What was she talking about? Make everything better?
“I need more information to go on here,” he said calmly while he lowered himself into his chair. “Why would I need to make things better? Did I do something to offend you?”
Her eyebrows shot up. “Did you do something?” She removed the lid from her coffee. “It’s not what you did, it’s what you didn’t do.”
He did a quick scan of his memory to figure out what she was talking about. “I’ve got nothing,” he said. “What didn’t I do?”
“You’re serious?” She obviously didn’t believe him.
“Absolutely.”
“So you thought it was okay to keep your occupation a secret?”
A secret? “I didn’t do it on purpose,” he said slowly. “The subject never came up.” What was the big deal?
“You’re right, the subject never came up. Probably because you already knew what I do for a living.”
“Actually, I don’t. What is it you do?”
She cocked her head and smirked suspiciously. “I’m in advertising.”
He relaxed. “Oh, that’s great. Then we do have a lot in common.” Why would that anger her?
Allie rolled her eyes. “A lot in common? We both had presentations this morning, right? Well, after learning you’re in advertising, it didn’t take me long to figure out that we’re both competing for the Naturally Healthy Animal Food account.”
“Ah!” Now he understood. “I had no idea we were rivals. Honest.”
“I’m supposed to believe that?” She spoke loudly and looked around to see if anyone overheard.
“Why would I keep that information from you on purpose?” he asked.
She leaned in and lowered her voice. “To sabotage me. You knew I was going after the account, so you thought you’d blindside me with your charm and good looks. You must think I’m a sucker for a free cup of coffee.”
He blinked. “You really think I’d do that?” Although he did kind of like that she admitted he could throw her off her game. “Charm and good looks, eh?” He couldn’t hide his grin.
“I’ve been through worse.” She blatantly ignored his last comment. “But I just met you. Who knows what you’re capable of?”
A thought came to him. “How do I know you aren’t the one trying to sabotage me? You obviously know more about me than I do about you.”
Her jaw dropped, and she gaped at him. It took her a few seconds to respond. “How could you think I knew we were both competing for the same account?”
“I could ask you the same thing.” Although he was pretty sure from her surprised expression that she had no prior knowledge of their rivalry.
She held her hands up in surrender. “Okay, neither of us was aware that we’re competitors. Fine.”
He sighed in relief. “I’m glad you finally believe me. How did you find out what I do, anyway?”
“From Charlotte. She mentioned it when we were talking earlier today.”
He nodded. “Right. Well, I’m at Empire Advertising. My grandfather’s company.”
“How long have you worked there?”
He explained that he’d gone first to New York City and then come back when Empire was in financial trouble. “It didn’t help that the CFO had been embezzling money.”
“Was he or she caught?”
“He,” Jack clarified. “He was caught and brought to justice, but he died before we could get much of our money back.”
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