A Very Bad Bet: Enemies to Lovers Sweet Romcom (Cider Cove Sweet Southern RomComs Book 2) by Elana Johnson
Author:Elana Johnson [Johnson, Elana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works
Published: 2024-02-20T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CLAUDIA
Iâve about got the November calendar finalized and the email with all the bullet points ready to send off to Public Relations when a commotion outside my office door has me looking away from my computer screen.
Itâs not Beckett, because heâd be far louder than that. His voice deeper. The noise angrier.
This noise is cheerful and shrill, and I get to my feet to see whoâs come in. Iâve barely gained the door when I realize itâs Tabby, Beckettâs secretary. Sheâs back from her maternity leave.
Or she should be in another week or so. Today, sheâs brought in her baby, and Iâm drawn to the infant in a way I canât describe. Smiling, I leave my office and head toward the couple of desks where Sybil and Tabby usually sit.
Tabbyâs baby is sitting in her carrier on the desk, and as I arrive, Tabby lifts the infant out. âWe named her Penny,â she says, grinning at her baby.
âSheâs the cutest thing alive,â I say.
âShe really is,â Sybil says. âCan I have her?â She takes the little girl, whoâs decked out from head to toe in pink, from her bow to her booties. âOh, Tabby, sheâs simply amazing.â She coos at the little girl while I step into Tabby.
âHey.â I give her a hug and pull back. âWe are dying here without you.â
âI know I am,â Beckett says from behind me, and Tabby straightens. She tugs on the hem of her shirt, and she looks like sheâs been stunned by a taser when Beckett laughs and engulfs her in a hug too.
âMister Fletcher,â she says, her voice marked with scandal.
âDonât worry,â Sybil says in her baby-coo voice. âHe and Claudia are dating.â
âYouâre what?â Tabby pulls away from Beckett like heâs the source of the taser electricity. She looks at me with clear shock, her eyes blinking and blinking like she has to do it manually. âYouâre dating him? You donât evenâ ââ
I donât have a baby to distract me, but I shoot Sybil a glare I wish had knives coming out of it. âLike Sybil hasnât been texting you for the past few weeks.â
âAm I really that different?â Beckett asks, and that brings all of our attention back to him. He looks from me, to Sybilâwho cowardly uses the baby to avoid eye contactâto Tabby. He folds his arms, making himself look bigger, and glares. âWell?â
âOh, there you are, Mister Fletcher.â Tabby grins, and I manage to crack a smile for half a second. Beckett sees it, though, and he is not amused.
âYouâreâ¦a littleâ¦â I look to Sybil for help, but sheâs curled up in her desk chair, that adorable pink-dressed human consuming her whole attention.
âBarky?â Tabby supplies.
âI mean, you used to be,â I say to Beckett as I move a little closer to him. Iâve never been one for overt displays of affection with any of my boyfriends, and Beckett is no different. Certainly not here in the office.
âAnd so arrogant,â Tabby says.
âOkay,â I tell her. Usually, I donât mind
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