More Than A Favor

Chapter 69

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His tone made me want to slap him. Like we couldn’t take a lunch break because of deadlines?

Before I could snap back, Ashton spoke up. “It’s our day off today.”

Logan glared at him, then turned to me. “Who approved this day off?”

“I requested it,” Ashton answered again.

Logan’s face hardened. “You? You’re just a lighting tech. What right do you have to ask for time off? Your job is to help us complete and verify the lighting adjustments.”

His words were straight–up insulting.

That got me fired up too. ‘Mr. Mercer, I’m in charge of the amusement park project. I approved today’s break. You can’t expect people to work non–stop without eating.”

Not the best metaphor, but it made the point.

Ashton added, “I might just be a lighting tech, but aren’t you the ones who desperately need us?”

Logan, getting it from both sides, was fuming.

“Fine, take your break. Eat well and recharge. The company’s paying,” he snapped, storming off to the

counter.

I smirked. “Mr. Drake, we should’ve ordered more.”

Ashton just looked at me, making me feel weirdly self–conscious.

I was about to look down when he said, “You got a text.”

my phone. One look and my ears turned

“Is Mr. Drake impotent? How else could he share a room with a hottie like you and

make a move?”

die. This was totally my fault for telling

awkwardly falling asleep in Ashton’s room. She

now.

at all. Why did she have to text right when Ashton

heard Ashton’s low

I was speechless.

wanted to crawl into a hole. But playing it off would just make him

getting so casual with me. Doing and saying whatever he

look up normally. “Oh yeah? Can’t

Ashton sipped his drink before adding, “I

in my head. “Stop right there, Ashton.” I’d lost

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made me overthink. Why did he need to prove anything? I wasn’t anything to

wife,” I said, getting up

turned the corner, someone grabbed my arm. I recognized the

my arm. “Elaine, isn’t this too much? Having lunch with some tech guy at a place like this?”

jealous face, I laughed. “What, we can’t eat

getting angrier. “If you’re looking for someone

Ashton down, trying to mock me too.

engineer with two degrees from Cambridge. What credentials do you have?” I

that from his file

Miles academically. Sure, Logan was clever – you need that to be successful in business. He’d taken over his dad’s company and made it an industry leader

has their strengths and weaknesses. But Logan was too arrogant. He