Not many of them could deal with their customers so well.”Then she said, “I have a serious issue for you.” She paused before going on, “Maybe ...ou do want me, for real? I would very much like it if you were with me. Today would be great if you can find the time.”I glanced back at her. Her expression was hard to decipher, but I caught a bit of concern in it as if she was worried I might reject her.I decided to make a commitment. Why not, she’s not being subtle about it and I’m only human. “Yes. " Olivia says ignoring the fact that he had been angry with her only days before."Well he had every fucking right to be angry, first he gets one hell of a kickin' just 'cos he helped a mate out and then his bird, his fucking fiancée no less, fucks off and leaves him just as he's begun to see he's being a prick and managing to do something about it." He became, well, difficult to be around. Angry, antisocial and generally a pain in the arse, but everyone stayed by him, especially Nimal. I think. ’ ‘There’s more than enough of it.’ I was riding my crews hard but in spite of that we were just a couple of days ahead of what I wanted to see. At least we weren’t running behind and nobody could complain about the quality either. I had just left the first building site and was headed for the second one when I got a call. When I opened the phone I saw who it was but kept it professional saying, ‘Connelly Construction.’ ‘Don it’s Paige.’ ‘Hi what’s up?’ ‘I heard a rumor about you and I just. She registered it all even as she focused on the preternaturally still figure of her husband in front of her, his tension revealed to her by the unnatural stillness of his neutral expression. He had told her, years ago, that his training as a litigator had trained him for that; a reflexive response to uncertainty. She had seen versions of it before, but none had carried the weight of it.He knew. But she knew he knew. And he had to know that she knew he knew. And so on and so forth. Neither Doug.