A Love Worth Saving (Forever Yours Book 2) Read Free

plan his political events, but usually his campaign assistant dealt with the dinners and fundraisers TPA planned and executed. So, what was he doing here, in person?
    She dried off the best she could, tucked her purse in the bottom drawer of her desk, and headed back up the hall to Camilla’s office.
    “Are you feeling all right?” Alice asked as Ashley passed by. “All kidding aside, you don’t look well.”
    “Just a little morning sickness.” Or maybe she’d come down with a virus, which would explain the overwhelming weakness that accompanied her nausea this morning and still lingered. She was going to go home after this meeting to be on the safe side.
    “Ah, I hope you feel better soon.”
    Ashley approached Camilla’s closed office door and knocked. God, she couldn’t do this. Didn’t want to re-live the pain and humiliation. Again.
    “Come in.”
    Wait a minute. She wasn’t some wallflower who faded into the background just because some idiot guy had done her wrong. Ashley McNamara was made of stronger stuff, thank you very much. Not only could she face Jake again, she would, and treat the lying, cheating, son-of-a-bitch with professional courtesy. Even if it killed her.
    With shoulders held high and a smile pinned on her face, Ashley opened the door and stepped in.
    “Good morning, Camilla.”
    “Good, you’re here. Jake Delaney, I’d like you to meet Ashley McNamara.”
    Jake turned. His eyes rounded and he gasped. “You’re Ashley McNamara?”
    Barbara hadn’t told him she got married? Interesting.
    Camilla arched up one perfectly shaped brow. “You two know each other?”
    Ashley nodded. “It was Jake’s mother, Barbara, who recommended The Perfect Affair to me when I was planning my wedding.” Ashley had driven Camilla crazy constantly double-checking all the details. Enough so that Camilla offered her a job as an event planner when her then assistant, Jenna, left right after Ashley’s wedding.
    “My mother knows you’re married?”
    “Yes.” Although her relationship with Jake ended two years ago, she maintained her friendship with his mother. She wasn’t going to ‘break-up’ with the mother because her son turned out to be such an ass.
    “She didn’t tell me.”
    Ashley shrugged, then took a seat at the oak conference table beside Camilla. “It must have slipped her mind. Now, how can The Perfect Affair help you today?”
    “When?”
    He sounded annoyed. Good. “When what?” she asked, taking great care to keep both her voice and expression neutral.
    “When did you get married?”
    Oh yes, definitely annoyed. But why?
    “If working with Ashley is going to be a problem, Jake, I can—”
    Jake gave an affable smile. “It’s no trouble, Camilla. I’m curious. Ashley and I go way back.”
    Camilla leaned back in her chair, crossed one long leg over the other, and cast an inquisitive glance up at Jake. “Now I’m intrigued. How far back?”
    “We were high school sweethearts. Dated for six years.”
    Camilla turned to Ashley, her eyes dancing with mischief. “Do tell.”
    “There’s nothing to tell. We dated. We broke up. End of story.” She wasn’t going to get into all the gory details. Why should she?
    Camilla nodded. “And now you’re married to Reed. Okay, I’ll—”
    A loud rap on the door had Camilla stopping in mid-sentence.
    “Excuse me a moment.” She rose, walked to the door, and opened it a crack.
    Camilla returned a couple of minutes later. “I have a call I must take.” She turned to Ashley. “Take Jake into the conference room. He’ll give you the particulars and what he needs from us. I’ll join you when I finish.”
    Ashley nodded and gestured for Jake to follow her. A moment later they entered the conference room and the door clicked shut. She pinned the professional smile back in place, took a seat at the massive oak table dominating the room, and gave Jake an expectant look.
    He took a seat in the chair next to her. So close she could