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“Trouble in paradise? You and the missus….?”
He huffs a laugh. “No. Willow and I are great. What I mean is, the rest of our families. I’m sure it would make Parker and Maya happy to see us getting along. Unfortunately, I am not an actor, nor a liar. So, come the wedding, I will do my best to be polite and brief in my interactions with you and yours. Will you agree to do the same?”
“The wedding is a long way off, Sawyer. I won’t make promises this far in advance.”
He rolls his eyes and looks away. “Our siblings getting married does not make us family, and it doesn’t make us friends, but wecanbe respectful around them, can we not?”
“I suppose that depends on whether you keep opening conversations with blatant insults.”
“My apologies, Beau. I didn’t know you were so sensitive about the size of yourresort.”
I laugh and see there are only three more ahead of me now. “My resort is going to dwarf your yacht club, Sawyer. Take whatever shots you want. I have nothing to worry about.”
“Gonna be big, eh?”
“So far, we’ve been approved for over four hundred and fifty rooms, so—
He lets out a low whistle. “Sounds like someone is overcompensating.”
I laugh again. “Keep up this comedian act at the wedding, and we’ll get along just fine.”
He smirks. “And you think Somerset Harbor has the infrastructure to support such an endeavor?”
“According to our analysis, we’ll be just fine. Worry about your yacht club, Sawyer. Our analysis isn’t looking great for you.”
A flash of tension in his eyes makes me smile. “Our analysis says the same for you, so I guess we will soon find out who is right.”
“Indeed.”
We’re both quiet for a minute before he asks, “Who is the design team on the project?”
“Klein and Associates.”
“Hmm.”
“Whyhmm?”
He shrugs. “I’m just surprised you didn’t go with Hamilton and Sons.”
Don’t tell him that’s where we went first.“Why is that?”
“They’re more conventional, and they’ve designed a quarter of the buildings in Somerset Harbor. Seems the obvious choice, but you wouldn’t go for that, would you? You wanted someone different. Someone…Pavel Cerny. He’s the only reason you’d pick Klein and Associates. Nice choice.”
“Cerny is old hat.” Let him wonder. “K and A have a slew of better talent than him.”
Faux sympathy takes over his tone. “Couldn’t get him, eh? That’s too bad.”
“I cannot imagine settling for Cerny. Though I suppose, if you want something absolutely predictable, he’s a safe bet. We’re going modern.”
Sawyer’s brows jump. “Oh, really?”
“We can’t all be as mundane and common as your yacht club.”
“Good luck getting something modernist approved by the city, Beau. They’ll eat you alive for screwing with the town’s esthetic.”
Shit. He’s right.“I suppose we will see.”
“We will, and I’ll be watching the whole show as it falls apart. It’ll be fun to watch you picking up the pieces. Don’t worry. I won’t rub it in Maya’s face. Unlike the rest of your family, she seems great.”
