by Hazel Kelly
“He doesn’t, but I’m trying to show him that I’m responsible, that I see things through, and that I don’t have a short attention span.”
“Cause he never told you he loved you when you were little or-”
“No. Because I want him to let me name this place Club Abbott, and so far, he won’t even humor the idea.”
“Cause he doesn’t think you’re willing to put as much into it as he’s put into his hotels?”
I nodded. “I assume so.”
“I guess having that name would give your business instant credibility.”
“Sure as hell would. Plus, I’ve built it up as Club Abbott in my mind. I can’t imagine going through with this and not having that be the name above the door.”
“Cause it’s your baby and you don’t want to call it something you don’t love for the next fifty years?”
“Exactly.”
She smiled. “You could always call it Club Callihan. That’s kind of catchy, don’t you think?”
I rolled my eyes. “I’m not going for kind of catchy. I want my personal accountability built right into this thing from day one. And I don’t care if you understand why-”
“I do understand,” she said. “And I can do a much better job helping you achieve your goal if I know what we’re trying to impress upon whom.”
“Does that mean you’ll do it?”
“Sure,” she said. “Why not? The success of the club is my business, too, right?”
I let my head fall back before righting myself. “I could kiss you all over again.”
She smiled. “I suppose I better get used to it if it’s going to be believable on the big day.”
I leaned in and kissed her once more. It was a friendly kiss, and we both came out of it smiling.
And that stupid smile stayed on my face all the way home.
And why wouldn’t it?
Not only had I found the perfect person to help me make my vision for the club a reality, but I wasn’t going to get completely busted for lying to my dad about having a girlfriend named Carrie.
Of course, there was one teeny problem with our arrangement.
My feelings for her were real.
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