Harlequin Love Inspired August 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Allie Pleiter

Author:Allie Pleiter
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488022319
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“Hi. I’ve been stood up.”

“What?” Tessa said into her cell phone. Josh had had a date at seven-thirty in the morning on a Wednesday? She took a gulp of coffee to clear her mind. She shouldn’t have stayed up so late finishing that suspense novel. But if she hadn’t finished, she might not have gotten any sleep at all.

“I’m at the Majestic. We were going to remove the seats in the area where you want to put the tables. But Myles is a no-show. There was some problem with the science rooms at the community college yesterday, and his lab was rescheduled to this morning.”

“Wait. Shouldn’t you be at work?” She knew Josh was hoarding his vacation time at GreenSpaces so that he could take off to move when the project manager promotion he wanted came along.

The phone crackled and went silent for so long, Tessa thought she’d lost service. She checked the left corner of her phone. No, she had four out of five dots.

“You there?” she asked.

“Yeah. Connor told me our father is coming in to GreenSpaces today to do an estimate for painting the interior walls. I thought it best if I wasn’t there.”

“What if he gets the job? Do you have enough vacation time to take off however many days the painting takes?” She hated the strident note in her voice, but Josh’s hiding from his father was getting on her nerves.

“He’ll be working evenings. I’ll come in early, rather than work late. It’ll give me more time to work on the theater. Speaking of which, are you free to come over and help me today?”

She wanted to say she’d love to as long as his father wasn’t there in spirit, coming between them. “Let me finish my coffee. Need me to bring anything?”

“Just yourself.”

Tessa didn’t even attempt to figure out why Josh’s statement made her pulse quicken. She didn’t want anything today to alter the friend status she felt she’d regained Saturday.

“I’ll buy you lunch,” Josh said.

“You don’t have to do that. I already said I’m coming.”

“Lunch is a lot cheaper than what I’d be paying Myles for the morning.”

“So, you only need my help this morning?” She wanted the work done as soon as possible and didn’t mind spending the whole day.

“Whatever you want. Myles and I’ll be working through the afternoon.”

“Okay. See you in about fifteen.” Tessa finished her coffee and entertained a fleeting thought about running upstairs to put on makeup. She shook her head. All she was doing was going over to help Josh with the theater construction.

“Hey,” she called after she pushed open the interior theater door. “Assistant Hamilton reporting for duty.”

Josh rose from the squat position he’d been in to look under the front row seats. “Come on down and I’ll show you what we’re doing.” He picked up a paper from one of the seats.

She walked down the right-side aisle and grasped the edge of the architect’s plans closest to her to get a better view.

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