Asset Management by Annette Mori

Author:Annette Mori [Mori, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Affinity Ebook Press NZ LTD
Published: 2015-07-30T03:00:00+00:00

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Char wasn’t sure why she had told her sad tale to Toni. It was almost as if she had just unzipped her brain and the story came tumbling out.

Toni, holding her hand, tugged Char down the corridor.

Char looked at their clasped hands and smiled. She didn’t know why she let Toni have power over her. She hadn’t let someone take care of her in a very long time—not since Maggie. It felt good and she let go of her need for control. For a little while at least.

Damn Ronda and her bull-in-the-china-shop mentality. Char hoped the way Ronda dragged Toni’s friends into the compound hadn’t set her efforts to gain Toni’s trust back several steps.

When they reached the door to Char’s living quarters, Toni turned her head. Char wondered if Toni was asking permission to enter the cozy room. Char nodded. If she was going to give up complete control, she might as well let Toni take the initiative.

Toni opened the door and drew Char to the couch. “Why don’t you sit down while I get some ice.”

Char reluctantly let go of Toni’s hand as she sat down and leaned her head against the back of the couch.

Toni ambled out of the living room and Char heard rustling in the kitchen. A few minutes later Toni came into the room with a bag of ice in her left hand.

Char noticed her right hand dangling against her hip and gasped as she saw the bruising and swelling that had already started to become prominent.

Toni sat next to Char and gently placed the bag of ice on her cheek.

Char lifted Toni’s right hand and raised one of her eyebrows. “Um, I’m afraid you’ve suffered a far greater injury than I have. I guess you’re not really used to bar brawls, so we need to get some ice on your hand as well. We might need to x-ray it too.”

Toni shrugged. “I’m not really known for my brawn. It seems like I’m not the only one who can claim their head is an asset. Yours is pretty hard.”

Char laughed. “Yeah, well, I hope being hardheaded is not the only thing I can claim as something to be proud of. Maybe I’m not a genius like you, but hopefully I can hold an intelligent conversation or two.”

“Shit, I didn’t mean it like that. I find everything about you sexy and alluring, including that beautiful brain of yours. Unfortunately, having a high IQ is not really a desirable thing to possess. Most of the women I meet don’t seem to want to converse with me. So we don’t, you know, talk too much. May I ask you something?”

“Sure.”

“How did you know I put something in the business card and even more importantly, how did you guess it contained a biological agent?”

“I suspected it when I examined the card and didn’t detect any raised areas in the ink. After my initial scrutiny, I asked Ronda to bring some lab equipment to me to do further testing.

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