Chapter Nine "Wait! Kate, please don't go!" Aidan started walking towards her. "We can work through this, like we always do." The anger in her eyes told him not to push too hard. "Come on, we can talk through this; I'm open to negotiation." “I'm not negotiating here. I told you what this restaurant needs, and you said no. That's your prerogative, of course, but when I submit my proposal to your dad, and he accepts, it will be two versus one, won't it? The Captain being a twenty-five percent owner, and me being equal to you, it will swing in my favour. So, either agree to hiring a decent chef, or we take a vote, and I get my way regardless." When did his wife become such a conniving b***h? "But what will happen to me? It's my kitchen. I've been managing it here since we opened, and now a

