Chapter 24

• “Okay.” He gritted his teeth. “What’s your point?”
• She lifted a hand. “Hear me out. It’ll be worth it, I promise.”
• Nolan straightened his legs abruptly under the table; his shins smacked the railing and he pulled them back, trying not to grimace. He definitely did not want to spend his morning being told what to do with his family’s money. Attempted seduction, no, he wasn’t in the mood, but at least that would have been exciting and flattering. His big old male ego was bruised already, and now Annie turned out to be Dad Part Two. “I’ll listen. But I’m not planning to take—”