Chapter Seven
ALLISON
“Your projections are on point, as always,” Derek said.
Derek was the CEO of the M.K. Ledger. He and the chief of marketing had been sitting in my office for the past two hours, and we’d gone through all the numbers I’d worked on every night this past week. My hard work had paid off.
Focusing on the meeting had been difficult, though, because my mind was still on what Nick had suggested. I was half convinced that I’d dreamed the entire conversation.
The chief of marketing excused himself after we finished, saying he had another meeting, but Derek lingered.
“Now, to move on to other things,” Derek said. “I have a proposition for you.”
“I’m listening.”
Whenever he had a proposition, it was something new and exciting. I couldn’t wait to sink my teeth into it.
“I’m in talks of acquiring a small company. Would you like to be in charge of the M I immediately downed another one, but my nerves weren’t settling. I took a few sips of wine, too, hoping that would do the trick, but now that Nick had said the word husband, things felt even more real than before.
I put the glass down, unsure where to look. It was too weird not to look at him, but somehow I was even more susceptible to those gorgeous dark eyes than usual.
“Have you thought any more about what I said this morning?” Nick asked.
“Honestly, I had a full day. And every time I thought about it, it seemed even crazier than when you first suggested it.” I was speaking in a low voice, although no one could overhear us.
“I know. I actually thought a whole week about it before I even brought it up.” His eyes were trained on me—almost as if he was waiting for a reaction.
“Part of me can’t even seriously consider it,” I admitted.
“It could go wrong in so many ways. But on the other hand, Bob and Sophie keep reminding me that they want custody. I don’t have time to hope some magic solution comes along.
Hugo said he didn’t have another silver bullet solution.
I mean, this wouldn’t be a silver bullet, either, to be fair, but it would increase my chances a lot.
” My heart was thundering in my chest. “I can’t believe there’s an actual chance I could lose the twins, that they could be taken away from me.
” My voice cracked. I hadn’t even brought myself to voice this fear until now.