Bosshole: A Grumpy Boss Romance by Jagger Cole

Author:Jagger Cole [Cole, Jagger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

11

Delphine

“I need you to come with me, to a thing tonight.”

I look up with a start. Barrett is standing in the doorway to my office. It’s like he’s just popped up out of nowhere. But when I lay eyes on him, I blush. I simmer with heat, like I have been ever since yesterday in his office.

“Excuse me?”

He’s got his usual look on his gorgeously handsome face: gruff, stern, and defiant. As usual, it makes me melt a little bit.

“A thing?”

“Yes.”

“Um, what sort of thing?”

He scowls. I almost want to laugh at his mood. You’d have thought I’d just asked him for a thousand dollars, not a simple explanation as to what he’s talking about.

“It’s a thing,” he grunts. “And you’re coming. I’ll pick you up at eight. And dress nice.”

Without another word, he turns to go. I frown.

“Uh, Barrett?”

He turns, frowning. “What?”

I laugh quietly. “Um, maybe some more information would be helpful here?”

He grunts. “It’s a gala. Eight o’clock; be ready in something nice.”

He turns to leave again. But I shake my head. “No.”

Barrett whirls back to me. “What?”

“I said no.”

He scowls. “It wasn’t a request, Delphine.”

“And yet my answer is still no.”

“Excuse me?”

I shake my head. “That was in my rules. I said no to arm candy.”

He rolls his eyes. His hand comes up to rub his chin. “I need you there.”

“Find someone else.” I smirk at him. “I’m sure you’ve got a thousand bimbos on speed dial who’d trip over themselves to be your accessory tonight.”

“Hilarious. But I can’t just bring some pretty face.”

I scowl. “Well gee, Barrett,” I sneer sarcastically. “Make a girl feel—”

“I need a pretty face who also happens to be a goddamn financial genius. Tonight is about recon. It’s client hunting. So, I need it to be you.”

I blush. He shuts the door and turns to me. Slowly, he walks over to my desk. He puts his hands on it and leans down over it, his mouth hovering inches from mine. “So?”

I swallow. I shake my head. “Still no.”

Slowly, he smiles thinly. “And for the last time,” he growls. He reaches up and cups my face. His thumb traces just below my bottom lip. I’m wet instantly. “It wasn’t a request.”

He leans close, as if to kiss me. My body surges like my desire for him. My eyes close as I start to lean into him. But just then, he pulls back. I falter. My eyes open to see him smirking at me. He stands, leaving me red-faced and fuming.

“I’ll see you at eight.”

He turns and walks back to the door to my office.

“I never said yes,” I mutter.

“And I never asked you to say anything.”

He glances back at me. That piercing gaze of his takes my breath away. Then he’s gone. I sink back in my chair. My pulse is racing. My skin is tingly.

It’s so, so fucking unfair how much that grumpy prick turns me on.

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