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“If you give her some time, I’m sure she’ll come around.”
“No.” Lyra firms her bottom lip. “The only way I can convince her is toshowher, but the only way to get close to her is by working with her.”
That’s an… interesting leap.
“Problem is she won’t let me into Vision Tech. She says she wanna avoid a ‘conflict of interest’, but I know it’s ‘cuz she hates me.”
I rub the back of my neck, sensing a request is about to be flung at me. And it’s not going to be an easy one.
“I just want to be close to my sister,” Lyra cries, dabbing at the tears falling from her eyes. “Is that such a bad thing?”
“It’s not,” I murmur.
Suddenly, Lyra grabs my hand and pulls it to her chest.
I squirm, trying to dislodge my arms, but she has a good grip.
Big brown eyes pointed at me, she begs. “You’re gonna help me, right? You gon’ help me make amends with my sista.”
“Uh…”
“Nova’s got nobody but me. Don’t you think we should be working together instead of fighting?”
“I do…”
“Then you’re gonna give me the job?” She grins brightly.
“I didn’t say that.”
“Thank you!” Lyra springs her arms around me and squishes me against her chest. “I’ll wait for your call.”
“But I didn’t—”
“You promised.” She points at me.
I watch her saunter down the sidewalk, feeling like I’ve just been bamboozled.
CHAPTER9
THE SECRET REQUEST
NOVA
I agreedto join Adam and Rowan for dinner entirely to avoid Jax, who was clearly drunk when he called asking for a second chance.
Why he’d even dare to demand such a thing given our last encounter?
I don’t know.
But if Jax has one thing, it is the audacity.
Awful man.
Thanks to him, I was forced out of my own home on a day when all I wanted was to decompress in the bathtub with some tea, candles, and scented bubbles.
Instead of relaxing alone, I had to dress in something other than yoga pants, scrape my hair into an edges-snapping bun, and meet a bunch of new people.
Thankfully, the ladies at the farmhouse don’t push me into conversations.
