Her voice was one of the loudest in support of replacing me with Paul. Her sole control over capital purchases and operating budgets is all that has k...pt Paul from bankrupting the company."Wiping the remnants of a very sloppy piece of crab meat I had sucked out of the shell, I told him, "I was quite shocked when she did not blink at the original proposed number. I was prepared for heavy negotiating only to find that I was doing all the work with little push back from anyone. You are right on. Anyway,” she said, trying to brush the subject away, “she caught me off-guard when she asked me to be bridesmaid. I’d said yes before I knew what I was doing. I’ll find some excuse to back out.”“Don’t.” His tone was peremptory. She looked at him surprised at his insistence. He was scrutinising her, taking a visible interest in the conversation for the first time. “Go ahead with it,” he said. “Be her bridesmaid.”“Why?” Her voice was wary, but his tone had grabbed her interest.“Well,” he said. Jordyn’s and my relationship was different and I’m not going back to that. But my point is,” I focused on Lavi again, “I can, a bastard when I have to be. Sometimes I even enjoy it. But I don’t want to have to be one. So, can you just go my way on this, and then we can go back to you two running my life while I pretend I’m not paying attention to it?”Lavi grinned at that. “Deal,” she said. I kissed her. And I enjoyed it so I did it again. “So,” she asked, “does that count as a fight? Does that. ‘I don’t like this game so much now’ said Taylor nervously. I looked over at Joe who had his hand down on his crotch rubbing himself through his boxers a little bit ‘What are you doing over there’ said Brooke. “Just trying to relieve the tension a little bit, this is getting me a little turned on over here” he said. “Just be careful with that thing, don’t want anybody getting hurt’ Brooke chuckled, who too I could tell was getting turned on by the sight of everybody in their underwear’ “FLIP!’.