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Jameson laughs. “Trust me. She’s not interested in any of you assholes. I trust her. She came up with this idea to help our massively over-extended company. It’s not something I would ever have thought of.”
I snort. “For obvious reasons.”
He cocks his head and grins. “Yeah. But if it saves the company, and I’ve seen prospective paperwork on what we may be looking at, I’m all for it.”
“Fine,” I growl. “But let me tell you, I’m not enthused with all these changes in the company.”
Jameson frowns. “I don’t really care what your feelings are. I’m in charge and if you came up with a better idea, I’d look at it. But you haven’t. All you’ve done is whine and complain. So kindly get on board. I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place unless we went to go out of business.”
“You’re right. I’m sorry. You know how crabby I get about change though.”
“I do. But it’s what we have to do. Now that we’ve hashed all this out, we might as well head to the temporary studio that has been set up in the building.”
“Yeah, yeah. Let’s go.”
We head to the elevator and Jameson hits the button. “Just behave yourself when we get down there. Fern is very proud of this idea of hers. I don’t want you squashing her excitement.”
“I promise. I won’t squash your girlfriend.” I grin at him and he growls.
“You are fucking incorrigible. Don’t make me kill you. I don’t care if you’re my brother, if you hit on Fern, I’ll take you down.”
I throw back my head and laugh. “You are so damn easy to rile since you met Fern.”
“Bastard,”he grunts good-naturedly.
The room is set up and I bust out laughing when I see Finn. He glares at me, his green eyes furious. “I swear to god, he’s blushing. Hey, Finn! What’s with the tiny hat, man?” I pretend to search for something. “Are you hiding something?”
Fern groans. “Seriously? As soon as you walk in the door you have to try and start trouble. Behave yourself, Max!”
“I can’t help it. What the hell is with that hat?”
Fern laughs. “The green brings out the green in his eyes.”
“If it was up on his head maybe. But that is not where the hat is,” I chortle wildly.
“By the way, Max. Did you get a chance to look at the pictures of the house yet? Aster should be here soon. I know she’s looking to get started right away.”
“Oh god! No, I haven’t had time to take a look yet. I’m pretty busy with other projects.”
“And besides that he’s too busy whining about working for your friend.” I glare at Jameson.
“Dude, I told you that in confidence.”
“I’m not a priest and I’m not hiding anything from Fern.”
Fern stares at me, curiosity in her dark eyes. “What’s the problem? Aster is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met.”
“As long as she’s getting what she wants, right? That’s how those spoiled princesses usually work. As long as they get everything exactly the way they want it, it’s all good. Say one thing about something they can’t have and it’s a crime. Don’t worry though. I’ll make sure she gets what she wants.”
“And fuck you very much!” A low, husky voice drawls with a savage bite to it.
I turn and almost fall over when I see the woman. She’s tiny. Barely five foot two with mouth-watering curves and a beautiful face currently flushed with anger. Her eyes sparkle and I lose myself in the indigo pools.
Jameson laughs. “I think you might win this one, babe. “
“Huh?” I ask, not really listening. Instead, my eyes are still locked on the curvy woman in front of me.
“Fern!” She squeals, running to hug my future sister in law.
