Free Barefoot Bay: Hold On To Forever (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Maria Geraci Page B

ideas all day long. Not all of them were brilliant, of course, but she could usually design something the client liked.
    Aubrey had emailed her all the information she could find on Martinez and Martinez. The firm used every kind of available media in their current campaign, but it was the billboards and TV spots that were most effective in terms of return on investment.
    In Felicity’s mind, the TV ads were even worse than the billboards. Basically, it all came down to that horrible tagline, Watching out for The Little Man . The problem was that the tagline was so entrenched with the firm’s image that to change it now would be confusing to the public. Maybe she could come up with something similar enough that the brand would still be familiar, but different enough that it would sharpen their image.
    “What are you doing?”
    She dropped her sketchpad and looked up to see Jack staring down at her through a pair of sunglasses. She’d been so engrossed writing down and scratching through ideas that she hadn’t heard him sneak up.
    She picked her sketchpad back up and tried not to stare at him. He had on a pair of board shorts and flip flops and nothing else, which was normal pool attire, but dear God, he wasn’t just some normal person. Normal people didn’t have broad shoulders that stretched out forever and six pack abs. How did he have time to get those abs anyway? Wasn’t he some kind of workaholic?
    “I’m working on your ad campaign.”
    “Can I see?”
    “No.”
    She hoped her simple one-word answer would discourage him and he’d go away, but instead he plopped himself down on the empty lounge chair next to her. “Why not? It’s my campaign.”
    “And you’ll get a full presentation along with the rest of the partners at your firm when I’m done. Right now I’m in the creative phase.”
    He leaned back in his chair like he was going to sleep.
    Really ? How on earth was she supposed to get anything done with him so…close by?
    I’m not going sleep with him … I’m not going sleep with him … I’m not going to sleep with him…
    Damn Aubrey for putting that idea in her head. Although, to be honest, she couldn’t blame Aubrey for that. The idea had been there since the moment she’d met him.
    “Why don’t you go somewhere else?”
    He raised his sunglasses to rest on top of his head and stared at her. “Why? Am I making you nervous?”
    “Of course not, but I’m trying to concentrate and you’re distracting me with all your…questions.”
    “It was only two questions, and you countered with one of your own.” There was a pause. “Are you trying to avoid me?”
    “It was three questions and now that makes a fourth. Why would I want to avoid you?” It occurred to her that she’d never seen him look so relaxed. “What are you in such a good mood about, anyway? And why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be at the beach barbeque?”
    “I could ask you the same question.”
    “Obviously, I’m working. I have a wedding to pay for, remember?”
    “Only because you want to.” When she didn’t respond, he laced his hands behind his head and grinned. “And you’re right. Despite the fact that I have absolutely no reason to be, I am in a good mood.”
    She shouldn’t ask him to follow up on that cryptic statement. She needed to ignore him and go back to her sketchpad, but there was something so adorably cute about the way the skin around his eyes crinkled. If this was the Jack Martinez on those billboards, he might start getting a different sort of client. An image of thousands of adoring women tying up the firm’s 1-800 number to ask if they could be the one to take care of Jack Martinez’s little man made her giggle.
    “What’s so funny?”
    “Believe me, you don’t want to know.” She sat up straight. “Wait. I know why you’re in a good mood. You finally talked to Mitch. They’ve definitely decided to do law school, right?”
    “Nope. Haven’t gotten a chance to talk