Page 25 of Never With You
Lyle holds his hand up to stop them. “Carly is right in this instance. We can’t have people bringing extra guests on the trip without paying for them.”
“Don’t worry. I took care of it on my own.” I make a point to look at Nate, but he just smiles back in his irritating way.
“Perfect.” Lyle opens the company calendar and displays it on the TV screen so everyone can see it. “Here’s what’s upcoming. Rodney leaves for Dallas in three days. And then at the end of the month, Shelly and Taryn tag team on U-Start Advertising in London.”
I smile at them, knowing how excited they are about that trip.
“We also have some exciting news. Nate, do you want to tell everyone about our new client?”
Nate’s body language closes off, and his smile drops. “No, you can.”
His response is weird, considering he loves attention.
“Thanks to Nate, we just landed the Pureskin executive trip.”
“Oh, wow.” Rodney’s expression shows how impressed he is. “That’s a huge global company. How did you get that account?”
“Up until now, they’ve been doing their own in-house trips, but the head of their event team was just diagnosed with cancer, so they’re turning the trip over to us,” Lyle explains.
“That’s too bad.” Shelly frowns.
“Yeah, it’s a real sad deal. We’re happy to step in and help despite the time restraints.”
“Time restraints?” I ask.
“The trip is in one month.”
“But they already have it all planned, right?” I look back and forth between Lyle and Nate.
“Yes, for the most part, but because of her diagnosis, the planning took a backseat, and they’re a little behind on some of the details,” Lyle says. “We’ll have to finalize everything and tie up any loose ends.”
“Where’s the location of the trip?” Taryn asks.
“Thailand,” Nate answers as if he’s bored.
“Thailand?” I can’t help the way my face lights up. I’ve wanted to go to Thailand for years. It’s definitely at the top of my bucket list. I’d give anything to go.
“Since Pureskin is Nate’s baby, he’ll be over the trip. I’ll let him pick an event coordinator to organize it and go with him.”
My heart falls an epic fall. Lyle might as well have thrown it over a cliff. There’s no way Nate will pick me to go with him. He’ll probably give it to one of the male event coordinators so they can have a bros trip.
“Uh…” He glances around the table, his eyes skipping past me just like I thought. “I guess, Carly.”
I’m shocked.
“Carly, will that work for you?” Lyle asks.
“Yes!”Shoot. I’m too eager.I clear my throat. “Yes, I can make that work.”
“Okay, let’s add you two to the calendar for that trip.” Lyle goes silent as he types into his computer.
I sneak a glance across the table at Nate.
His brown eyes shift to me then quickly dart away like he doesn’t want to look at me as much as I don’t want to look at him.
Working with Nate is my least favorite thing about this job, but it’s Thailand.
So I’ll do what I have to do.
