Bound by Steel by Deja Voss

Author:Deja Voss [Voss, Deja]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ARC COPY
Published: 2018-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

22

Olive:

“Hey, boo,” I say into my cell phone. Things are pretty quiet at the bar tonight. It was busy before we got here, but the place cleared out really fast when everyone heard Tank finished his most recent bike build. I can tell how proud he is of that thing, and it makes me proud too. “Sorry I missed you earlier; it was super busy.”

“It’s ok, girl,” Red says. “I just wanted to see if you want to fly out to Vegas with me tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow? No, I can’t just fly out to Vegas tomorrow. I have to work all weekend.”

“Come on, Ollie. I have to go meet some agents and sign some papers. It’s going to be fun. You can bring Tank. I don’t care. I just really want you there with me.”

“Red, I love you, babe; I’m going to miss you dearly, but you know how important my job is to me. I can’t screw Gavin over like that. You give me a week’s notice and I’ll go anywhere in the world with you, but I can’t just drop everything and fly all the way across the country on a whim.”

“You don’t need that job anymore, Olive,” he whines.

“I do need this job. If I was a millionaire I would still need this job.” This job is my sense of purpose. This job is my sanity. This job is what keeps me from being a drunken shit show twenty-four seven. Some days it’s the only reason why I wake up in the morning. The money is awesome, but my mental health is riding on me keeping this job.

“I know,” he says. “I like that you take your work seriously. I just really don’t want to do this alone.”

“You won’t be alone. Your coach has your back, and I will video chat with you every night. When do you think you’ll get home?”

“Hopefully Saturday.”

“Well hopefully Saturday we will be doing some celebrating. I’m so proud of you, babe. I have to get back to work, though.”

“Alright,” he says. I can tell he’s disappointed. I don’t know what to tell him. On one hand, I feel bad, but on the other, this place is my home. Going into this relationship, he knew the main thing I wanted was to keep it that way. My employer might be fine with me banging two dudes at the same time, but just not showing up for work is a totally different story. “I love you. I’ll call you when I get off the plane.”

“You better. And if you’re planning on sampling the local cuisine, you better promise me that they’re at least ten times hotter than I am.”

He chuckles and I feel better. “Well for one, that’s probably impossible, and for two, you know I’d never do that to you.”

“I know,” I sigh. “You’re a good man. I love you. I’ll talk to you tomorrow morning.”

I step out of the office and back behind the bar just in time for the club to get back.

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