Circle on Home (Lost in a Boom Town Book 5) by MJ Fredrick

Author:MJ Fredrick [Fredrick, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2016-03-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

When Miranda got home, she saw large boxes on the porch in front of the door. She hadn't ordered anything online that hadn't already arrived, so she hurried up the steps to check the labels.

From New York. Just one nudge with the toe of her shoe told her they were her books. Damn it, she’d given Damien the address of her office, not her home. Now she was going to have to lug all these books to her car, up the stairs to her office. Just like Damian to ignore her wishes, just to get even with her. How had he gotten this address, anyway?

Grunting, she opened the door and pushed the heavy boxes of books through, one at a time, stacking them by the door and hefting her purse on top of them. The house was chilly and damn it, she was going to put on some yoga pants and get under a blanket somewhere. She’d been stressed all day. Time to unwind with a good book.

Not one of the ones in one of the boxes.

Riley and Jolie were in the living room, one on each couch.

“Hey, how’d it go?” Jolie asked.

“The case was dismissed.”

Jolie’s eyes widened.

“Turns out there were extenuating circumstances,” Miranda explained, dropping onto the end of Riley’s couch and kicking off her heels. How long had it been since she’d worn heels? Not so long that they should hurt her feet after a few hours.

She could tell Jolie wanted to hear more, but Miranda wasn't willing to mention her sister’s part in the whole thing. Huh. Maybe Noah and Ben had been right on that accord.

“More importantly, how did it go with Noah last night? You looked really cozy here when I left.”

“It was fun.” Miranda leaned forward to pluck a leftover cookie from the plate on the coffee table. She was suddenly starving.

Jolie frowned. “You don't sound bowled over.”

“I’m a little put out with him and Ben right now for not telling me the whole story about what happened Saturday night. Yes, the charges were dropped, but it would have been nice not to stress about it all night.”

“Why were you stressed? I thought you were a big-time lawyer in New York?” Riley said.

“I wasn't criminal law, so I had to do some brushing up.” And then she’d barely said two words before it had all been over. “Sorry, just frustrated. So is this what you planned to do on your day off?” she asked Riley, nodding toward the talk show on the television.

“If it wasn't forty degrees outside, I’d be jogging off the cupcake I had for breakfast. Where’s your coat?”

“I need to order one, I guess.”

Riley looked pointedly at the boxes by the door. “I don't think the delivery man is going to be speaking to you for a while.”

“He’d better be glad Damian sent them here and not the office.” Miranda grimaced. Maybe she should burn off some of her frustration by taking the books over there. Yes, that’s what she’d do.

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