From Boardroom to Bedroom

Chapter 35

“Is Ellen here?” Nigel asked.

“She’ll be along later. Your sister is very eager to see who you brought home.”

Sophie settled onto the sofa next to Nigel and across from Claire. She hadn’t realized she’d be this nervous to meet his family, but after their romp on the plane, she was a bundle of mixed emotions.

“Now, tell me how you met,” Claire said, clasping her hands like a proud grandmother.

“At the office,” Nigel piped in. “You know I have a policy about not dating employees, but Roselyn changed all of that.”

They’d discussed their story and decided to keep it as close to the truth as possible.

Claire’s eyes darted between them, then landed back on Nigel. “Do you always work? Wait, don’t answer that. I know you do. Do you at least take this poor girl out to dinner?”

“Of course,” Nigel replied, reaching for a lemon square. “We’ve had several work dinners.”

Phillip Townshend,”

laughed. “I’m kidding.

focus to Sophie. “You must be a saint to put up with him. He’s given me every one of my gray hairs, I

of the first things he asked when I started working with him was what my favorite

meetings?” Claire asked, raising one perfectly shaped

in. “I knew the second I saw her I wanted her

you keep romance in the relationship and not just in the form of a

to Nigel. “You had me afraid to

a burst of laughter. “Did he, now? I’d love to hear what picture

know what he

through. Her long dark hair fell in waves over her shoulders and she

Claire came to her feet and kissed the woman who had to be her granddaughter on the cheek. “Nigel’s girlfriend was just dishing on workplace romance and what he truly thinks

nervous at encountering another family member. Maybe she could knock these little meetings out one

aren’t you all

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