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She took a deep breath in, then let it out slowly.
Wow. Way to spill everything, Faith.
This was his sister and now she’d probably tell Reuben what a basket case Faith was.
Like he doesn’t know.
To her shock, the other woman started to giggle.
“Are you . . . are you laughing at me?”
“S-sorry.”
Huh. She didn’t sound all that sorry.
“It’s just that you sound exactly like what he needs.”
She did? How could she be? She didn’t see it.
“I think I’m the opposite of what he needs. I think I’m making everything worse in his life.”
“Not possible. What was in the banana bread?”
Strange question, but Faith went through the ingredients.
“Walnuts,” Juliet told him. “He hates them. Oh, but he loves brownies.”
“Really?” she breathed out, like Juliet had just given her the secret to the universe.
“Uh-huh.” Someone called Juliet’s name in the background. “Gotta go. Tell him I’ll call later.”
“Will do. Thanks, Juliet.”
“Good luck, Faith. Don’t give up on him.”
That was a bit strange, but she shrugged it off. She guessed Juliet just wanted him to have an assistant who lasted more than five minutes.
Twenty minutes later, the people Reuben had been in a meeting with had left, and she walked in.
“Can you go grab us both coffee, Blossom?” he asked, slipping the credit card over.
“Sure.” She slipped the card into her pocket. “Your sister called. She said she’d call back later.”
Reuben raised his head from the computer screen and looked over at her. “Excuse me?”
Danger.
Red alert.
Fudge knuckles.
“I, um, Juliet called.”
“What was rule number one?” he whispered.
Oh. Right. He’d given her some rules when she started. Things like she wasn’t to talk about anything she saw here or the people she met. She’d signed an NDA too.
Also, no lying. No being late. No coming to work sick.
