Lost in Love by Perry Kate

Author:Perry, Kate [Perry, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Phoenix Rising Enterprises, Inc.
Published: 2014-02-12T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

The intercom buzzed, and his assistant’s cool voice said, “Mr. Joe Nelson for you, on line two.”

Jack cursed under his breath. He hadn’t returned his partner’s calls. He was tempted to tell Delia to take a message.

Better to bite the bullet, he decided, picking up the line.

Nelson didn’t even give him a chance to say hello. “Where the hell are you, Waite?”

“In London.” Jack rolled his shoulders, trying to dislodge the tension in his back. His partner’s obvious frustration added to his own, and that didn’t help matters.

“What are you doing in London?” Joe Nelson yelled into the line. “You were supposed to meet me in New Mexico today.”

Nelson was a yeller. A little agitation or excitement and Nelson’s volume went up a couple decibels. Jack knew this—he’d partnered in several deals with Nelson over the past eight years since they’d been introduced. But today he wasn’t in the mood for the theatrics, because he knew just as well as Nelson that he needed to be in New Mexico.

And yet, part of him was happy to be in London. A large part of him. He was enjoying Portia. If he hadn’t have come to London, he wouldn’t have met Portia, and that would have been a tragedy.

He liked her.

Which made everything that much more frustrating, because he knew he needed to be in New Mexico, but here he was.

He’d just have to try harder. To Nelson, he said, “Look, I sent you an email explaining that I had business in London. But I’m available by phone and email. Send me the results for the water testing and call me if you need anything. I’ll look everything over and then we’ll discuss it.”

“You like to be hands-on to get a feel for the venture.”

Jack shook his head. “You usually give me crap over that. You always say I rely too much on feeling rather than facts.”

“So what? It works,” Nelson pointed out. “We always make money on your instinct.”

“My instincts tell me the water purification is a good deal.”

“But you haven’t seen it in action,” his partner protested.

True, and short of abandoning his post here, he didn’t think he would. “It shouldn’t make any difference. I’ll go over the numbers carefully and let you how they seem. Just hold off a little while longer.”

“I don’t like this, Waite,” his partner grumbled. “I picked you for this water deal not only because you’re diligent in your research. You can ferret out a bogus claim like no one I’ve seen.”

“And I can do that long distance.”

“Yeah, but we’re stalled because of you, and you’re not acting like yourself. You already cancelled coming out twice, and now this. You’re distracted.”

You think? He rolled his eyes. “I admit that I have a few things going on in my life, but it’s nothing that’ll affect this deal. Based on the research I’ve done so far, I have a good feeling about it. I can finish the due diligence here, and we’ll be set to write a check.

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