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Lita smiled and stepped around me to greet Averie.
“Nice to finally meet you, Ms. Patterson.”
Averie extended her hand. “Nice to meet you too, Lita.”
“Please, if I had legs like those, I would never cover them up,” Lita laughed at Averie still trying to hide.
“Lita, can we have breakfast on my balcony?”
“Of course. Ms. Patterson, do you have any food allergies?”
“No, and I will eat a pig from the rooter to the tooter so whatever you make will be fine with me.”
“Great, I will prepare something and bring it up. Are you going back to your room now? I would like to send Marshall up to straighten up your room.”
“Ms. Patterson is hungry now, so…”
“No, I can wait. I will be okay.”
“Are you sure?” I raised one eyebrow. “Your stomach seemed to disagree when we were upstairs,” I chuckled.
She playfully hit my arm, “I’m okay, Lita. I can wait. Thank you,” she graciously smiled.
“Alright, I will give Averie a tour of the house while he takes care of the room.”
“Wonderful,” she turned back into the kitchen. “Again, it was nice to meet you, Ms. Patterson.”
“The pleasure was mine, Lita.”
“Oh, and Lita, Ms. Patterson will be my guest for the weekend. Can you call and have a couple of casual outfits sent here for her? We will need them by this afternoon.”
“Of course, I will call Emily at her boutique and have them send something right over. Ms. Patterson, can you write down your sizes?”
Lita’s daughter owned a boutique that I put up the initial investment for. She has since paid me back, but I try to send business her way as much as possible.
Averie looked at me seeming unsure. I motioned for her to take the pad and pen Lita was offering. She accepted them and wrote down a few numbers before giving the pen and paperback.
“I will show her around the property, then we will be ready for breakfast.”
“Okay, Mr. Valentine.”
I held Averie’s hand and led her out of the kitchen.
“You didn’t have to do that. I could have easily gone back home to pick up a couple of things. Let me know how much the items are so I can pay for them.”
I side eyed her and kept walking.
“No,” she gripped my hand tighter and stopped walking. “I can take care of that. I don’t mind.”
“Averie, why would I expect you to pay for something I suggested? Consider it a gift,” I turned to continue down the hall.
She continued to hold my hand but didn’t move from her spot.
“I’m serious, El. I don’t need that from you. I’m not a chick who is looking for some man wielding a sword to ride in on a noble steed and save her. I have my own horse and my own sword. I can take care of myself.”
I pulled her to me, wrapping my arms around her waist.
“That, Ms. Patterson, is sexy as hell. One of the things that attracted me to you is the fact that you are a boss but, I can spend my money the way I see fit. You can’t stop me, so you might as well get used to it.” I smiled and kissed her.
