Sarah glanced over her shoulder as he led her down the hall. “Thank you, so do you. How do you like your new job?”

“It’s fantastic. My boss is really great and so understanding,” she teased, because Sarah was her boss.

A woman ran up beside Sarah and smiled at the two of them.

Sarah looked back at Michelle again. “Wow! You’re really lucky. Abby, here, has a horrible boss who makes her work like crazy. She gets back at me by setting up press conferences behind my back.” She smiled to soften the sarcasm.

“Hey, I warned you ahead of time.” Abby shrugged. “I may have kept the size and scope of it to myself.”

Sarah and Luke stopped just outside the ballroom. “It’s all right.” His family gathered around them. “Abby, I’d like to introduce you to the Thompson family. This is James, his wife, Lila, their son Jason, and his wife, Michelle, who is our newest marketing associate for Andy’s Antics.”

Everyone said hello and shook hands.

Sarah wrapped her arm around Luke’s and beamed at Abby. “And this is Luke.”

He shook hands with Abby. “It’s nice to put a face with the cell phone ringing.”

Abby laughed at his silly joke. “I’m very happy to meet the man who finally put a smile on Sarah’s face. I can’t remember ever seeing her this happy.”

“I’m hoping to keep her that way from now on.”

“I’ll hold you to it.” Abby smiled, but she meant every word.

He appreciated that she looked out for Sarah. And when he wasn’t around, he’d count on her to still do it. But now that was his job and he’d never let anything bad happen to Sarah ever again.

Abby held up a padded envelope and glanced around as everyone else attending the benefit made their way through the double doors into the ballroom. “I’m not sure where your family is. Maybe they’ve already gone inside. But I have the package for Tyler.”

“Thank you.” Sarah turned to a man who tapped her on the shoulder.

“A word, please?” the man asked.

Sarah took several steps away from all of them.

Luke watched them, tempted to go over and make the man not stand so close to her.

Abby knocked her elbow into his arm. “Don’t worry. That’s Jim. Our CIO. He’s had a thing for her forever. He’s mostly harmless. He’s not stupid enough to do anything to jeopardize his job. No one who works for Sarah would do that. She’s made all of the original employees millionaires. Not to mention that we all worship her.”

“I certainly do.”

Abby turned to look at him. “Keep treating her well, Luke. It’s about time someone did.”

“I have every intention of doing just that.”

Abby gave him a nod.

Sarah returned to them. “Sorry. Just some business stuff to sort out.”

“We’ll meet you both inside,” Luke’s mother said, before his family headed into the ballroom.

Abby stopped Sarah before she followed. “You can’t go in yet. They want to announce your arrival.”