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My heart jumped up my throat when she said this.
“Well, that’s it. I need to come over. What still needs to be done?” Daisy said, immediately switching to business mode. My heart pounded rapidly at Daisy’s reaction to this news.
“No,” Poppy responded sharply. She sounded alarmed, and then quickly recovered her composure. “I mean, come on, Daisy, this pub is going to be mine in a couple of months. You need to allow me to show you what I can do. Otherwise, you’ll be like a helicopter parent, always hovering over me.”
Good recovery, Poppy. When I heard Poppy’s assertive tone and her reasoning, I figured Daisy would have to concede, but I held my breath anyway and waited for her to respond.
“But—”
“No buts, Daisy,” Poppy said, firmly. “I’m either good enough to run this place or I’m not. I’ll have a degree in business studies and management from one of the best universities in the country in a few weeks. You need to stop this possessive stance on the place if we’re going to make a success of this expansion.”
Daisy glanced up at me and I lifted a brow as if to say Poppy had a point. But I could see by the way she bit her lip in concern, she felt torn about giving her sister complete control of her ‘baby’. I tipped my head slightly in a challenge and drew in a long breath until I saw Daisy mentally submit to her sister.
“Right. I hear you. But I’m coming in later. It’s still my name above that door as licensee for two more months,” my girl replied. The determination in her tone almost made me laugh because she had no idea we’d be going there, and that the function Poppy was talking about was ours.
“Now, if you don’t mind, I’m extremely busy right now and you’re taking up my time. I’ll see you later,” her sister snapped and hung up.
It took everything within me not to crack up laughing when I looked at the pissed expression on Daisy’s face, but somehow I held it together. “Don’t worry, baby, I’m sure Poppy will do a great job. We’ll pop in later to ease your mind. But for now, I’ll just grab a quick shower and we’ll get out of here,” I said, handing her back her hairbrush.
As I headed for the shower, I swiped my cell phone off the nightstand and took it into the bathroom with me.
Me: Don’t let Daisy leave the hotel. I’m in the shower and she was trying to head to the pub.
Felix: Roger that boss, I’ll hang in the foyer by the elevator.
Me: Text me if she tries to leave.
My shower was one of the quickest I’d ever had. I even brushed my teeth in there to cut down the time that Daisy was out of my sight. I was still dripping wet when I flung a towel around my waist and made it back into the bedroom, as she was pulling on a jacket.
Daisy gave me a startled look and I sensed she had been caught about to leave.
“Were you going to run out on me?” I asked through narrowed eyes, as I whipped the towel off my waist and dried my hair and body with it.
“No. I was putting my jacket on to …”
“To wait for me, right?” I asked, still rapidly drying myself like a madman.
“I was just going to… maybe go and placate myself that everything at the pub is in order before I give you my full attention for the rest of the morning.”
“Nice try, but you’re not,” I ordered. “You’re spending the morning with me. You promised me, Daisy,” I said, sternly. “The pub isn’t going to burn down in a few hours. There’s something I want to show you,” I disclosed.
“Jamie, your something to show me usually involves your cock and some skimpy lingerie you recently purchased.”
“Ouch, that makes me sound shallow. I’m hurt,” I stated with my hand over my heart. “I promise this has nothing to do with either of those things, but I’m still excited to show it to you,” I reasoned, all the while quickly pulling on my clothes as I spoke to her.
“Come on then, let’s get this over with, then perhaps you’ll allow me to go home and see for myself that my pub is still in one piece.”
CHAPTER 24
As we began to hit the suburbs of Dublin, I pulled out the blindfold I’d brought from Vermont and asked her to slip it on.
“Really, Jamie? I don’t have time for this today. Did you not hear Poppy? There’s a wedding going on in the pub a bit later.”
“I did. I also heard your sister tell you she had everything under control.” Daisy huffed, but reluctantly tied the blindfold in place. I grinned and fist pumped the air once she had, because she had no idea what I had in store for her, and I couldn’t wait to see her face.
Less than fifteen minutes outside the city center we came to a small humpback bridge. I took a right turn just before it and drove us down a worn farmland track.
“Jesus, these road surfaces need attending to,” she complained.
