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.”

Let me see.” He passed me my phone. One look and my ears turned

impotent? How else could he share a

make a move?”

This was totally

her this morning about awkwardly falling asleep in Ashton’s

now.

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

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

I was speechless.

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

casual with me. Doing and saying whatever he wanted, no

normally. “Oh yeah? Can’t

drink before adding,

head. “Stop right there,

a medical check if you need proof,” he

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

wife,” I said,

arm. I recognized the cologne – I knew who it was without

“Elaine, isn’t this too much? Having lunch with some tech guy at a place

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

getting angrier. “If you’re looking for someone new, at least find someone

down, trying to mock me too.

Cambridge. What credentials do

from his file this

grades were nothing special. He couldn’t even compare to 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 in just a few

their strengths and weaknesses. But Logan was too arrogant. He only saw his own