Page 93 of Guardian Daddy

It was two days since Ethan had taken her for burgers after her meeting. When Samantha had been so upset with her.

Why was she in her office now, though?

Strangely, Rhodes had been questioning her about Ethan and how he treated her.

Then he’d started asking her about whether she was comfortable with Samantha here. She didn’t like to lie so she’d told him the truth.

“Oh, Cate, there you are. I’ve been waiting for you.”

“Why? And why are you waiting in here?”

“Well, because I wanted that schedule from you.”

“I was going to give it to Ethan.”

“But I have some things coming up that I need to organize and I can’t wait much longer for it.”

She’d only asked for it the day before yesterday.

Cate walked over to her calendar. It was slightly out of place. How had that happened?

“Did you touch this?” she asked.

“What? Why would I touch your stuff?” Samantha asked. “Really, Cate. You’re kind of delusional, aren’t you? The truth is, other than being Rhodes’ sister, I really have no interest in you at all.”

Did she think that was an insult? That Cate wanted her to be interested?

Because that wasn’t the case at all.

All she wanted was for Samantha to stay well away from her.

“Schedule?” Samantha snapped.

“I’ll need to write it out.”

“Fine. Just tell me for the upcoming two weeks.”

She glanced down at her schedule “I have a meeting Friday afternoon at one.”

Another meeting? How tiresome.

“And that’s for work?”

“Yes. And then there isn’t anything more for two weeks.”

“Fine.” Samantha smiled. “That’s all I wanted to know. Rhodes and I are leaving Friday morning anyway for New York.” She flounced out of the office.

That was . . . strange.

But Cate shook that off. She had other things to do that were far more important than Samantha.

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“Ameeting? I can’t go to a meeting today.” Cate stared up at Ethan, looking confused.

He frowned as he took her in. He’d done his best this past week to get her out of the office. To ensure she was eating and sleeping, but he hadn’t been that successful.

At least Samantha was gone until Sunday. She and Rhodes were in New York. Ethan planned to keep Cate from retreating all weekend and spend time with him.

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