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you know that. BBH put you in business, and
don’t think I won’t take you out of business. All I have to do is
make one call and your mill is gone.”
    Darcy could see him pace from her safe
place in the hallway. Christian, on the other hand, had made
himself comfortable on the couch in Eduardo’s office. Eduardo
didn’t seem to mind.
    Eduardo nodded and gave a few more
grunts. “Valerie, that load had better be on site by two o’clock or
I cancel.” He nodded again. “Great—now how about
dinner?”
    Darcy couldn’t help but wonder if her
jaw literally hit the ground. Had the man been talking to a woman
with that mouth? And furthermore, had he just asked her out? Who
had she agreed to work for? Well, he’d better never talk to her
like that. Her father didn’t raise a woman to take crap from
anyone—especially some good looking man in a suit who happened to
have a great deal of power over her.
    The granola bar flipped in her
stomach.
    Eduardo turned off his phone and
looked toward the door.
    “ Are you going to stay out
there all day?”
    Darcy stepped in. “I didn’t want to
interrupt.”
    “ You’re going to have to
learn. This,” he motioned to the phone, “was just another
morning.”
    She wasn’t reassured by
that.
    Eduardo looked at his brother sitting
on the couch. “What are you doing here? Come to apply for a real
job?”
    “ You’re some kind of funny,
huh?” He stood. “I brought your employee to work. I was being
neighborly.”
    She saw him lift his brows playfully,
but she was sure she wasn’t supposed to.
    Very quietly, Eduardo spoke, “Don’t
start.”
    Christian laughed and pulled the
parking stub from his chest pocket. “Validate this before I
go.”
    Eduardo snatched it from his hand.
“I’m sure your mother taught you to say please.”
    “ Pleeeease,” Christian
mimicked, and Eduardo shook his head as he signed the
ticket.
    Then at the same time, both men turned
to look at her.
    Darcy was already nervous enough, but
when both sets of dark eyes were staring into her, she didn’t know
what to think. She was simply mesmerized.
    Eduardo was professional, even in his
dismantled business suit and mussed up hair. Christian was nearly a
spitting image of his brother, only a bit shorter, more defined,
laid back, and sporting a goatee. There was something to this duo.
A girl could certainly get caught up in those eyes. And to run her
fingers through…
    What was she doing?
    She worked for Eduardo Keller. To even
have a momentary lapse of judgment and think thoughts like that was
certainly unprofessional. And Christian? She dropped her shoulders.
Aside from the fact that they lived in the same house—perhaps he
was fair game.
    Again, this wasn’t why she was
here!
    Eduardo walked back around his desk
and shuffled a few papers together. “Chris, will you take her down
to personnel?”
    “ I got her to work and now
you want me to get her all hired ?”
    Eduardo huffed out a breath and sat
down in his chair. “I’m busy. Will you help me out?”
    Darcy could feel that same anger
creeping into her veins as she had when she’d met Eduardo
Keller.
    “ I could find personnel
myself,” she said, lifting her chin in defiance.
    Eduardo only nodded. “He’ll take you.
And when you’re done, get back up here as soon as possible. I’ll
have Charlie start training you.”
    Christian started toward her. “Well,
if Charlie is going to train…”
    Eduardo’s head shot up. “Do not come
back here, Chris. I’m warning you.”
    Christian laughed. “Chill out, bro.”
He took Darcy by the arm and led her down the hall.
    “ Is he really this
temperamental?”
    “ Ed?” Christian shrugged
his shoulders. “Yes.”
    “ Great.”
    Christian laughed again. “He’s about
doing business right. He’s always been that way. But I think he has
a soft spot for you, so don’t get too panicked over what you
saw.”
    “ Soft spot?”
    “ Yeah.” Christian pushed
the button on the