0451467604 by Kendra Leigh Castle

Author:Kendra Leigh Castle [Castle, Kendra Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-07-29T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“Well?”

“Well what?” Zoe took a break from quietly brooding to look at Sam, with whom she’d been having a very nice evening up until a few minutes ago. Don’t have to be on the clock all the time. Is that what he thinks this is? I guess crawling all over each other in the back room was just overtime, if we’re using his jacked-up logic.

“You should probably go talk to him.”

“Hmm.”

Sam’s eyes rounded. “Zoe. If you two decide to have one of your arguments in my house, I will personally kill both of you. This is a bicker-free zone. I come here to escape these things.”

“You and Jake fight,” Zoe pointed out, but it did nothing to assuage her own rapidly developing guilt. Sam was right. Fighting might come naturally to her and Jason, but that didn’t mean anybody else wanted ringside seats.

“My house, my husband, my stupid fights,” Sam replied. “You and Jason need to find your own arena to wreck each other in.”

Zoe hung her head and blew out a breath. “Sorry. The man just has a knack for getting my back up. Did you hear what he said? I don’t work for him. And after the other day, which you’re not supposed to know about—”

“I know, I know,” Sam soothed her, patting her arm. “Just try and remember that Jason has some, ah, baggage.”

“Everybody has baggage.”

“Well, a whole bunch of his is currently parked in his house having a party. So, you know . . . bend a little, Zo.”

She rolled her eyes back in her head, but Zoe stood up. Sam was right. She hated it when someone else was right, but it happened occasionally. Besides, this time she didn’t actually want to stay mad at Jason. Not that she was interested in admitting it to him, but it was more hurt than anything. Why hadn’t he just called her if he’d needed somebody? Even before they’d gotten all tangled up with each other, she’d committed to helping him. True to form, he still looked elsewhere.

Sometimes she wondered if he’d been put on this earth solely to drive her crazy.

“I’m not bendy,” Zoe informed her. Sam had the audacity to smirk.

“I know. But you are especially not bendy with him. So go save him from melancholy solo soup eating and then come back so we can do our fingernails.”

“Fine.” She started away, muttering, “And he thinks I’m high maintenance,” hearing Sam’s soft laughter behind her. It was funny, she supposed. Especially if you were standing on the outside of it. From where she stood, it was way less amusing. She was as twisted up as she had been about anyone in years, and it wasn’t something she liked to feel. Because her business was constantly shifting and changing, she placed a high value on peace and stability where she could find it.

Jason had intruded onto formerly peaceful territory and was making a damn mess. And it was worse because she’d let him do it. She’d invited him in, and booting him back out didn’t feel like any kind of option.

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