Chapter 2

No wonder Rick Faulkner wasn't wearing a suit. The dress code and regulations did not apply to the owner's son, although Rick was certainly bright enough to have earned the title of architect.

-This morning our hiring manager went on vacation for 2 weeks. Do you want me to cancel this contract or do you prefer to negotiate it? -He said finally

Gemini needed to take over that job very urgently.

Lily leaned back in the seat with her hands on her knees.

-I would like to work for your company, Mr. Faulkner, if we reach an agreement.

He put his hands on the table. They were competent hands, with long fingers and carefully trimmed nails.

- Your conditions are those that appear written in the margins of the contract?

"Yes," Lily answered firmly.

Without arguing, she put her initials and the date under the modifications that Lily had made and then advanced to the last page.

-Is Trent West her husband?

-He is my brother and partner.

Trent had been dazzled to learn that Gemini would get the local Restoration Specialist project exclusivity for two years that did not look at the conflicting parts of the contract.

-Your brother should be more careful and if he is your partner you too. -Commented the architect as he pushed the papers and her pen, her fingers touched and Lily felt an electric discharge in her belly that took her breath away and her pen fell on the table. << It does not belong to your class Lily >>.

-We should all always walk with lead feet, don't you think? some things are too good to be true.

-It is too bitter a thought for such a young person. Please initial and date modifications. he asked as he collected the documents and handed them over.

-I am 23 years old and I learn quickly. He commented as he obeyed the instructions, then sat down to study him carefully. Correcting the contract had been too easy, in his experience rich guys never accepted responsibility for their mistakes, there had to be a catch. -Are you sure you have authorization to do this?

The fabulous man's lips certainly took on a firm expression.

-I'll take it to my father immediately.

She tilted her head to hide her mocking expression, okay daddy was in charge of the business. Rick was probably just a figurehead with a title, but he was an exciting figurehead.

Did I miss something?

She jerked her chin up.

-Like what?

The only one of her fingers her and she leaned back in the seat.

-He has a very expressive face.

She looked back at him.

-I was wondering if I should not have negotiated directly with her father. She answered honestly. "I can't say that she's willing to trust the contract man again."

His face hardened, Rick suddenly leaned forward and Lily suspected he had offended him.

-My father will be out of town until Tuesday, I hope he remembers that Monday is a holiday, or he deals with me or we cancel the contract and negotiate it again with my cousin the contractor, who will be back in two more weeks as he already has. I said to you.

-I will deal with you.

Rick got up and held out his hand. Lily stood up, but she doubted a moment, she did not want to touch him and not because she disgusted him, Rick Faulkner was too handsome. << Choose your kind Lily or they will break your heart >>. Her mother's voice echoed in her ears.

But she did the opposite of her thoughts, I grabbed her hand and she felt an electric current, at the same time she blushed and she got lost in her thoughts << What would happen if a woman like me managed to conquer a man like that.

Rick's voice brought her out of her thoughts

-I need to make a copy of the modifications for our file.

-Of course. The telephone rang

Rick Faulkner, ”he snapped, then grimaced. Excuse me, ”he added. Lily turned to the window so as not to invade her privacy. "No, I haven't forgotten the party," she said in an irresistible hoarse tone, surprised by his sudden change in mood and her reaction, Lily glanced at him over her shoulder with a racing pulse. -If I bring a friend, I won't tell you who she is ... No, you don't know her. She added with gestures that revealed her tension, "I can't talk now, I'm with a client. If she's very pretty, I'll call you mom later." -conclude mom, dating, stress ...

If the story of her own life, Lily thought after finishing the call, Rick ran a hand through his hair. -Sorry for the interruption give me a minute to make the copies

-A very matchmaker mother? asked Lily

Her short laugh sounded more exasperated than amused, and her wry grimace took her breath away. -Yes and he is relentless in the demand for her grandchildren.

Lily wrinkled her nose in sympathy.

-I also have one like it and you need a good footwork to avoid traps. At that moment I feel like I'm on vacation since my mother spends a couple of months at a friend's house in Arizona, don't get me wrong, I love her but it's incredibly nice to come home at the end of the day and not find the nephew of a friend's cousin hers staring at me at dinner, blind dates suck.

<< The man is not interested in your pitiful love life, why do you talk so much? >> -she reproached him for his conscience.

Eyes narrowed, the man gave her an appraising look that made her heart rate jump and her hair stood on end. -What are your plans in two weeks?

The question took her by surprise

Me? because? She asked nervously.

-In two weeks my father will celebrate a party on the occasion of his retirement. I need a companion who knows how to avoid the harassment of a matchmaker mother. And it seems to me that you are the right person.

Lily felt her stomach clench, but reality led her to roll her eyes. -

Sure as if I could fit into her world.