heart. Since Alex had taken the six a.m. flight from El Paso, he could barely hold his eyes open. Although he tried to keep up with everyone, Jordan had sent him home, convincing him he needed a good night’s sleep to get ready for their date the next night.

Things have a way of working out, she thought as she made her way to her editor’s office. Laughing to herself, she remembered how she’d popped Alex in the head with a skillet and knocked him unconscious a while back when she thought he might be a bad guy.

And Alex had been right. She was the one who had ruined their first big date by nearly getting herself killed and ending up in the hospital. No way she’d let an opportunity like that pass her by again. She had him for two full days, and she intended to make it impossible for him to forget about her while he was off in El Paso fighting drug smugglers.

They’d decided tonight would be lasagna night. And if Jordan had anything to say about it, dessert would be more than the chocolate cake she was picking up at Myrtle’s Diner on the way over to his house.

“You can go in now,” Egan’s secretary said, waving toward the door.

Jordan stood and proceeded in that direction, smiling at Jackie Frazier. “Nice sweater,” she said as she passed.

“Thanks.” The secretary didn’t even look up.

Since the very first time Jackie had summoned her to the editor’s office, Jordan hadn’t been able to get the woman to utter more than a few words in response.

Inside the office, Egan was on the phone reading someone the riot act and motioned for her to sit down. Slamming the phone in the cradle, he leaned back in the chair, his hands behind his head.

“Idiots! We’re getting bombarded with bigger orders from the 7-Elevens, and the incompetents at the distribution center can’t seem to get off their asses and make it happen. It’s like they have no clue we’re in an economic crunch and fighting for every newspaper sale we can get.” He stopped and released a frustrated sigh.

“Is that why you wanted to talk to me?” Jordan tapped impatiently on the arm of her chair.

Only two more hours until quitting time. Three more until she was on her way to Alex’s apartment. And hopefully, only a couple more after that and all her fantasies from the past few months would finally come true.

“Of course not. What could you do about it? We can fix a lot of things, but we can’t change stupid.” Egan straightened up in his chair and pointed to an envelope on his desk. “Know what that is?”

She shook her head, not sure if she wanted to find out.

“It’s a big fat check from Lucas Santana. Apparently, your column with last week’s beef recipe is making a pretty significant difference in his profit margin.

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