“Mr. Peyton will see you now.” Mitch nodded to Louis. Like the rest of the family, he’d met Trey’s frighteningly efficient PA, but he’d never had cause to go through him for a formal appointment before. He hoped Tess was right about this setting the right tone for the request. He hoped a whole helluva a lot because it felt like his future was riding on this. Hours had passed since he’d left Tess this morning to shower, shave, and make himself presentable. She’d had meetings, and she’d insisted she needed the chance to update her dad on the London project she was wrapping up, so that he’d be suitably impressed before they made their pitch. Mitch had a hard time imagining anyone not being impressed with her. Particularly after he’d tossed the idea at her and watched her run with it. She an

