“Did you hear the word never?”
He laughed and trailed a finger against my lips as we stepped onto the elevator. “I think you’ll like this deal. In fact, I’m currently in the middle of drawing up the contract, and I think the terms are beyond fair.”
“Is there any fine print?”
“Of course,” he said, kissing me. “There always will be.”
--The End--
Epilogue
Tara
One Year Later
At Disney World
“Are you finished with this, Violet?” Preston held out a Mickey Mouse lollipop.
“Yep!” She nodded and rushed away, returning to the Mad Tea Cups ride for the umpteenth time. “Come watch me!”
Thanks to Preston, the entire park was exclusively ours for the day, and Violet was enjoying her birthday with five of her newest friends. Although she was now fully adjusted to living with us in his over the top condo, she still woke up from time to time asking about her parents, and we made sure to hold her every time.
I watched Preston snap pictures of her spinning around in a pink cup, and felt my phone buzzing in my pocket.
“Yes, Nicole?” I answered.
“Um. Hi, Miss Lauren.” My newest executive assistant said. “I mean, Parker? Is your last name Parker yet?”
“It won’t be until the fall, Nicole.” I smiled. “Is something wrong?”
“No, I was just calling to let you know that the Day deal is officially done and your senior attorney has finalized all of the paperwork,” she said. “Would you like me to email it to you from your account or mine?”
“You can do mine.”
“Okay, great! This is the last call during your vacation, I swear!” She ended the call and my phone buzzed with an email.
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Subject: The Day Deal (Messaged through your main business account)
Everything is attached--
Tara Lauren
CEO of Von Strum Hotels,
Division of Parker International
* * *
“I thought we said no work on vacation,” Preston said, walking over to me.
“We did, but you’ve answered ten calls already today.”
“Those ten calls are about interviews for my latest Taylor.” He smiled. “That’s not work.”
“What number are you on since I’ve been gone now? Twenty-five?”
“Twenty-seven.” He kissed my lips. “I’d love to make it twenty-eight forever, if a certain someone is getting tired of being a CEO.”
“Never.” I laughed, looking over at Violet again. “Can I ask you something?”
“Anything.”
“Did you ever read your brother’s letter?”
“I did.”
“Are you ever going to tell me what he said?”
“I will in the fall.” He smiled. “But I will say that it looks like we’re going to have three hoteliers in this family.”
“What do you mean?”
“He left The W Hotels to Violet,” he said. “The entire chain is hers, but something tells me we should wait until she’s long past five to let her know.”
“So, you’ll eventually have three number one hotel chains in separate divisions?”
“No.” He kissed me again. “We will.”
* * *
--THE END.
AGAIN--
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