Chapters 10-11 Summary

Abbey Pinnola, the financial officer for the paper, boards a plane for a trip to Atlanta to attend an Ott board meeting in place of the current publisher, Oliver Ott. Abbey is surprised to discover Dave Belling is sitting in the seat beside her. Abbey is responsible for Dave, a copyeditor at the paper, losing his job. Dave does not appear to be aware of this, however, and spends much of the flight flirting with Abbey. Abbey is in to Dave until he points out her embarrassment after one of his comments, causing her to shut down. At the airport, Dave wants to share a cab, but Abbey refuses and goes to the hotel alone, thinking she will never see Dave again. However, Dave calls Abbey from the lobby of her hotel and invites her down to drinks. Abbey goes and...