Made To Love Her by Z.L. Arkadie

Author:Z.L. Arkadie [Arkadie, Z.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Z.L.Arkadie Books
Published: 2016-02-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Robert

I’m watching the women duke it out over the details. We’re inside an elaborate barn at Reinhardt Ranch. I guess this is where they’re going to hold the ceremony. Monroe can’t stop shaking her head as she examines the haystacks and the dry wooden benches flanking the aisle.

“Who the fuck picked this place to have a wedding? I know for sure Maggie didn’t.”

“You’re the one who said Maggie preferred the rustic look,” Maddie says.

Monroe shoots her a look that could take out an army. “No way…” She looks at Daisy. “We have three days to turn this shit around.”

“I’m not letting you do this. This is Vincent’s favorite place.”

“To fucking ride a horse! Not have a wedding!”

Maddie whips her face toward Anne. “Mom, say something.”

So far, Daisy has been winning these battles, but her lips are still parted in awe. Even I have to concede that this venue is a dump. Allie’s slated to get married next. I bet she would never say I do in this shit-shack.

I turn and catch Carter watching me, which makes me aware that I’m smirking. I wink at her, and she cracks a tiny smile.

“So what’s going on between you and Carter?” Allie says.

I jump. She’s right on my left shoulder. I didn’t even see her standing there.

“Didn’t you ask that already?”

“And you lied.”

“If you think I’m lying, then why do you keep asking?”

She’s about to answer that when my phone rings in my pocket. I raise a finger, secure my phone, and hurry out of the barn-house junkyard.

My shoulders slump in disappointment when I check out the name on the screen. I was hoping it was Jack calling to say Vince has been found.

“Hi, Zoe,” I say, answering my assistant’s call.

“I know you’re away this week, and I really, really, really didn’t want to call you, but I didn’t know what to do.”

I walk across the dusty ground on my way to the parking lot. “It’s okay. What’s going on?” I look down at my shoes. They’re covered in dirt. I try to stomp as much of it off as I can before I get into the car. Then I settle in behind the steering wheel. “What’s going on?”

“Just thought I’d let you know that we’re very close to not submitting our bid for the Atlantic Metropolitan Library Project. It’s supposed to be submitted by eight tomorrow morning.”

“It hasn’t been submitted yet?”

“No,” she says sharply.

I can sense how stressed she is.

“Why not?”

“Because of Grace.”

Sighing, I rub the inside corners of my eyes. Of course Grace is the reason for the delay. I gave her full operating control of Kennedy Creative Interior Designs, a subsidiary of RT Creative, but that hasn’t made her more of a team player. We have a running joke around the office about Grace’s hiring choices. We call it the three-week cliff. No one she’s hired has lasted for more than three weeks. In two months, she’s gone through six employees. I let it go on for far too

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