Animal Instincts (Gilded Knights Series Book 3) by Emilia Finn

Author:Emilia Finn [Finn, Emilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beelieve Publishing, Pty Ltd
Published: 2021-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

15

Beckett

Doilies

I’m supposed to be working. Two days of schmoozing and networking.

That’s what folks call it, right? ‘Networking’ is the fancy new way of saying there’s a popularity contest in the hotel’s bar. Winner ends up with the most friends. Loser buys their own drinks.

In years gone by when I’ve attended weekends like this, I’ve spent the requisite daytime at the appropriate events, speaking to the right people, and collecting friends in the industry the way someone might collect chess pieces. The nights, however, were spent doing things that turned me on. Drinking, dancing, women, and long sleep-ins.

I’ve never once claimed to be a saint. I’ve never lied and said I was some kind of innocent schoolboy who has no experience with women. I know who I am, and considering I’ve never broken a heart or knocked a woman up, I consider my adult dating life a success.

But what I consider a success and what Tabby considers success are two entirely different things.

Lucky for me, Reginald fucked with my truck, and we aren’t going anywhere for the foreseeable future.

“We have that auction to go to,” Tabby walks laps into the carpet of our room. I sit on the bed—her bed? our bed?—and try not to breathe too heavily for fear of making the frame squeak. “I already registered you. People are expecting you.”

“It’s fine, Tabby.”

“You didn’t tell me how big this event is,” she scowls. Her words are for me, but while she paces, her eyes are for her phone. “Literally every other hotel in town is booked.”

“And even if they weren’t,” I snicker, “we have no truck to get there.”

“We’re so much farther out of town than I realized,” she whimpers. “I didn’t think about the practicalities of twenty miles.”

“Long walk.”

“I figured a ten-minute drive each way would be punishment enough for you. A way to cool your heels. Plus, no woman is gonna get in a truck and drive to the middle of nowhere with a dude she just met.”

“So you admit to wanting to stifle my sex life?”

Swinging around, Tabitha’s glittering eyes meet mine as her chest heaves, searching for breath. “No!”

“Uh huh.”

Taunting her, since it’s so easy, I kick my shoes off and inch along the bed until I can rest against the dozen pillows lining the headboard. “This isn’t even a queen, by the way.” I open my arms and legs for a moment to take measurements, then I fold my hands behind my back and cross my legs at the ankle. “This twin is gonna be cozy as fuck.”

“You’re kidding yourself if you think you’re sleeping on that bed.” She goes back to pacing and typing on her phone. “I can get a guy from roadside assistance to fix the truck, but he can’t come until the morning.” She grunts and looks at the clock on the wall. “It’s almost dinnertime.”

“And you haven’t even organized your gown yet.”

Tabby stops and growls when I grin.

“There’s no need for roadside assistance,” I tell her. “Reginald has it under control.

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