Bigger and Badder (A Caldwell Hope Billionaire Romance) by Jackson Kane

Author:Jackson Kane [Kane, Jackson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781922359278
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Published: 2020-07-17T18:30:00+00:00

Nineteen

Judy

The sun dipped below the mountain where Garrett and I spent the night. My car slid on the snow as I hastily pulled into the mostly empty City Hall parking lot. Garrett’s SUV limo was idling in the fire lane.

Garrett was giving his decision inside and I was running late! Monica was never going to let me hear the end of this. Punctuality was never my strong suit, but of all the times not to set an alarm....

Get your shit together, girl!

When I got home this morning, I was positively vibrating. I was glowing and floating. The thought of catching more sleep was impossible. I still felt his embrace, his hands holding me down and lifting me up. I was so inspired that I started another painting. It was an abstract piece with bold reds and thick, hard brush strokes. Above that were white sunbursts and blue speckles.

From memory I painted what I saw when I closed my eyes and he made me come.

And now because I was so involved with capturing my orgasm on canvas, I was late.

I grabbed my satchel and rushed inside.

The lobby was empty, which made sense because the building was technically closed. My low heels clicked quickly across the stone floor. It was a weird feeling seeing the abandoned counters and locked rooms as I made my way to my dad’s office. I’d never been here on a Sunday before.

Dad had an office here because he had a hand in the public works development. He said it was closer to everyone, but I think he just preferred to work out of City Hall. It was where he would meet William King and discuss the future of Caldwell Hope.

Now that the ski resort was closed, what would happen if we never finished the stadium? Would City Hall look like this all the time? Empty and chilly—a monument of a better time when William King was still alive?

A chill of dread ran up my spine at the thought of Caldwell Hope going bankrupt.

No. Everything would work out. I took a deep breath after stepping out of the elevator. Garrett would help us. I knew he would.

I glanced down to check my phone as I rounded the corner and collided with a wall. Or I would have, had the wall’s big, strong arms not clamped down on my shoulders.

“Garrett.” I smiled in surprise.

“Hi.” His blue eyes snared me, but his melancholy smile made the hairs on the back of my neck rise. He wore a winter suit with a long, open jacket and a scarf that hung in two long lines from either side of his neck. He was dressed to combat the cold.

Was he leaving?

“I know I’m late, but I can’t be that late. I got stuck behind a plow, then a school bus, and I swear I caught every light from—” I stopped myself from rambling, brushed a strand of hair back that slipped out from my wool hat in the haste, and re-centered myself. “That’s not important.

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