Diamonds & Disguises by Laina Turner

Author:Laina Turner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laina Turner Media, LLC

Chapter 15

“You’re home early,” I said to Cooper as he walked in the kitchen where I was cooking, or rather microwaving dinner.

He kissed me on the cheek and took the beer I got out of the refrigerator for him. “The joys of having a VP who is making my life easier already. I can do things like come home early. He’s amazing. It’s like he can read my mind. He does things before I tell him and the way I would have done it. I feel like I’ve worked with him for years. He’s had some great ideas on how to fix this client issue. I’m lucky to have found him.”

Cooper did look happier than I’d seen him in a long time. Like a huge weight had been lifted. I’d planned on talking to him about my experience with Andrea at the store today, but I didn’t want to put a damper on his mood. He seemed enamored of Bill. And really, what did it matter what feeling I had about her? It had nothing to do with Bill’s ability to be a good employee.

“So, what’s for dinner?”

“Lobster mac and cheese.”

“Since that’s seafood would you like white wine?”

“Yes, please.”

He turned to the wine rack on the wall he’d made me. It was so cool. We’d found two old they’d drilled holes in old boards to stick wine bottles through the holes to use as a wine rack. When Cooper said he could make it and that same weekend we’d found the perfect boards I knew it was fate. I loved my wine rack.

“This is really good,” Cooper said as he took his first few bites.

“Stouffer’s. And you’re right. Plus, you paired it with the perfect wine which makes it all the better,” I teased.

“I have to make a trip out of town in a couple days.”

“Oh? I thought you weren’t going to have to travel now?”

“I still have to travel,” he clarified. “Just not as much. In fact, this trip is with Bill to introduce him to some of our clients. We’ll be gone a week and in a different city each day.”

“That sounds tiring.”

“It will be but worth it. It’s a necessary step to my scaling back. I want to make sure clients are comfortable with him taking over their accounts.”

“Fine. I guess I can live without you for a week,” I said, pretending to pout.

“Thanks. Hey, maybe you could spend some time with Andrea. Get to know her better. She seemed nice and I’m sure she doesn’t have many friends here yet.”

“Yeah. She does seem nice.”

Something in my tone must have tipped him off because he cocked his head and looked at me. “You don’t like her?”

I sighed. “I do. It’s just…I don’t know. I met her for coffee this morning and then she came to the shop.”

“OK. Why do I get the feeling that wasn’t a good thing? It sounds like a good thing.”

I didn’t say anything at first, because what could I say? It’s not like she’d done anything wrong.

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