Juniper’s eyes widened.

“That’s horrible.” She swatted at his chest and scooted from his lap.

Planner in hand, she jotted down just a few notes. “I’ll get a name out to Jon and set one thing up. Do you need to see the place earlier than I e book it?”

“I belief your judgment. In addition to, I noticed the place being constructed. It’ll be excellent. And all your loved ones can attend because it’s in your neck of the woods.”

She cleared her throat. “Yeah, I suppose I’ve just a few calls of my very own to make.”

“This received’t trigger any drawback, will it? Holding the reality from them should be onerous, however Juniper, it’s important to even with Callie.” He wrapped her hand in his. “If the board will get wind of what we’re doing after which the lawyer, we’re toast.”

“I’m certain it is going to trigger a little bit unease in my father from his standpoint. However he by no means actually stood in my manner if I wished to do one thing. Plus, I prefer to suppose it’s for a noble trigger. He’ll perceive ultimately.”

“Thanks, for every little thing, Juniper.”

She stopped writing notes for a second and raised her eyes to his. “You’re welcome, Marshall Blackwood. Now that I’ve a strong plan and I feel I can wait to drop the bomb on my household for once I’m face-to-face with them the day after tomorrow, what can I assist you with?” She gestured to the stack of papers.

He groaned. “Know something about company regulation?”

“Truly, sure.”

He canted his head to the facet, shock widening his eyes. “ what. I ought to have identified.”

“I used to be a 12 months shy of graduating from California State College when an adolescence disaster hit me and I modified programs, a lot to my father’s dismay. I used to be to main in company regulation, like him. The one different lawyer within the household. I suppose if I’d needed to shut my doorways to my enterprise, I’d have gone again to high school and labored at my father’s regulation agency.”

She scrunched her nostril. “Not as luxurious because it sounds. All that fixed negativity and issues. Give me a bridezilla any day, and I imply that.”

“Okay, then.” He handed her a stack of papers that she might barely match her grip round.

“Okay, then what?”

“I’m not above begging for assist. I would like to provide these contracts a ultimate read-through. With my government assistant on summer time trip, I would like to do this and get ’em organized and mailed out to the board members pronto. They’re anticipating it on a deal I’m closing. The Masterson deal.” He sat again in his chair and scrubbed a hand over his face. “It’s going to take us from quantity two to the primary oil firm in all the western hemisphere once we take in their property, Juniper. It has price me lots to get this on the desk and the outdated man is able to signal.”

“Your father can be proud.”

Marshall smiled at her and instantly she wished he’d actually meant the proposal and she or he lamented the day she must stroll out of his life and the day one other girl walked down the aisle to this man.

“Level me to a desk the place I can work and let’s get this finished.”

CHAPTER THREE

Two days later Juniper rolled over in mattress in a tangle of sheets and thick covers rumpled round her chin, the scent of bacon pulling her from a deep sleep. She reached for her cellphone and squinted on the obscenely early hour. Ten until six.

One. Two. One. Two. She flexed and bunched her fingers to work out the kinks and stiffness from sorting and stapling for the previous forty-eight hours and nicely previous midnight the earlier night time. Little stings zipped throughout the pads of her fingers the place she’d nicked herself with just a few paper cuts. However they’d made Marshall’s deadline and the packages had all been despatched out to the board members. After that, he’d helped her mail private invites to some of their older household associates. Everybody else bought a cellphone name.

Not as soon as did they get derailed by kinky workplace intercourse.

However it did occur twice. As soon as on the sofa and once more together with her tits pressed towards the glass overlooking Houston.

Attractive as hell and she or he had by no means come so onerous in her life.

She smiled, her physique a gentle hum of delight overload.

Work, Juniper. Focus. Nonetheless sleepy and foggy she pressured her mind from all of the enjoyable particulars and again to the place her mind cells wanted to be.

Papers.

One factor she’d remembered from her education as a lawyer, paper trails and proof went a great distance in proving an occasion occurred. With everybody from Marshall’s facet taken care of, she solely needed to care for her household.

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