night,” Julie replied. Meg gave her a questioning look.
“ What?”
she asked. Julie smiled.
“ Even
I am not sure what I just said,” she laughed as she walked
round to the other side of the desk. “Come on,” she said
as she picked her bag and keys.
“ You
are really serious about this, aren’t you?” Meg asked as
she stood up.
“ Like
a heart attack,” Julie laughed as the two walked out of the
office. “Mr. Cooper…I know you said I should call you
Andy but I like Mr. Cooper more,” she smiled.
“ It’s
alright, Miss Parker,” Andy said.
“ Call
me as soon as you get anything from Little Rock,” Julie said.
“ What
about your two o’ clock?” he asked. Julie looked at him.
“ What
was it about?”
“ Inter-departmental
meeting,” Andy reminded her. Julie looked at Meg.
“ It’s
okay,” she said smiling at Julie. Julie shook her head.
“ No,
this is all about you. Tell Dana I’m following up on a lead and
that I’ll be back at my earliest convenience,” she winked
as they walked away.
“ Sure,
Miss Parker,” Andy said as the two walked away. Meg looked at
Julie as they got into the elevator.
“ One
of these days you will get into serious trouble with Dana,” she
said. Julie shook her head.
“ I
make her millions of dollars. If she fires me she will have lost the
best thing that has ever happened to her,” she grinned. Meg
looked at her and laughed.
“ Modest
much?” she teased. Julie shrugged.
“ So,
did you drive here?” she asked. Meg nodded. “Okay then we
can just meet up at home,” she added. Meg smiled and nodded.
“Twenty minutes tops,” she said as they both walked out
into the parking lot.
Chapter 4
Meg
walked into Amelia’s and looked around before she dialed
Steven.
“ I’m
here. Where are you?” she asked when Steven picked up.
“ Turn
right and walk to the last table. Private booth,” he explained.
Meg walked in the direction he suggested and stopped when she got to
the private booth.
“ Okay,
what the hell is happening?” she asked when she saw Dana seated
next to Steven. “Is this where you tell me that you are
actually a black ops guy and this British act has been your cover and
that Julie is in danger?” Meg asked. “Or am I in
danger?”. Steven looked at her and smiled.
“ Nice
to see you too,” he joked.
“ You
watch way too much TV by the way,” Dana said when Meg sat down.
“ Tell
me about it. I have no social life. TV is as good as my life gets,”
Meg admitted.
“ I
took the liberty of ordering you some food,” Steven told them
as a waiter walked up to them and placed a plate of sirloin steak in
front of Meg.
“ Oh,
thank God, I’m starved,” she said as she looked at the
inviting platter. “So, what’s the big idea?” Meg
asked as she took her first bite. “Oh my god….this is
the best sirloin steak I have ever had!” she said as she cut
another piece.
“ I
know, right? I am taking some to go,” Dana said smiling. Steven
shrugged.
“ We
aim to please,” he winked.
“ Wait,
you own this place?” Dana asked as she looked at him. Steven
shrugged and smiled.
“ Oh
my God, you are the complete package,” Meg gushed.
“ Well,
I only own part of it,” Steven said.
“ How
come I never knew this? Does Julie know?” Meg asked. Steven
smiled and nodded.
“ And
here we have been bending over backwards trying to get a reservation
here? Julie owes me,” Dana said.
“ So
anyway, now that it has been decided that I can get whatever table I
want here any time I want, why don’t you tell us why you called
us here?” Meg remarked. Steven looked at Dana and then placed a
black velvet case on the table. Meg’s eyes grew large. “Is
that what I think it is?” she asked. Steven smiled and nodded.
“ I
want to ask Julie to marry me and I wanted the two of you to help me
out. I don’t know what she would like, but I have already taken
care of the important aspects like asking her father,” he