7th Circle (Hades Book 1) by Tate James

Author:Tate James [James, Tate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Foxy Publishing
Published: 2021-01-07T18:30:00+00:00

16

It was safe to say I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen Zed speechless. But the way his eyes widened and lips parted, I'd say that he was pretty damn close.

"Zed, fuck off," I snapped, shoving him out of the office with a hand to his face, then kicking the door shut once more.

Lucas let out a soft laugh, and it brought me back to reality. Crap. I couldn't fuck him again, if for no other reason than he was my baby sister's crush.

Clearing my throat, I peeled my hands and body away from him and took a couple of very deliberate steps away. The message was clear, and he let out a disappointed sigh.

"Hayden—" he started to say, but I held a hand up to silence him.

Turning my back—because he was painfully tempting standing there basically naked—I quickly tucked my blouse back into my skirt and counted to five in my head. Okay, I counted to twenty.

Then I turned back around, stooped to pick up his towel from the ground, and handed it to him.

"Your break is probably over by now, Lucas," I told him in a cool voice, deliberately opening the door to indicate we were not continuing what we'd just started. No matter how badly my thighs were quivering with need.

Zed was waiting right outside the office door, his brow drawn in a deep scowl, and I opened the door wider to indicate he come in.

"Pretty sure Sisalee was looking for you, new kid. Something about a cowboy costume?" Zed arched a brow at Lucas, his quick gaze taking in all that naked skin and the small towel barely covering his dick.

Lucas ignored Zed—ballsy—and locked eyes with me. "I thought I was fired."

My teeth ground together; Zed would give me grief over this whole exchange later. "Did you lie about your mom?" I finally asked, my voice barely louder than a frustrated growl.

Lucas shook his head. "Not a word. God's honest truth, I wouldn't make something like that up."

I released the breath I hadn't known I was holding. "Then hurry up and get into costume. You get to keep one hundred percent of your tips on your first night."

Lucas frowned, his jaw tight with the need to argue with me. But at the end of the day, if he was telling me the truth about his mom's medical bills and the strain on their finances, then he wasn't going to take a barista job over this one. Not with the way those women were throwing cash at him downstairs.

So I just held his gaze steady, letting him draw that conclusion for himself. After a tense moment, he must have. His tense shoulders sagged, and his gaze dropped from mine as he gave a nod.

"Yes, ma'am," he murmured, stepping out of my office.

Zed didn't waste any time pushing the door shut again, slamming it behind Lucas's perfect ass, and turned to me with raised brows. "What—"

"Shut it," I barked, cutting him off before he could start on what he’d just witnessed.

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