Page 6 of The Shy Waitress and Her Boss

All eyes swung towards her, and Kady could feel her cheeks turning red under their scrutiny.

"I've been wondering why she seems to find you as attractive as a toad—-"

Slade grimaced while Arden choked and Elizabeth suddenly found her nails a fascinating object to study. Kady, however, was valiantly trying for the impossible as she willed herself to shrink into nothing.

"I mean, it totally makes sense now..." Farica, oblivious to the impact of her words, was still busy mulling her thoughts out loud. "If you consider Elizabeth and me...it just figures." She swung her seat around to face Kady, and eager to find out if her theory held water, she didn't bother gently leading up to the matter and simply blurted her question out. "You're in love with another guy, aren't you?"

All I Wanna Do

"Love is not in our choice but in our fate." ~ John Dryden

"Eric Von Humbug," thebillionaire read from the report hand-delivered by one of his Laramie-based messengers.

"Sorry, what's that?" Farica lowered her salad fork in confusion.

"Eric Von Humbug."

She saw her friend's lip curl, and her confusion grew. Maybe she wasn't hearing him right over Sheryl Crow's song playing in the background. "Did you say Eric Von...what?" Because as far as she could remember, the local roaster Leander had referred them to and they had just finished meeting with was namedErwin.

"The idiot Kady dated," Slade drawled as he carved a small slice of his steak and popped it into his mouth.

Farica blinked. "Seriously?" And why was he bringing it up out of the blue?

The billionaire cast another glance at the document he had set aside next to his plate. "Ah, my mistake. It's Von Humboldt, apparently."

She watched her friend take another bite of his steak, acting oh so casual even though it was unlike him at all to talk about a girl -any girl -that wasn't related to him by blood.Oh my God.Farica started laughing. "I never thought I'd see the day—-"

"You're not making sense."

Her friend's voice was bland, but she totally wasn't buying it. "Once I tell Lace about how her big brother—-"

Slade shot up in his seat. "Do that," he warned, "and I'll tell Steel the truth about—-"

Shit.

"You win," she grouched, but a moment later added under her breath,Wimp.

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