She giggled like a schoolgirl in response.
Stacey held back the overwhelming feeling that he might just be expanding full of hot air like a balloon and fully ready to lift off. Between the anger and the nausea, he wasn't sure which was winning.
"Stacey, my darling. This is that good boy I was telling you about on the phone last week, the one that is higher up at your company."
Oh, so now she gets excited. Because it's a Mannington. Because it's not me, because this is what success and power look like.
"He is my friend's son, and well,l since you two will be spending so much time together from now on. I hope you can be more amicable. Honestly, Hunter Stacey might seem a bit prickly, but he really is a rather nice boy. I am so happy you chose him." Lilian said, flushing and slapping Hunter playfully as he kissed the top of her hand.
Stacey sucked back the vomit that ran rampant in his throat. and sat up, eyebrow raised.
