Unfinished Business by Cat Schield

Author:Cat Schield
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-03-04T23:00:00+00:00

Eight

Rachel sat down at her desk and opened the file she’d been working on before Max summoned her into his office. The numbers blurred on the page. She sat back and rubbed her eyes, then reached for her tall coffee with the three shots of espresso. Max was a bad influence on her in more ways than one.

What had possessed her to tell him about Aunt Jesse?

She owed him no explanations. The intimacy they’d developed was physical, not emotional. Yet, she couldn’t deny that sharing the story had lifted a little weight off her shoulders. Not much, but enough to help her get through the day. To clear her mind for how she would handle things with Brody. She simply had to find the twenty-five thousand she still owed him.

You could borrow the money from Max. If you asked, he’d help.

And have to explain to him about Brody and why she’d married him. As if his opinion of her wasn’t bad enough already, Max could add opportunist and user to her list of flaws. Besides, she didn’t want her ex-husband to come between them again. Although, at the rate she was screwing things up on her own, it wouldn’t matter what she told Max. Given the way their conversation had gone last night, he was probably done with her right now.

Rachel made notes on the file Max had asked her to look at and checked in with Devon to see if anything had come up. He was proving to be a great manager despite his reservations about taking on the responsibility. Maybe this meant she could take a long weekend for herself after everything was over. Four days with nothing to do and no worries sounded like heaven.

But was it reality? Since coming to work for Max, she’d been drifting in a fantasy world. The time for daydreams was over.

Right at eleven, Max’s conference call began with the general manager of their Williamsburg operations. While he was asking the questions she’d posed about their numbers, his second line lit up. Rachel answered the call. It was Andrea.

“How are things going?” Rachel winced in sympathy at the loud cries in the background.

“As well as can be expected with a baby who’s up all hours of the night with colic.”

“I hope things get better soon.”

“Me, too.”

“Max is on a conference call at the moment. Do you want me to have him call you?”

A long pause preceded Andrea’s response. “No. I’ll try him again later.”

Rachel picked up on the other woman’s change of tone. “Is something wrong?”

“Not wrong.” But something was up. Rachel could hear it in Andrea’s voice.

“Anything I can help you with?”

“Look, I don’t exactly know how he persuaded you to fill in for me, but you should probably find someone to take over on a permanent basis.”

“You’re not coming back?”

“Ned and I discussed it on and off since the middle of my pregnancy. Max is great, but he works such long hours.” Andrea tried for cheerful but her tone fell flat.

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