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.”

me my phone. One look and

impotent? How else could he share a room

make a move?”

die. This was totally

her this morning about awkwardly falling asleep in

now.

wasn’t going to answer right away, she shouldn’t have answered at all. Why did she have to text right when Ashton had my phone? And with

heard Ashton’s low voice:

I was speechless.

crawl into a hole. But playing it off

he was getting so casual with me. Doing and saying whatever

made me look up normally. “Oh yeah? Can’t just claim something

true.” Ashton sipped his drink

went up in my head. “Stop right there,

could get a medical check if

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though it wasn’t inappropriate, it made me overthink. Why did

for your future wife,” I said, getting up to escape to the

my arm. I recognized

arm. “Elaine, isn’t this too much? Having lunch with some tech

can’t eat

looking for someone new, at least

kept putting Ashton down, trying

a senior engineer with two degrees from Cambridge.

learned that from his file

Logan was clever – you need that to be

weaknesses. But Logan was too arrogant. He only saw his own success, never others‘