Chapter 545

"I love you, Jess," I said. "I feel like I don’t tell you that enough."

"You do," she said. "But we don’t get a lot of time like this."

I nodded as I put sopressata on a cracker with a slice of aged provolone.

"We don’t," I agreed. "Let’s not make the whole trip about business then, okay?"

"When have I ever been about business?" Jess said flirtatiously.

"Quarter to never," I said. "Unless it’s about Infinity."

Her face turned serious, and she said, "I love the agency. We can really make it something."

"You already have, Jess," I said seriously. "But what’s your plan? You’ve been so insistent about this trip."

"We can’t let LA fall behind," Jess said. "Kelly is mostly in Vegas now. It’s thriving. But LA is an established market. And the Infinity brand is new there. I can’t let the service level flag for