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“Fifty.”
He pushed the button to the fiftieth floor, slid in a keycard, and pushed the button to Lucas’s penthouse.Damn. I knew it.
“You’re pregnant?” he asked, and I swore I heard a bit of disappointment in his tone.
“I am.” I smiled.
“Congratulations.” He gave me a nod.
“Thank you.”
I took the rest of my bags from him when the doors opened on the fiftieth floor.
“Thank you for your help.”
“You’re most welcome. It’s not every day I get to help a beautiful young woman.” He gave me a wink.
“Somehow, I doubt that.” I pointed at him as I grinned and walked down the hall to my apartment.
Wow. He was as smooth as his son.
Chapter Seventeen
Lucas
“I want to meet the woman who figured out what you couldn’t and almost cost this company a serious amount of money,” my father said as we sat in the conference room reviewing the financial reports.
“She should be here in a few minutes.” I let out a sigh. “I sent her a text message last night telling her to come straight to the conference room.”
There was a light knock on the door, and when I looked up, Jenna stepped inside, holding a coffee from Starbucks. My father turned around, and instantly, a wide smile graced his face.
“You?” He grinned as he got up from his seat.
“Hello, Mr. Thorne. I’m Jenna Larson.”
I sat there, narrowing my eyes at both of them.
“Am I missing something here?” I asked.
“I had no idea.” My father walked over, took Jenna’s hand, and lifted it to his lips.
“Your father helped me with my shopping bags yesterday when I arrived home,” Jenna spoke.
“She certainly had a lot of them.” My father smiled. “We must be paying her an awful lot of money.”
“Well, considering her educational background, we are.”
“I would love for you to join the two of us for dinner tonight,” my father told her.
Shit.
“Actually, I have?—”
“Cancel them. I insist you join us.”
“All right. If you insist.”
“Excellent. Lucas will fill you in on the details.”
