Page 46 of Embracing Love

The men laughed at something, and she faced Nadine. “There is nothing going on.”

“Okay.” Nadine seemed to back off a little. “Whatever you say. But for the record, it’s his jacket you’ve got around your shoulders.”

“I was cold.”

“Okay. We won’t talk about it. Yet. Are you ready for tomorrow? You’re on first thing.” Nadine reminded her.

How could she forget? She still had the conclusion and the last few slides to tidy up. She’d thought of some more pointers to include in her presentation and she needed to do a few more practice runs, on top of the twenty or so she’d now done. Some in her sleep, she was sure.

She was going all out on this one—it was her chance and she wasn’t going to mess it up. Especially with Gabriel watching.

“I haven’t finished it completely. I was on my way back to the room when I ran into Gabriel.”

“Some diversion,” Nadine muttered, then immediately wiped the smile off her face when Tanya glared at her.

“You know what? I think I’ll head back now. Something about being the first one to open the convention has my stomach doing cartwheels already. Hey,” she took a step towards Gabriel and Ethan who stood with their backs turned to her. They both looked over. “I’m going to get back. I need to do some last minute prep for tomorrow. Good night all.”

Her words addressed them both but her gaze swept all over Gabriel’s face. She hadn’t really given him a chance to leave with her. But if he really wanted to, he’d find one.

“Goodnight, see you tomorrow.” He said.

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