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I stood, smoothed down my skirt, then huffed. “I was not smiling at my phone.”
“Um, yeah, you were. Who wants to have lunch with you, and why are you surprised he wants to have lunch with you?”
Making my way to where my phone was, I attempted to squat down without falling over. The black pencil skirt was cute, but not made for bending down to pick things up off the floor.
“It’s a long…story…almost…have it…”
Mary bent down and got the phone before she grabbed onto my arm and helped me back up. She handed me the phone as she said, “I’ve got time.”
I rolled my eyes. “Don’t you ever work?”
“I put in ten to twelve-hour days.”
With a look that said she was full of shit, I sat back down in my chair. “Mm-hmm, sure you do.”
“Okay, fine, so being the boss’s daughter has some perks. Now, tell me who this guy is.”
“It’s a long story.”
“And I said I have time, so spill it.”
Ipulled up my texts again and stared at the last one from Wes.
Looking up, I said, “You better sit down.”
Mary dropped into the seat opposite my desk. “Oh, this means it’s good!”
“His name is Wes Ward, and he is Rory’s brother-in-law.”
She made a face.
“Okay, so you see problem number one.”
“I could see how that might be an issue if you dated the brother-in-law.”
“And that leads us to issue number two. He’s in love with his old girlfriend still, and she’s getting married. To someone else.”
Mary frowned. “That is an issue. But…once she gets married, then he has to move on.”
I blew out my breath. “Issue number three, he is trying to break them up so she doesn’t get married. He even moved to Boston in order to accomplish that mission.”
Her eyes went wide. “No!”
Nodding, I said, “Yes. Then let’s add issue number four. I’m so attracted to this guy and it just pisses me off. He also asked me—no, tried to bribe me—into helping him with this pursuit of breaking up his ex and her fiancé, and the crazy part is I immediately told him no, but now I want to do it just so I can spend time with him.”
Mary blinked a few times. “Let me see if I have this right. Wes, who is Rory’s brother-in-law, is still in love with his ex. He came to you for help breaking up the ex and stopping the wedding, and you agreed because you like him?”
I screwed up my face. “That about sums it up.”
“Clare, why in the world do you like a guy who loves another woman?”
“I didn’t know he was in love with his ex until recently.”
“Oh no, you’ve got it bad for him then if you’re willing to help him win back an ex. What are you supposed to do in order to help him?”
I bite down on my lower lip. “Pretend to be his girlfriend as we show up to places where she is scheduled to be. Oh, and he knows where she’s scheduled to be because she dropped her calendar and he picked it up and didn’t tell her he had it.”
Mary’s mouth dropped open. “My God, it only gets worse. Did you hit your head recently?”
