From Boardroom to Bedroom

Seriously?

Sophie didn’t know what to say to that remark. She’d never known Miranda to want to help her out. Of course, there was all those people who sang her praises and swore that Miranda was practically a saint, but Sophie hadn’t experienced that side of her. Truth be told, they’d never really interacted much, not even when Miranda and Buck had still been married.

“What did she say?” Sophie asked.

Nigel smoothed a hand over his jaw and the back of his neck. He seemed so exhausted, which only matched her own situation. She hadn’t slept for replaying the past few weeks over and over in her head. She wondered if he’d been awake all night thinking of her, too.

“She basically said that you had valid reasons for coming to New York.”

How the hell had Miranda known Sophie was in New York? Had she seen her that day?

“I found out that Craig mentioned my new consultant when he was chatting with Miranda,” Nigel went on. “I had actually talked to her about meeting you, obviously not knowing the truth, and then Craig was talking about how amazing you were and how you could be on the show because you’re just as stunning as the others. I mean, you know how Craig gossips. He ended up showing Miranda a photo.”

“She could’ve called me out right then,” Sophie murmured. “Why didn’t she?”

knew why you were there at that point,” he told her. “But when she

“We still don’t understand why we were cut

but I know why you initially

still don’t understand why she came to

think she is.

take everything. She’d seemed just as surprised at the

call made you come?”

a little more about what this must have been like from your point of view. For years I’ve been somewhat of a black sheep for leaving England and not marrying or settling down. Family is important to me, even though I’m not

where he came from, the archaic sounding trait wasn’t so bizarre

couldn’t

the place. Every time I looked at events for the show coming up, I wondered what you would think or how you would change things. I can’t even go

smiled. “Is

another step forward until they were toe-to-toe. He framed her face with his hands and leaned in, barely a breath

won’t ask you to give up your life here. I’d never do that. I’ll fly back and forth if need be. I don’t give a damn at