Against the Odds_Book One_The Candidate by Taylor Lee

Author:Taylor Lee [Lee, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: idesire
Published: 2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The flushed maître d’ at the Commonwealth Club raised his hands and shook his head in dismay. “I . . . I’m sorry Mr. Fowler. She . . . said it was an emergency.”

Striding past the trembling attendant, Gia marched up to his table. An eerie silence settled over the bustling luncheon crowd at her fearsome entrance.

Gia’s passionately low voice echoed across the suddenly silent room. “I need to speak with you. Now!”

Logan blew out a hard sigh. He folded his napkin, then dropped it on the table as he rose to his feet. He excused himself to his wide-eyed luncheon companions, then grasped Gia’s elbow firmly and ushered her past the crowded tables into the hallway.

When he led her into a coat closet, she jerked her arm free and whirled on him. As angry as she was, standing in front of him and seeing his dark frown and rigid jaw, she lost some of her bravado. She bit down on her trembling lower lip so hard, she drew blood. Swiping at her swollen lip, she struggled to speak. Shaking her head, she could only say, “Why?”

He blew out a hard sigh. “Because I’m a good judge of character.”

“And I’m not?”

His voice was soft, controlled, intense. “I also know a lost cause when I see one, Gia. The only thing Maxwell’s campaign has going for it—is you. Unfortunately, I fund candidates, not campaign managers. Especially those who are engaged to their mediocre candidates.”

She reared forward in fury. “And you didn’t have the decency . . . the fucking courage, to tell me to my face? Instead, you send me a fucking note?”

He shrugged. “I know you don’t understand—at least now, but it’s also because . . . I care for you . . . ”

Her rage flared. Stepping up to him, her fury was incandescent it was so hot. “You fucking asshole. How dare you? After what you did to me last night and then you do this? You dare to say that you care about me? What the fuck do you do to someone you don’t care about?” Struggling for words, she shook her head fiercely. Shoving at him, she stepped back when he grasped her arms and held his ground.

Shaking off his hands, her voice was contorted with anger and what he knew was pain. Glaring at him, not bothering to swipe at the tears streaming down her face, her voice shook. “I despise you, Logan. I didn’t know it was possible to hate someone as much as I hate you. Don’t you ever darken my door again. Do you hear me? If you come within a hundred yards of me, I will report you to the police or the fucking FBI or CIA or whatever fucking dark, off-the-grid operation you’re part of.”

She was shaking so hard, he stepped forward and reached out to hold her. She leapt back, slapping at his hands. Choking on her anger, she said, “So . . . so help me God, if you so much as come within a mile of me .

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