The Valentine Getaway by Lexy Timms

Author:Lexy Timms [Timms, Lexy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2018-01-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Abby

The hotel room was cramped, but nice. I had a little deck area I could venture out on whenever I had coffee, and if I’d had the time to have a cup I would’ve done just that. But, the conference was going to start in a couple of hours and I looked like a wreck. Waking up at six thirty was not a good look on me, and I was here representing Murphy, Inc. With Colin being a keynote speaker, I needed to look my best. Everything needed to be recorded and I had to have the first formal article submitted to my boss so she could turn it around to the press by the time the nightly news came around.

Plus, part of me wanted to look good for Colin.

I hopped in the shower and quickly washed myself down. I wrapped a towel around my hair before I dried my body off, then slipped into a pair of high-waist black pin-striped pants. I took the time to blow out my hair, giving it the voluminous lift it needed in the dry winter air of Kansas. I applied a bit of makeup and slipped on a gray blouse that accentuated the curves of my chest. Tucking it into my pants, I then grabbed my crimson red coat. I looked fabulous, I felt fabulous, and I was ready to P.R. my first ever conference for Murphy, Inc.

Hopefully I wouldn’t blow it.

I grabbed my purse and stuffed my notepad into it. I was ready just in time to go snag a decent seat before everyone started flooding in. I slipped into my black heels and made my way to the elevator, spotting a familiar face before I walked in.

“Abby! Hey!”

“Maggie! I didn’t realize you were going to be here!”

I embraced my work colleague before the two of us stepped onto the elevator. Maggie Adams was Ted’s secretary and had become a wonderful friend of mine. Colin held down things in L.A. while Ted held down things in Minnesota, and I had become accustomed to seeing her every morning. I would bring her coffee and she would always have a cookie to offer, and we’d start our days off gossiping about the entire office before I’d book it to my desk.

“Wherever Ted goes, I go,” Maggie said.

“Sounds like you’re his wife,” I said.

“I might as well be. But he pays me well, so I go. I don’t have much of a life anyway, so it works out.”

“Well, once we get back to Minnesota, I’m dragging you out.”

“Honey, I’m too old to go out.”

“You’re only thirty-nine. Get over yourself,” I said.

“Thirty nine is not the new twenty nine,” she said.

“But forty is the new thirty,” I said, winking.

“I should slap you with my purse for that comment.”

“Hey! You look fabulous. You rock higher heels than me on your pajama days. Don’t lie to me.”

“Did you have any problems getting here? You flew out of Minnesota, right?” she asked.

“The plane was grounded,” I said. “I had to get a rental car and drive here.

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