Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 84071 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 84071 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
“Hey.” I look behind me and see Kevin coming straight toward me, holding two glasses of champagne.
“Hi,” I say, smiling at him and inwardly groaning.
“I brought you something to drink,” he says, handing me a glass.
I grab it with my free hand, still holding on to the empty glass in the other. “Thank you.”
“To tonight.” He holds up his glass in front of me. “And to how amazingly beautiful you look.” He smirks, trying to look sexy, and I even wait for the butterflies, but nothing, and I mean nothing happens when he says those words. Unlike when Caine whispered them to me not too long ago and my whole face lit up. I couldn’t stop it if I tried, and believe me, I tried. But spotting him when I walked in did two things at the same time; it shifted my soul at the same time it calmed it. I can’t even try to explain it because I don’t understand it. “To a great night.”
“Thank you,” is the only thing I say as I take a small sip. “I think it’ll be a good night.” I look around, seeing people come waltzing into the ballroom. The sound of laughter fills the air as people catch up with other people.
Kayla makes her way over to us, zigzagging through people. “Hey, you two,” she says, smiling, “I was wondering where my people went.”
“Search no more,” I state awkwardly. “I was chatting with a couple of clients,” I tell her, not wanting her to think I was sneaking off with Kevin.
“We should get to our seats,” Kevin suggests. “Are we all sitting together?”
I nod my head. “I put all assistants at one table.” I point at the table on the side, more off to the back of the room. “Out of sight, out of mind.”
“If I can have everyone’s attention,” Nash announces from the podium. “The meal will be starting in five minutes.” He smiles. “If everyone could grab a seat so we can get this show on the road.”
“Excuse me,” I say to Kevin and Kayla. “Can you take this to the table for me?” I hand her the silk purse that has been tucked under my arm most of the night. Next time, I’m sticking my lip gloss in my bra and calling it a night. “I’m going to make sure everything is going to be good to go. Save me a seat,” I tell them before walking away. I put the two champagne glasses on one of the servers’ silver trays before turning and walking to the side to see the event manager, Barbara.
“Hi,” I greet her, “is everything under control?”
“It is,” she confirms with her hands behind her back. “We are going to start plating up the food as soon as they give the opening speech.”
“I’ll go and see how long it’s going to be,” I tell her and walk toward the four of them. One look at Caine and again my heart is beating all over the place, my chest gets tight, and my nipples tighten also. I’m not even going to tell you how my panties are faring.
“What do you mean you didn’t write a speech?” I hear Nash hiss at Caine as he puts a smile on his face, trying to pretend everything is okay. “You literally said, ‘don’t worry, bud, I’ve got it.’”
“Okay, one”—Caine holds up his hand—“I would never say bud.” I can’t help but snort, and with just my luck, all four of them turn to me.
“I can attest to Caine not shortening any words with abbreviations.” I smile at him. “Now, no pressure,” I add, “but they are waiting until the speech is over to plate the food.” I look around, also pretending I’m not going to freak out if they don’t get their act together. “Now, I’ve spent the past couple of weeks making sure everything was going to go off without a hitch.” I look at Nash and then Caine. “So, one of you get up there and welcome everyone. We can always add a speech later before the evening is up.”
“Fine,” Caine hisses, “since I’m the bigger man.”
“Older man.” Nash slaps him on the back. “Not bigger.” The look Caine gives him would have me shaking in my shoes, but Nash just folds his arms over his chest. “Whatcha going to do about it, bud?”
Caine, being the calm, cool, collected, and extremely hotter of the two, just winks. “Watch and learn, grasshopper.”
“Yeah, I’ll kung fu your ass,” Nash retorts before he turns to me. “Grace, will you join us at our table?”
I hold my hands in front of me. “Thank you so much for the offer.” I smile at his parents and continue, “But it’ll be weird if all the other assistants are at one table, and I’m with you guys.”