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“What did she want?” Cam asked.
“Just checking in. She’s looking for a job and wanted to know if I knew of anything up here.”
Cam set his elbow on the armrest. “Well, that wouldn’t be awkward.”
“Not at all,” Jamie said. “What did you tell her?”
Luke shrugged. “I said I’d keep an eye out. Maybe in the southern valley.”
Cam smiled. “Good call.”
“She asked if we were hiring—nowthatwould be awkward. Thankfully, I didn’t have to lie.”
“Actually, that’s why we’re here,” Cam said, exchanging another look with Jamie. “Juggling this cellar club along with everything else is just proving too much. And sales are going much better than we anticipated.”
Luke grinned at them. “Great problem to have.”
Jamie nodded. “For sure. I’ve crunched some numbers, and we can afford to take on an employee to help with sales and manage the cellar club as well as plan events.”
Damn, that sounded right up Paige’s alley. If they advertised this job, she’d apply in a heartbeat.
Cam chuckled. “I can see the fear in your eyes, brother. Don’t worry, we already have someone in mind, and I know she’ll take the position.”
Luke had a suspicion he knew who this was, but asked anyway. “Who’s that?”
“Brooke,” Cam said. “She’s more than qualified.”
“And she can put up with you that much?” Luke teased.
“So she says.”
“Maybe she’ll keep him in line,” Jamie said, winking at Luke.
Cam rolled his eyes. “Like I need that. You guys are tools. I’ve talked to her about it, and she’s totally on board.”
“You talked to her first?” Luke asked. This wastheirbusiness.
“Only to see if she was even interested. I made it clear that it wasn’t a job offer—that we hadn’t discussed it yet.”
Luke appreciated that. And, really, he shouldn’t have doubted his brother. “Hayden should be in on this too.”
“Definitely,” Jamie said. “We stopped in and asked him to join us, but he’s up to his eyeballs in grapes right now. He said he’d come up when he could.”
“Well, I have no problem with bringing Brooke on. She’s sure sold a shit ton of our wine.” They’d contracted her as their distributor last summer, and she’d done a bang-up job. In fact, she was the reason their cellar club had taken off so well. He looked at Jamie. “As long as you say we can afford it.”
Jamie gripped the arms of the chair. “We can.”
Luke cast Cam a skeptical look. “And you’re sure you don’t mind working with your wife? That’s a lot of together time.” That sounded hellish to Luke. He’d hated that Paige had lost her job after they’d started dating, but he’d also been relieved not to spend so much time together.
“Not at all,” Cam said, his eyes taking on a blissful sheen. “I’d spend every moment with her if I could.”
Luke blinked and then looked at Jamie, who promptly made a gagging motion, jabbing his finger into his mouth. Luke laughed, and Cam reached over and socked Jamie in the arm.
“You guys are just jealous,” Cam said.
“Nah.”Maybe,a rebellious voice clamored in the recesses of Luke’s brain. He ignored it. “I like my space too much.”
“Yeah, about that,” Jamie said slowly.
