One Summer Night by Caridad Pineiro

Author:Caridad Pineiro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Maggie was blasted awake by her alarm. She glared at the phone and silenced it with a swipe. Sinking back into the comfort of her mattress, she stared at the ceiling, considering all that still had to get done before Monday morning.

Too much, she thought. While the Friday overnight with Connie had been both relaxing and eye opening, they had both had a touch of regret on Saturday morning about how much they had imbibed. They’d had way too many, not something they did regularly, and the excess of alcohol was exacting punishment.

They woke up late, sluggish, and with headaches. A nice brunch with lots of lattes had been restorative, and after, they’d tackled the contract with the Italian designer over yet more lattes, thanks to her new espresso machine.

Connie had a wealth of ideas about changes to make the agreement more balanced, and together, they’d hammered out an email to the designer’s lawyers in Milan so that they would be able to review it first thing Monday morning. She hoped they wouldn’t make too much of a stink about the proposed amendments, because she was already late in getting the merchandise for the fall season. It should have been ordered months earlier—would have been ordered, if her father had been more reasonable. With his change of heart, however, she had to try to do things at a breakneck pace, and if she could get the deal done, it would be good exposure and revenue for the designer.

Connie had gone home the night before, and as Maggie lay in bed, she thought about what she had to do that morning. A review of the papers in the quiet of her home and what she would do next, both about the stores and about Owen.

Owen, she thought, and a tornado of emotions swirled around in her head just as they had all night long, keeping her awake.

Guilt, predominantly. He had obviously been disappointed that she’d canceled, and he had clearly not bought her excuse. But she had worked that weekend and still had to review the drafts of the ads and television spots for the holiday campaign once again. They needed something more, only she wasn’t quite sure what despite looking at them multiple times.

As the snooze period on her phone ended and the alarm blared to life again, she shut it off and crawled out of bed. A shower followed by some coffee and breakfast might be just the thing to get her going so she could finish everything on her to-do list.

Maybe she could even call Owen later and apologize for canceling. Possibly even propose another weekend together. One that might lead to the next step in their relationship, if that’s what you could call the on-again, off-again roller coaster they seemed to be riding.

She was tired of her own indecision, because she normally wasn’t someone who wavered like that. Except possibly with her father, where she tended to show more restraint because she knew that standing up to him could lead to upset on both personal and professional levels.

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