Page 28 of Fragile Kiss (Fragile 2)
Maybe they have family and friends come stay sometimes. He didn’t care, to be honest, and his thought didn’t get very far.
“Hi, Cayden. How’d the interviews go?”
She really had her phone at the ready to hear about this, huh? “I’ll let you guess,” he replied, trying to make his voice sound just a little disappointed.
“Oh, damn. Were they all terrible? They couldn’t have all been bad! Tracy told me that Stefan is just wonderful. And his resume looked really good.”
“Relax, Janine. I’ll tell you that when I saw the first couple of guys earlier this morning, I didn’t have such a good feeling about the rest of them.”
Janine cursed. “Ugh, I’m never going to find anyone.”
“Hang on, now.” He rolled his eyes. “After—”
“I’ll have to call more people this afternoon,” Janine wailed. Something fell in the background. “Dammit, first all my options for trainers failed, now I just spilled my coffee...”
“Janine,” Cayden said firmly. “Listen to me. I found you a guy.”
There was a pause. “What?”
“I found the perfect trainer for you. It’s okay.”
“Are you for real?”
“There’s nothing to worry about. Seriously.”
Janine let out a little scream. “Oh, thank bloody goodness! Cayden, you had me so worried!”
He chuckled. “I meant to. Just a little.”
“You’re awful. I’d pinch your cheek right now if you were here.”
I’ve never been more glad not to be somewhere, he thought.
“What are you doing this afternoon, then?”
“Grabbing some lunch and heading to another client’s house.”
“Ooh, house?” Janine’s voice had a blatantly humorous edge to it.
“Her gym is connected to her house,” Cayden clarified.
“Hmm.” The woman thought for a minute. “All right. How did you meet her?”
“Through one of your friends, actually.”
“Who?”
“The Parkers.”
“Oh, Gwen and Carl! They’re darlings. I’m so happy you’ve got other clients.”
I told you a couple of weeks ago I have two others, he thought. Janine was always so scatterbrained. There was certainly never a dull moment with her.
“Well, have fun. Is she cute?”
“Janine, come on.”
“It’s an innocent question! Anyway, have fun, whatever you do. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
