The Exhibition (An Executive Decision Trilogy) by Marshall Grace

Author:Marshall, Grace [Marshall, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781908917850
Publisher: Xcite Books
Published: 2013-10-19T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

‘I’m at the back door with pizza. I’m assuming you’re the one burning the midnight oil or else your gallery’s haunted, Ms. Emerson.’

Stacie gripped the BlackBerry tight to her ear, and she was sure the smile was about to split her face. She shouldn’t be so happy to hear his voice. She should tell him to go away, but she didn’t.

‘Harris, if the place were haunted, believe me, with the hours I keep, I’d know it. Pizza, did you say?’

‘Yep. Canadian bacon and mushroom. I believe that’s what Garrett said your favorite is. Now, are you gonna let me in, or do I have to eat it all by myself sitting on the sidewalk looking like a nutcase?’

‘Hang on.’ When Harris called, she was sitting in the control room Martin and his men had just finished so she pulled up the monitor for the back door. Sure enough, there he stood looking sexy and outdoorsy as usual. She’d been familiarizing herself with the new security monitors and link-ups. ‘I’ll buzz you in, then just wait in the foyer and I’ll be right down.’

She pushed the button and he immediately opened the door and stepped inside. She watched him for a second as he stood there taking in her domain – well, at least as much as he could see from the foyer. She’d had fantasies about proudly showing him around her gallery, fantasies about him being über-impressed. But those fantasies had never taken into account the risk he might be at if their relationship took a turn for the intimate. And still, she couldn’t fight down the butterflies of excitement that came from knowing he was waiting for her just downstairs.

As she joined him, he pulled her into a delicious sloppy kiss, carelessly balancing the pizza box on one forearm. His hair was damp from the rain. He looked as though he might have just come from the hide, photographing some fabulously elusive wildlife, and he smelled like the outdoors, which set off little tremors of excitement just below her navel.

‘You didn’t think I’d agree to an exhibition and not want to see where my work would be displayed, did you?’ The twinkle in his grey eyes made her giddy.

‘Of course not, and I’m ready for you. If you’d care to come this way, Mr. Walker, I’ll be your guide for the New World Gallery West deluxe tour package complete with an exclusive look at the pizza-eating facilities, which are upstairs off the mezzanine.’

She heard the catch of his breath as they made their way into the main exhibition hall. Even lit with only the security lighting and the moon coming in through the skylights, it was impressive. She smiled to herself. She really hoped he would like it.

‘Wow!’ he said. ‘You don’t do things by half, do you, Ms. Emerson?’

‘No, I do not, Mr. Walker.

‘And I see you’ve already got the monitors up for the film loop. You’re really speeding along.’

‘Have to. The exhibition will be here before you know it.

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