Escapades (Trident Ink Book 1) by Lilly Atlas

Author:Lilly Atlas [Atlas, Lilly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lilly Atlas Books LLC
Published: 2018-01-29T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Thanks for staying late, Hannah,” Alyssa said to her assistant as she closed her laptop lid. “I can’t believe how many clients we’ve gotten since I came back. I’m swamped. At this rate, I’m going to need to hire another designer before the end of the year.”

Tall, with legs for miles and sleek auburn hair that kissed her shoulders, Hannah inclined her head and smirked.

“What?” Lyss asked. “You’re dying to say something. I can see it, so spit it out.”

Hannah laughed. “You don’t see it. That’s the thing. You’ve never seen it.”

“Huh? Never seen what?”

“How freakin’ talented you are at what you do. And how in demand you were before you closed up shop. Girl, there are people who have been waiting on you to come back for almost two years. People who put their own plans on hold to wait you out. Your designs were in high demand back then and people are ecstatic that you’re back in action.”

Her jaw dropped. “Clients waited this whole time? You’re kidding.”

“Nope,” Hannah said, curling in her lips so the P popped out. “Not kidding at all. And yes, I’ve had no less than five phone calls from people who’ve wanted to remodel their homes and held off because they wanted the best designer. People who live in Potomac no less, so...cha-ching.”

Pride filled her. “Wow. Well, if this isn’t just a fluke, maybe I should look into adding another designer. I’d hate to have to turn business away because it’s more than I can handle myself.”

Hannah crossed her long legs and nodded. “I’ll get working on a help wanted ad. As soon as it’s done, I’ll run it by you.” Her five-foot-ten-inch assistant-turned-friend wore three inch heels every day.

Alyssa love it. Of course, that meant she got a crick in her neck looking at her, but she was used to staring up at a giant of a man, so…

Ugh. Thoughts of Derek threatened to destroy the I’m-not-a-total-mess mask she’d donned early that morning and managed to keep in place throughout the day. She couldn’t obsess over what could be going through her husband’s mind and focus on work at the same time.

“Remember how it was in the beginning?” Hannah asked.

Thank God for that distraction to pull her out of thoughts that just might have her blubbering all over her desk.

The memories Hannah brought up had her smiling. “Sure do. I literally built this company with a baby on my hip. We had some seriously understanding clients back in those days.” Slowly but surely, she was beginning to think of the wonderful memories she had of her daughter. She’d never get over Katie’s death. How could a mother ever get over something so crushing? But the happy memories were accompanied by a tinge of sadness now as opposed to the suffocating despair that came whenever she’d thought of Katie at first.

“Aw,” said Hannah, who’d been with her from the beginning. She kicked off her heels and rotated her ankles with a small sigh as she leaned back against one of the oversized chairs in Alyssa’s office.

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