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.”

phone. One look and my ears turned

How else could he share a room with a hottie

a

was totally my fault for telling her.

this morning about awkwardly falling asleep in Ashton’s room. She hadn’t replied until

now.

right away, she shouldn’t have answered at all. Why did she have to text

heard Ashton’s low voice: “I’m perfectly healthy.

I was speechless.

playing it

was getting so casual with me. Doing and saying whatever he wanted, no filter.

up normally. “Oh yeah? Can’t just claim

sipped his drink

“Stop right

was just going to say I could get a medical check

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me overthink. Why did he need to

proof for your future wife,” I said,

I recognized the cologne – I

Having lunch with some tech guy at a

I laughed. “What, we can’t eat here? Did you buy out

Logan was getting angrier. “If you’re looking for

trying to

senior engineer with two degrees from Cambridge. What credentials do

learned that from his

was clever – you need

weaknesses. But Logan was too arrogant. He only saw his own success,