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

impotent? How else could he share a room

a move?”

This was totally my fault

morning about awkwardly falling asleep

now.

shouldn’t have answered at all. Why did she have to

to look up, I heard Ashton’s low voice: “I’m perfectly healthy. Everything

I was speechless.

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

me. Doing and saying

“Oh yeah? Can’t just claim

his drink before

flags went up in my head. “Stop right there, Ashton.”

say I could get a medical

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

the proof for your future wife,” I said, getting up

turned the corner, someone grabbed my arm. I recognized the cologne – I knew who it was without looking.

lunch with some tech guy at a place like this?”

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

getting angrier. “If you’re looking for someone

Ashton down, trying to mock me too.

from Cambridge.

his

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

was too arrogant. He only saw his own