The Proposal by Zante Lily

Author:Zante, Lily [Zante, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lily Zante
Published: 2012-12-19T22:00:00+00:00

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After breakfast they adjourned for presentations given by each of the heads of marketing from overseas. Nadine had delivered hers and she had practiced so many times that she pulled it off effortlessly. She had to remind herself to be more focused through the day and did not let her mind dwell on Ethan too much. But she hoped he was getting on without any problems and she was actually quite looking forward to seeing him again that evening.

"If you see Ethan around, please check to make sure he's okay," she had asked Melissa, who was busy running around making sure there was enough tea, coffee, water and muffins in each of the meeting rooms.

"I'm worried he doesn't really know anyone here," Nadine explained. Melissa was as good as her word, going up to Ethan whenever she saw him which was only on a few occasions.

Ethan spent most of the morning in the gym, then later he spent a few hours in the swimming pool. He was hoping to catch sight of Nadine during lunch and had showered and dressed up in his casual jeans and t-shirt, scouring the hotel's restaurants for her but she was nowhere to be found. He was just about to call her on her cell when Sandra pounced on him out of nowhere.

"Ethan!" she exclaimed, most pleasantly surprised. She craned her neck expecting Nadine to appear and when she didn't, Sandra concluded that he must be alone. The thought of this made her almost salivate.

"You look lost, are you?" she purred, seeing his confused face. Ethan, who had been in the middle of calling Nadine, was interrupted and put his phone away.

"I'm going for lunch, join me," she ordered. When he looked undecided, she added, "Nadine's going to join me later." This made Ethan's choice much easier. He kept his distance from Sandra, but noted that she tried to invade his space and sidle up to him at every opportunity, especially when they went around the buffet table getting their food.

"Isn't your husband coming?" he asked, more out of irritation than out of any particular interest. His eyes darted around the other tables in the restaurant as he kept an eye out for Nadine.

"Why yes, he'll be here this evening I expect," she said shortly, nibbling away at her salad. "So," she said, narrowing her eyes, and moving closer towards him across the table, "tell me how you and Nadine met."

"Why?" he asked, coolly.

"Oh, because I want to know where she picked up such a cute looking man like you." She looked at him as though she’d rather eat him than the dinner on her plate.

"We met at her sister's dinner party."

"And got to know each other from there," said a voice over his shoulder.

Sandra, who was facing him, saw Nadine approaching before Ethan did. Her face darkened.

Nadine had been looking for Ethan ever since her presentation had finished just before lunchtime. She had scoured the hotel's restaurants before bumping into Melissa who told her that she had seen him with Sandra.

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