Brazen by M. Malone

Author:M. Malone [Malone, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07N1MQWVV
Publisher: Malone Squared
Published: 2019-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

11

Hailey

I chewed on the end of my pen, not hearing anything going on around me. It was the middle of the afternoon, and I should have been completely invested in this project-update meeting. But instead, the scene from the day before yesterday was playing over and over again in my head.

This is over.

Not exactly what any girl wanted to hear after a hot make-out session, right?

Apparently, he’d meant it too, since one of the other guards had taken me to work yesterday and Dylan had come for me today.

Someone passed by on my right, and I snapped to attention. Jerry, one of our top scientists, was doing a presentation on the newest sample fragrances his team had been working on. I needed to get all this stuff with Oskar out of my head so I could focus.

Everything was almost ready for the launch of my signature perfume honoring my mother, but that wasn’t the only thing on my plate. As Vice President of Product Development, I always needed to be a hundred steps ahead of our production schedule. Crafting the perfect fragrance took time, testing, tweaking and agonizing. Lots of agonizing on my part because I wouldn’t approve any perfume unless I was sure it was absolutely perfect.

This was my domain. I was fantastic at my job and always in complete control. Some stupid squabble with a guy who wasn’t even my boyfriend was not going to throw me off.

Except it was throwing me off, damn it. My shoulders sagged as Jerry sat down, and I realized I hadn’t heard anything he’d said. I was completely off my game, and it was entirely due to one big, sexy, overgrown Viking.

“Excellent work, everyone.” I forced myself to smile and look alive as we all filed out of the conference room to go back to our desks.

My people worked hard, and I didn’t want my personal life to impact anyone here. I’d always kept those two areas of my life separate for good reason, and I’d never questioned it before. The only reason I was suddenly unsure about things was Oskar forcing his way into my life and reminding me of everything I’d been missing.

Bastard.

“What did you think, Hailey? That this would end with a happily ever after and he’d marry you? Yeah right.”

“Still mumbling to yourself, I see. Speak up, Hailey.”

I almost stumbled over the doorjamb to my office at the sound of my mother’s voice. “Mom! I didn’t know you were coming in today. I would have postponed the staff meeting if I knew you were here.”

My mother stood, brushing some nonexistent lint off her dress. It wasn’t even lunchtime, but my mother looked like she was going to a cocktail party. Miriam Livingston didn’t know the meaning of dressing down.

“No need. I was just passing through.”

She held her arms open, and I grasped her gently, trying not to react to the heavy smell of mint on her breath. My stomach sank. I really hoped she hadn’t been drinking this early.

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