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“Meet anyone interesting?”
“The investors were -”
“I’m not talking about the investors,” Amy said. “Did you meet any girls?”
Luke rolled his eyes. “We’re not teenagers, Amy.”
“Don’t I know it. Did you meet anyone?”
“No. Why would I? I’m not looking to settle down. Besides, a long-distance relationship never works.”
“They don’t,” Amy agreed. “Which is why it’s nice that you have a lovely, sweet woman just twenty feet away.”
“I’m sure I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Luke opened the bag and pulled out the sandwich and soup. Jane had ordered his favourite, and he took the lid off the soup. “Is that it, Amy?”
“Almost,” she said. “Are you going to family dinner this weekend?”
“Yes.” He spooned soup into his mouth. “Are you?”
“No. I’m flying out for a girls’ weekend on Friday night.”
“Oh.” He tried to hide his disappointment. If Amy brought Jane to dinner with his parents, he’d have a perfectly valid excuse to be near her.
“I was hoping you would pick Jane up for dinner,” Amy continued. “Don’t let her tell you no, okay? Mom already told her she was welcome to come to dinner without me.”
“Uh, sure, I can do that. No problem,” Luke said.
“What are your plans for the weekend?” Amy asked.
“I don’t know, why?”
“Well, Jane is painting her room on Friday night, and I thought it would be nice if you went over and helped her.”
Luke frowned at her. “Why would I do that? She’s my assistant, not my friend.”
“Just thought I’d throw it out there,” Amy said innocently as she stood. “I’ve got some casserole with my name on it to heat up. Bye, Lukie.”
“We need to talk about my Paris trip,” he said.
She rolled her eyes and collapsed back in the chair. “You’ve got five minutes.”
“I won’t need five minutes,” he said. “It was a bust. Neither Pierre nor Julien would give me a firm yes on investing in the company. They like your designs, they’re impressed with our distribution strategy, but they think our digital storefront in a word - sucks.”
Amy frowned. “It can’t be that bad. We sell plenty of clothes online.”
Luke shrugged. “Honestly, it’s not that great. If we want international investors, we need to upgrade our digital presence. We could hire an in-house team to maintain and market our digital channel.”
“Fine with me,” Amy said breezily.
Luke smiled a little. “We need to convince Mark it’s worth the extra money. If you can meet with him and - ”
“Nope,” Amy said. “You meet with him. You have more influence over him than I do, anyway.”
“Bullshit,” Luke said. “You’ve got him wrapped around your finger, Amy. You have since we were kids. He thinks of you as his baby sister, and he - ”
“I’m not his sister!”
Luke blinked at her. “We grew up together. You’re as much a sister to him as you are to me. Why are you pissed about that?”
