I had so many things I needed to do I just didn't know where to start. The afternoon's events had helped me to forget my fear and anxiety over last ni...ht's apparently disastrous proposal to Lizzy. See, there it is, that's how badly I screwed up, I wasn't even thinking of her as Elizabeth, and if ever there was a time, it should be now, just like it was last night when I stuck my foot in my mouth. As soon as I started worrying about it again, Jamie faded so far back I thought she'd made herself. Instead of checking out the twelve thousand pounds she had mentioned to Douglass as the approximate size of her balance, she found herself gazing transfixed at the enormous total that shimmered before her startled gaze. She had had quite few surprises lately, but this was still startling in the extreme. Two million and twelve thousand pounds and seventy three pence was the message that the screen was sending to her reeling senses.She was soon on the phone to Douglass, asking if he knew anything. I'll be with you in a moment." Mr. Cowley, I charge by the hour, and you are going to end up paying my bills. Perhaps you should speak to me now." Speak." I'm here to go over your books for the last three years, prior to the formal discovery process to establish the worth of your assets."Mike pressed a button to summon Brenda-Sue, his secretary and book keeper. "I've agreed to alimony and child support, even for the one which isn't mine. What does she care about Cowley Construction Company?". When their skin touched she swore that she could feel sparks fly between her and Trip. In response to hearing Trip's name, she said, "I'm yours," before quickly correcting herself and saying, "Becky, I'm Becky." Once she was up, he gestured toward the exit with one hand and moved his other arm around her. She was swooning as he led her out.Even though Trip had other intentions for this tiny eighteen-year-old, he was still a man of his word. One arm around her the whole way he took her around.