Free I Love You More Than by Kortni Renea Page A

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                  Jenna
     
    Felicia and Jenna were getting along very well. She didn’t know how much longer they would be making the great team they made. There was still no word on when Saroya would return. On the plus side, Felicia and Jenna had brought in four clients just from the word of mouth on their last two projects.
    Tom and Rich were happy that business was moving right along. The fear of a firm when they lost a designer, even temporarily, is that the clients will go with them as they’ve built a good rapport with their designer. Luckily Saroya had always been an advocate for Felicia being involved up front versus keeping her in the back. Most leads operated like that with their assistants. So their existing clientele felt more than comfortable dealing directly with her. She still got asked when Saroya was coming back….but that was to be expected. She was a great designer!
    Felicia was making such a concentrated effort on not being so reclusive and shut off socially from people. She really enjoyed Jenna’s company and friendship. During a drive to a client’s property Jenna was telling Felicia about the regimen she followed when it came to working out and eating healthy. She was amazed at all the things Jenna did to keep her shape and stay healthy.
    Jenna confessed that she’d been doing it so long, it was second nature now. She no longer dreaded going to the gym. It was just a normal part of her daily routine. At Felicia’s snort of laughter and look of disbelief Jenna challenged her to workout with her for two months straight. Eight little weeks. And if after that time Felicia felt like it was still a struggle to workout, Jenna would let her off the hook.
    And just to sweeten the pot, Jenna had the eight weeks taken care of. Her fiancé` owned the gym so there would be no downfall. Who could refuse that offer? Felicia gladly accepted. She’d never been a stick, but she’d been more slender than she was prior to giving birth to the girls. It was more than time to get back on the ball. Felicia was ready to do something to get the extra weight that was holding on for dear life, off! That was her last thought as she finally drifted off to sleep.
     
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    Felicia had a hard time waking up that morning. After she was able to drag herself from the bed, she woke the girls up. She had to drag Elena around until she finally woke up enough to eat her breakfast without any additional help. To Felicia’s surprise, David was actually awake before they left the house that morning. Felicia didn’t know what was going on with him. He’d been overly quiet lately. With David, that wasn’t necessarily a good thing. Usually meant it was just the calm before the storm.
    His eyes being on her the entire time didn’t help to ease her nervousness one bit. After declaring they were finished, Felicia made the girls go brush their teeth and wash their face so they could get going. Making sure she had everything she needed, Felicia put all bags and her briefcase by the door where she was waiting. Suddenly remembering the trash needed to go out, she went into the kitchen to grab it out the trashcan. Lord knew hell would freeze over before David took a damn bag of trash out of the house. He’d make Dana do it or Elena try before he’d even make an attempt. Felicia didn’t have time for his foolishness this morning.
    “Are you guys going somewhere after work?”
    Startled to hear David’s voice so early, interrupting her as she was about to call for the girls. Causing her to choke on her saliva.
    “No. Not that I know of.” Felicia responded brusquely.
    “What’s with the duffle bag then?” he inquired further. So unlike him. Felicia couldn’t even ask him if the sun was shining if he were going outside. Let alone where he was going.
    Felicia raised her brow, fully expecting David to catch on to the faux pas he’d just committed. But he continued to sit on her couch in his draws looking