Bleeding Edge: Elliot Security (Elliot Security Series Book 2) by Evie Mitchell

Author:Evie Mitchell [Mitchell, Evie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thunder Thighs Publishing
Published: 2021-03-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Five

Emmie

I quickly learned that a new phone was like a new pair of shoes. It pinched. It required consistent work to wear it in. You could function without it, but everyone gave you an evil side-eye.

A notification beeped, informing me that one of the numerous applications Luc had installed required my attention. Smartphones were nothing but attention sucks. I’d rather read a book.

I unlocked the screen (spoiler− it was a picture of his abs. Addie, Jarret, Kel, and I had already spent an inordinate amount of time in the breakroom drooling) and hit the little bubble.

Luc: I figure you’ve never actually dated

Emmie: Your powers of deduction are astounding

Luc: I shall ignore your sarcasm because I have decided to woo you

Emmie: Woo me?

Luc: That’s right. Woo you through the ages.

Emmie: … I have no idea what that means.

Luc: We shall begin now. With grade school.

Emmie: What the what now?

“Em?”

I looked up to find Max standing by my desk. He looked distinctly uncomfortable.

“Yeah?”

“Umm, Luc asked me to give you this.” He dropped a bright pink A3-sized envelope on my desk. It landed like an atomic bomb, ballooning a mushroom cloud to coat Max, my workstation, me, and everyone within a 2-metre radius in a thin shimmer of glitter.

“What the hell is that?”

“Ah! It’s in my eyes!”

“Get it off me!”

I gingerly picked up the offensive material and turned it over, ignoring the protests from my colleague. The front of the envelope featured a giant stick drawing overlapped in pink, purple, gold, and silver glitter. The back was a giant heart decorated in bright pink. I pressed my lips together to withhold the giggles that threatened to erupt.

Holding it at arm’s length I ripped it open, causing another shimmer shower of glitter. By this stage, a small crowd had gathered around my desk. I raised an eyebrow at the gaggle of geeks.

“Really?”

Sawyer stood front and centre grinning at me. “Come on, Sparky. Don’t leave us hanging.”

I rolled my eyes, but pulled out the giant card. The handmade card was in deep ruby red while a crescent moon sparkled in gold and silver glitter. Luc’s handwriting decorated the front in dark black marker.

Will you be my Sailor Moon?

My heart, already warm and gooey, melted into a puddle of warm Luc-shaped goo.

He remembered.

I opened it, jerked, then started laughing. He’d crafted a giant red pop-up rose inside the card. Green glitter on the stem, red for the petals. It wobbled precariously as I read the thick marker that proclaimed his bold statement.

I know how to do romance.

“Is this an inside joke?”

I looked up at Greg and burst out laughing. His moustache was bejewelled with all the colours of the glitter rainbow. Wiping tears, I nodded. “Yeah, he remembered something I said a while ago.”

“Put a ring on it.” This came from Sawyer.

“Thanks, mate.” I rolled my eyes. “Bit early for that.”

“If it’s right, it’s right.” He nodded, then clapped his hands sending a new glitter cloud flying.

“Now, I think that”– he pointed at my card− “deserves a place on the winner wall.

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