Page 30 of The Secret Heir Next Door

“No, ma’am. Well, if it was, they were thwarted by my amazing security and technological advances,” he shrugs with a laugh.

“Oh,” I make a face.

“Did you hope that I had another answer?”

“No,” I chuckle. “I guess I had already told myself that there was a nefarious plot to take important spy gadgets by the Russians or something.”

“Sorry to disappoint.”

“I should back away from the Russian Spy thriller books,” I giggle as I climb down from the ladder I’m on.

“Is that what you’re reading? I figured you for a romance girl?”

“Meh,” I smile. “Every nonfiction book has some sort of romance in it when you think about it. Despite who your target audience is, everyone loves a little romance. It’s what keeps readers engaged.”

“You seem to know a lot about it.”

“My creativity knows no bounds. I’m a reader, a writer, a drawer, you name it.”

“That’s pretty impressive.”

“I’m certain you have just as many skills in different areas.”

He shrugs and walks around the store. “Your creative brain makes sense.”

“How so?”

“Creatives are notoriously disorganized.”

“I’m not disorganized.”

He shoots me a look and I want to smack it off his face.

“Okay.”

“Do you insult everyone like this, or am I just special?”

“I wasn’t insulting you,” he chuckles. “It’s your fault if you took it that way. I was merely understanding you.”

I inwardly growl.

Yep, I do still have a type. Always the sucker for the asshole.

“Is there anything else that you need?”

“I thought we could talk about Abby’s party. I want to make sure nothing slips through the cracks.”

“I do this for a living. Do you always micromanage like this?”

Is that why you came by? Or can you not stop thinking about me either?

“I don’t micromanage. I simply make sure things get done correctly and on time.”

“That explains why you’re so uptight. You think you have to control everything, or it won’t get done.”

“Excuse me?”

“I bet there’s not a day that’s gone by that you haven’t questioned people fifty times or checked in on their progress since you started your company.”

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