Anyone But Nick (Anyone But...) by Penelope Bloom

Author:Penelope Bloom [Bloom, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

NICK

I commandeered a golf cart to get to the bar faster. I’d covered Miranda’s ass in the picture she’d sent me while I showed every employee I could find. I needed to know which bar had a bathroom that looked like the one in the image. I tore through the quaint little pathways, dodging more than a few pairs of Bark Bites employees who were drunkenly staggering home, jogging with their dogs, or just out enjoying a nighttime stroll.

When I arrived at the bar, I found Max Frost and Miranda on their way out. Max was holding Miranda, who looked like she was on the verge of passing out. He had her arm slung around his neck and his hand around her waist as he half dragged her.

I stopped the golf cart directly in front of them and stepped out. I knew rolling up in a golf cart was probably the least intimidating way on earth to make an entrance, but I didn’t care. “Miranda, are you okay?” I asked.

She looked at me, and for a brief moment, I thought I saw relief in her face. The expression passed and was replaced by a look like she was about to throw up, but I knew what I’d seen, and that was all it took to make my decision clear.

“I’ll take her from here,” I said.

“Like hell you will,” Max said. “I know all about you. Miranda told me what an asshole you are. About how you are always leading her on. Besides,” he said, shooting a curious look toward Miranda. He’d apparently decided she was drunk enough that he could speak freely. “I’m the one who spent all night getting her drunk. You think I’m just going to hand her over to you?”

“Set her in the golf cart,” I said in a cold, barely controlled voice.

“No.”

“You can either put her down carefully and walk away, or I’m going to make you. If I have to make you, I’ll do everything in my power to make sure the news station you work for knows what a fucking creep you are too. It’s your choice.”

He stared at me, jaw flexing and unflexing. I sensed what he was about to do just before he did it, lunging forward to catch Miranda as he roughly let her go.

As she slipped from his arms, she drunkenly whooped like she was on a thrill ride. When I dipped to my knees and caught her, she fist pumped and cheered, eyes rolling back in her head. “And Nick steals the home run!” she whisper-yelled. “The crowd goes wild!” She made a hissing noise and did some strange gesture with her hands.

I really had never been the fighting type, but I knew if I hadn’t had to worry about Miranda’s safety, I would’ve already gone off on the man. I wanted nothing more than to hurt him. The intensity of my anger scared me, though. Burying my feelings for Miranda to do what was best for her

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