Page 59 of Making Over Maris

“Yeah.”

“Yeah.”

Sara sat at the conference table, pretending to check messages on her phone. She was really watching for Jack.

They’d spent the night together, in each other’s arms. They’d only been apart for an hour or two and already she was getting impatient to see him.

Damn Adam and Tristan. They had lousy timing. She’d been dying to talk to Jack again and they’d been in his office.

And the three of them were late.

No one was supposed to be late to a Trillo-Maris staff meeting. Not unless they were bleeding from more than one orifice.

Or maybe Sara was early. She glanced at her watch but forgot to take note of the time.

Where was he?

She nodded to Katherine and Shannon as they entered the room and made their way to the coffee bar but when Jenny floated in wearing a flowery sundress with no bra, thank you very much, Sara almost growled.

She watched Jenny surreptitiously, grappling with the prickling knowledge that Jack found her attractive. Of course he did. Jenny was footloose and wild. She was much prettier than Sara. Certainly skinnier. What would she think when she saw the new Jack? More to the point, how would he react when he saw that hunger in her eyes—for him?

If Jenny fell all over Jack, Sara might have to step in. And scratch her eyes out. She flexed her fingers in preparation.

When Jack entered the room with Adam and Tristan, Sara didn’t need to be told. She heard it, that great gushing sound as breaths around the table were simultaneously sucked in.

She looked up and saw him. And her heart stalled. Damn. He was hot. He shuffled to the coffee bar and got a cup of Joe and then, as he always did, took the seat by her side.

Sara tried not to shoot a triumphant smirk at Jenny but failed.

Jenny didn’t notice. She was staring at Jack. “Jack,” she murmured. “You look so…different.”

Jack barely glanced at her but then he wouldn’t, as he was painfully shy around women. Well, some women. Women he wanted. He seemed fine around Sara. She frowned at the thought.

“Yeah, Jack.” Shannon’s lashes fluttered. Sara wanted to smack that expression out of her eyes. Even if she was pregnant. “Nice makeover.”

“Thanks.”

Shannon shook her head. “How did you manage to lose so much weight?”

Jack turned to Sara, mutely asking for her permission. She nodded. “Sara gave me a regimen.”

All eyes snapped to her.

“A regimen?”

“Yeah.” He cleared his throat. “You know. Diet and exercise.”

Jenny licked her lips. She appeared somewhat normal today. Her hair was kind of yellow and only a few studs speckled her nose. “How long have you been at it?”

“A couple months.”

“Damn it!” Shannon grumbled. “It would take me a year to lose that much weight.”

Kat frowned. “You don’t need to lose weight.”

Shannon put a hand over her belly. “I will soon.”

Kat laughed And Sara tried to join in but Jenny was gaping at Jack and stroking her neck and the rage kind of distracted her.