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“You’renotgoingtobelieve who I’m working with,” I said into the phone when I drove to my sister’s house.
“Who?” Hailey asked.
“Troy.”
“What?”
“The guy I slept with a couple of weeks ago? At the bar, remember?”
“Oh, the hot one.”
I laughed. “They were both hot.”
I told her what had happened at my meeting with Mr. Larson at Larson Inc. Troy Larson. I’d never found out his last name after we’d had our one-night stand. It hadn’t come up; it wasn’t like I’d wanted to doodle it all over my notepads or anything.
“Oh, my God,” Hailey said. “So… now what?”
“Now we work together and see who gets the contract,” I said.
“I don’t get how that works. How do you work together to work against each other?”
I sighed. “We still have to get the parameters for the project right, so we brainstormed. It’s complicated.”
“It sounds like it’s not just the project that will be complicated,” Hailey said. “Are you going to sleep with him again?”
“Are you kidding me? There’s no way. He’s a rival now, you know? It’s either Larson Inc. or Griffin Solutions that’s getting the project, and best know it’s going to be Griffin.”
Hailey chuckled. “You’re so competitive.”
“Get this,” I said. “He was upset that I left early in the morning without leaving a number or something.”
“Troy?”
Who the hell else? “Yeah.”
“That’s… weird.”
“Right? Guys don’t usually do that. Well, it’s better this way, anyway. It’s not like something’s going to happen between us now. It was right to keep it at a one-night stand.”
“When are you going to settle down?” Hailey asked.
I rolled my eyes. “I don’t have time to settle down. I have a career to focus on. The last thing I want right now is a boyfriend who’s going to claim some of my time because he wants to get close or whatever. I’m happy alone.”
“That might be the start of your problems.”
I shook my head, irritated. Thank God, I arrived at my sister’s and had a reason to end the call.
“Gotta go, I’ll call you later. I’m at Rachel’s.”
“Talk later,” Hailey said, and we ended the call.
When I got out, my sister’s kids poured out of the house. It was an old colonial house with a large garden and colossal trees that had stood the test of time. Being here was like escaping the city and being transported to a haven. I’d grown up in this house, and I was so glad Rachel had taken it over.
“Auntie Mackie!” they cried out in unison.
“If it isn’t my favorite little rascals!” I cried out and kneeled to hug them. They ran into my arms together.
“You’re getting so big! What’s Mommy feeding you?”
