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“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Lauren, again,” hesaid.
I saw Jerry raise his eyebrows. “We met in the bar, last night, I hadn’t realised he was your guest,” I said, by way of anexplanation.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you again, too, Mackenzie,” Isaid.
“Can I get you a drink?” Jerry asked. I raised my still full champagneflute.
“Whiskey for me,” Mackenzie asked, ensuring Jerry had to leave for the bar, Iassumed.
It was when I found myself alone with him that the nerves kickedin.
“You ran off,” he said. “Well, you fell asleep, then ranoff.”
“Yes, sorry about that. This is very awkward,” Ireplied.
“Why?”
“Why? You’re sort of my bossnow.”
“And?”
“I’m not sure how it works in America, but sleeping with your boss isn’t really the thing to dohere.”
“We did more than sleep, and I don’t care how you Britsoperate.”
“Look, please, I get enough stick from mycolleagues,who think I have more than a friendship with Jerry. Can we just forget what happened? And what withmy…”
I didn’t finish the sentence. “No to your question. And you were going tosay...?”
“My husband, soon to be ex-husband, is our head of development, ScottPerry.”
“Ah, the one who brought thebitch,as Jerry so politely calls her. I understandnow.”
“One whiskey,” Jerry said, interruptingus.
“I’m going to check on a few things, you know where you’re sitting?” Isaid.
“No,where?”
I sighed, “There.” I pointed to a round table, centre of theroom.
“What if I don’t want to sit there? I’m all on display,” hesaid.
“Jerry, you’ve spent your life wanting to be on display. Now, don’t stress me out, that is where you’resitting.”
“Feisty, I like it,” Mackenziesaid.
“Ah, she loves me really,” Jerryreplied.
I patted his cheek. “You wish. Now, please, excuseme?”
I placed my glass on the table and walked away to the sound of their laughter. I had no idea how my legs managed to carry me straight to the toilets, but theydid.
I walked into a cubicle and locked the door. I lowered the toilet seat lid and sat. I’d only just gotten my breathing under control when I heard a couple of women comein.
“Did you see? Scott brought his girlfriend,” one said. The otherchuckled.
“Must beawkward.”
