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“The shingles are behind at the manufacturers in Salt Lake. Delivery delays.”
I didn’t look up as I set the bags down on the large table as Jason spoke, pulling out wrapped sandwiches and reading the scrawl on them to figure out what kind they were.
It was the lack of response that had me lifting my gaze.
Everyone was staring at me. Jason. Ed, the engineer. Bixby, the local general contractor. And–
Him.
The guy from the coffee shop. He was the only person in the room I didn’t know, which meant he was–
Holy crap.
Maverick James.
I spilled coffee all over my boss’s boss. One of the James Corporation’s owners.
I made a billionaire boss wear a pink Steaming Hotties t-shirt.
I stared at him. He stared at me. I tried not to cower because… God. His eyes narrowed.
“Bridget’s brought lunch. Your assistant shared that you liked roast beef.”
Jason’s words had me blinking and I’d never been so thankful for the task of playing waitress, pulling out and dispersing the sandwiches, bags of chips and cans of soda.
“Bridget?” His deep voice had me swallowing. Now I couldn’t look his way if my life depended on it.
“Yes, my assistant,” Jason prompted.
Ed and Bixby offered thanks as I handed them their food. We’d worked together earlier on the issues and I finalized them into the report. I liked them both, unlike Jason the Jerk.
I went around the table, set the roast beef before Maverick James. He stood and I had to tilt my head back to meet his gaze. I pushed my glasses up.
“Bridget Beckett.” I reached my hand out to introduce myself, not because I hadn’t done so at the coffee shop, which I hadn’t, but because I was at work and it was the appropriate thing to do.
His big hand engulfed mine once again.
“Maverick James,” he said, offering me a smile.
He stared.
I stared.
He stared some more.
I noticed his eyes were so brown as to be almost black. That whiskers had come in across his strong jaw since I saw him last. Two hours earlier. That someone was clearing their throat.
It wasn’t me.
It wasn’t Mr. James.
It was Jason. Shit… I yanked my hand back and spun on my heel. Heat filled my cheeks and I bolted out the door and leaned against the wall just outside the conference room as if my body weight was needed to hold it up.
Jemma swiveled her chair around behind her desk and grinned. “He’s gorgeous, right?” she whispered so only I could hear and fanned herself, just like Eve had.
“What about the cost increases?” I heard Mr. James’ voice through the open doorway.
“I’ve been working on a report for you,” Jason replied.
