Free Just In Time For Love (Stanton Falls #1) by Kaci Hart Page B

estimated that a
minimum of one tenth of the population was employed by his family’s company
while another hefty percentage were just as heavily reliant on them.  

 
    Nick had been born with
a silver spoon in his mouth, which was definitely true.   But he was never the type to rely on that.
 After college he had decided that he wanted to start a business of his
own and when Aaron had finished his time in the armed forces, he hired him to handle
all the computer support and technological aspects of the company since that
was something he was really great at. Or at least that was what he said; Aaron
figured it was just to have someone to hang out with at work.  The company
wasn’t really large enough to need him doing full time IT work, but when he did
have a project, he put his all into it.  

 
    “Whatever man.  You
know the drill, lunchtime.  I’m hungry, so let’s go.  My treat.”

 
    “No can do.
 Seriously.  I have way too much to do today.”

 
    “Yeah.  You say
that now, but I wonder what you’ll say when I tell you the great news.”

 
    “I’m sure it’s not more
important than this.”

 
    “I disagree.”
 Seeing that Aaron wasn’t biting, Nick laughed before speaking to his
friend again.
    “Well buddy, you leave
me no choice.  Aaron, when I hired you on here, I told you I’d never pull
rank on you man, but I am bored out of my mind.  You know I’m not leaving
unless you come so stop wasting our time and let’s go!”

 
    Knowing that he would
get more work done after he returned from lunch, he finally relented.
 That and the fact that he was seriously hungry.  

 
    “Fine.  I was gonna
have to eat anyway I guess.  Let me just lock up my office.”

 
    “That works.”

 
    Twenty minutes later
they were both eating corn beef sandwiches on rye, one of Aaron’s absolute
favorite meals in the world.  

 
    “Man I love this stuff.
 I didn’t even realize how starved I was until we got here.”

 
    He stuffed a few more
chips in his mouth and took a drink of his lemonade.  

 
    “I know.  You
probably completely lost track of time like you always do.”

 
    “You boys doin ok here?
 Need a refill or anything?”  The waitress came over to their table
to check on them.  Aaron noticed how Nick had been glancing at her
occasionally and was sure that his friend found her attractive.  He
couldn’t blame him.  She was pretty indeed.  

 
    “No thank you Donna,
we’re just fine and we won’t take your time up too much longer.”

 
    “Oh you are ok.
 You guys come in here so much I just want to treat my good customers
nice.  Stay as long as you want.  And I am gonna get you a refill of
soda since you pretty much guzzled that one down Nick, alright.”

 
    “Well thank you very
much Donna.”

 
    Nick smiled at her a
second extra when she grabbed the drink and Aaron laughed.

 
    “How long buddy?”

 
    Nick cleared his throat.

 
    “What do you mean?”

 
    “I mean how long before
you tell her that you are interested?  It’s obvious to me and I can see
she enjoys your company.  You always get twice as many refills as me.”

 
    “That’s because I drink
faster than you.  Like a man, instead of your little boy sips.”

 
    “I just like to actually taste my food.  You know, get all the value I can out of my taste
buds.”

 
    Nick laughed at his
friend before speaking again, excitement in his voice as he continued.

 
    “Oooh I almost forgot.”

 
    In between large bites
of his sandwich, Nick kept talking.  

 
    “About the good news I
promised you.  Let me ask you a question... have you seen Emily yet?”

 
    Aaron froze switching
his gaze from the sandwich in his hands to his friend sitting across from him
who was grinning like he had secret information.    

 
    “What do you mean?”

 
    “I figured you didn’t
know.  Clueless.  You have absolutely no idea what I am talking