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However, she must have fallen asleep while at her desk.
Her phone started ringing again. Shit! That was probably Trent. She scrambled around, looking for the damn thing and finally found it on the floor.
Plastering a big smile on her face, she answered it. “Hi, Daddy! How is Vegas?”
Alarm filled his face. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
“Uh, nothing’s wrong. Why would you say that?”
“Because you didn’t answer your phone the first two times I called.”
Oh, crap.
“Because your hair looks like a bird decided to nest on it.”
Shit! She peered at herself on the screen of the phone.
Holy. Heck. Her hair really did look like a bird’s nest. She should have looked in the mirror first before answering his call.
“Plus, that’s your I’m-hiding-something smile.”
Drat. This was the problem with having a man who knew you a bit too well.
She could never hide anything from him.
“You look tired,” he stated. “There are big dark bags under your eyes.”
“Daddy, did you just call me to insult me? Because that’s not very nice.”
“And now you’re trying to deflect back onto me. What have you been doing? Spill.”
“Why would you think that I’ve done something?”
“Because you’re always up to something. Especially when I’m not there to supervise you. I knew this trip was a bad idea. I’m coming home.”
“You can’t come home. Ben wants you there.”
“Ben doesn’t always need to get what he wants,” Trent grumbled.
“Trent, you’ll have a good time if you just relax.”
“There are people everywhere here. Traffic and noise. This city never fucking stops.”
“You’ve been there one night. It’s not that long until you’ll be on the plane back. Just try to have a good time.”
“I miss you,” he said gruffly and her heart melted.
Yeah, she missed him as well.
“I miss you too, Daddy.” She wished he was here. Or that she’d gone with him. A few hours’ sleep wasn’t enough, and she was feeling exhausted and nauseous.
“Baby girl, did you sleep all right? Are you feeling okay?”
Shoot. If she told him the truth, then he’d be on the next plane back here. And Ben really had been looking forward to this trip with his brothers.
They all worked together for the family business. Ethan, the oldest, ran the company. Trent and Sammy were both project managers. Drake managed sales and marketing. While Ben was an architect. They were a close family and Ben wanted all of his brothers there. Even the grumpy one.
So she couldn’t tell him the truth. Even though he wouldn’t like it if he learned that she’d lied to him.
