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    “Sandra, I need to discuss something with you. Can we meet for lunch today?” Elsa said.


    Brenna’s gut told her Elsa was about to voice her objections again, trying to block her marriage to Ethan. It grated on her nerves.


    “Whatever you need to say, just tell me over the phone,” she said.


    Elsa bristled at Brenna’s reply. What kind of attitude was that? Didn’t she know she was speaking to her future mother-inw?


    She had hoped that, after her disputes with the Harper family, Brenna might offer a smoother path. Considering Brenna was about to marry her son, shouldn’t she at least consider her feelings? But no, Brenna was just as stubborn and prickly as Rosanna, and every bit as irritating.


    “This isn’t something to settle over the phone. Let’s talk face-to-face. I’m at the restaurant near your office. If you don’t show up, I’ll go to yourpany,” Elsa said firmly, her voice brooking no refusal.


    Brenna started to answer, but Elsa ended the call.


    Looking at the silent phone, Brenna muttered, “What is she up to now?”


    She didn’t linger on it, though. Her thoughts were already shifting to her lunch with Darwin. He had been asking to meet for days, saying he had something to tell her. But she had been swamped, grabbing only quick bites during breaks so she could leave work on time for her evening dates with Ethan.


    So, she had kept postponing seeing Darwin.


    Today, however, she couldn’t avoid him any longer and finally agreed to have lunch with him.


    She believed she could meet him and talk to Elsa at the same time, so she invited Darwin to the very restaurant Elsa had mentioned.


    After confirming the n, she dove back into her work. She met Joe and Tommy to review project updates, handing out new assignments to lighten her own workload. She kept the military design contracts for herself, assigning the rest to her team.


    By noon, she had finally wrapped things up.


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    Darwin had been waiting for her in the office lounge for a while.


    Brenna grabbed her coat and bag and walked over to him. “Let’s go.”


    Darwin gave a long sigh. “You are so busy. Getting you to lunch is so difficult. Don’t you have a vice president? Why not let him take over more? It seems you’re much busier than you used to be.”


    Brenna shrugged and replied, “The vice president? He’s married to my best friend, and she just had a baby. He’s busy being super-dad at home, so he has dumped half his work on me. It’s overwhelming, but I try to finish early so I can spend…”


    Evenings with Ethan.”


    Darwin nodded. “You really should hire a professional manager to share the load. Yourpany’s growing quickly, with branches even in Plieca.”


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