A SEAL's Pleasure by Tawny Weber

Author:Tawny Weber
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2015-04-16T17:00:00+00:00

8

“SO GOOD OF you to join us, Tessa.”

At Jared’s sarcastic welcome, Tessa deliberately slowed her rush into his office to a saunter, but kept her own snarky rejoinder to herself. Just because she was in a vile mood didn’t give her reason to take it out on anyone else.

“Sorry I’m running late,” she said with a saccharine-sweet smile of her own. She wasn’t sure that she wanted to antagonize him. At least, not yet.

She’d actually been here on time, but she had been waylaid by their receptionist-slash-intern, who’d wanted to compliment her on her great shoes, then had whispered the news that she’d overheard Jared calling their accountant for an audit of the books.

She figured she’d see if that little fact came up in the course of the meeting and what the reasoning was. And then she’d decide if she wanted to antagonize him.

“Since you’re finally here, why don’t we get started,” Jared said, moving to take his place behind the chrome-and-glass workstation that served as his desk. Or as Maeve liked to call it, his command center. Because he always took command when he sat at it. From his trendy blond hairstyle to his five-hundred-dollar suit to the glossy shine of his shoes, Jared thrived on images. Since Tessa did, too, she knew how important those props were and didn’t begrudge him. At least, not until he tried to use them on her.

It wasn’t until Tessa reached the desk that she realized that they weren’t the only two people here.

“Hey, Maeve,” she said in surprise. Maeve was usually a woman who was difficult to overlook.

“Hey, Tess,” Maeve said from where she’d slumped in a chrome-and-leather chair, her head resting on the edge of the backrest and her legs sprawled out in front of her. The redhead’s complexion was a delicate shade of green, clashing with her magenta sweatshirt.

“You look like hell,” Tessa observed, ignoring Jared’s gesture that she take the matching chair so they could begin the meeting. Instead, she dumped her satchel in the chair, then laid the back of her hand on Maeve’s forehead. “You’re sick. Why are you in here if you’re sick?”

“Captain Bligh here commanded my presence.”

Tessa turned accusing eyes on Jared.

“You hauled her in here when she’s sick? What the hell, Welch? What’s so important that this meeting had to be held today?”

And more important, could he justify blowing her chances of seeing Romeo today? With Livi’s wedding countdown heading into days now instead of weeks, there was a good possibility that he’d show up soon. She’d never spent this much time thinking about a man as she had Gabriel. She’d never wanted to see one as much as she did him. And Jared’s little meeting was delaying that.

She pursed her lips as she looked at her business partner’s face. She and Maeve had been trying to nail down what Jared was up to, but for the past two weeks, that’d been a whole lot of nothing. No more questionable behavior; no more suspicious work hours.

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