Cocky Suits Chicago: Books 1-3 by Alex Wolf & Sloane Howell

Author:Alex Wolf & Sloane Howell [Wolf, Alex & Howell, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-05T18:00:00+00:00

Quinn

I don’t know if I’ve ever felt as stupid as I do right now. I thought Deacon cared about me; we were moving forward and starting a serious relationship that meant something to him. Meant something to both of us.

Maybe it was all me and I was seeing what I wanted to see or building up a fantasy in my head that didn’t reflect reality.

The Deacon I was with all day Saturday isn’t the Deacon who showed up after he left the conference room.

I can’t breathe. My chest burns and my stomach twists into a pretzel. Was it all a game? Was he building me up just to rip my heart out?

“Just the person I was looking for.” Decker smiles.

Tate shoots him a death stare that even makes my fingers tremble.

“Oh yeah?” I squeak the words out and my throat burns tight.

Tears attempt to gather in the corners of my eyes, and I fight them back. I won’t cry in front of my boss. I can’t break, but all I want to do is crumble right here on the spot. Deacon’s words play on a loop through my head and I can’t rid the dark expression in his eyes from my brain.

“What’s wrong?” He shoots Tate a what the fuck look, but she ignores him. “I’ll, uhh, come back.”

When he’s gone, Tate grabs me by the shoulders. “Let’s go to my office.”

I nod, biting back my tears. I don’t know if I’m about to cry because I’m pissed and want to punch Deacon in the balls or because I’m hurt. Maybe it’s a little of both. This is exactly what I was afraid would happen. He’d get me to trust him. I’d let him in, and he’d jump on the first opportunity to crush me.

He can have his drinks with the new employees from Dallas. I won’t be sitting around waiting for his empty promises.

It will pass.

I feel completely empty, like a shell. Used? Confused? I want to hit something.

Tate leads me to the leather couch in her office. I’m too upset to sit but I do it anyway to keep myself from going after Deacon and screaming in his face. My bottom lip quivers and I sink my teeth into it, trying anything that might replace the pain in my heart. It doesn’t help. I don’t think anything will.

“Quinn,” Tate whispers. “I’m sorry.”

“Why are you sorry? You didn’t do anything, did you?”

“Decker wasn’t supposed to bring your name up. He told me he wouldn’t but the two egomaniacs in there got pissed off at each other, and personal shit started flying around the room. You did the right thing pointing it out.” She reaches out for my hand. “You know how they get. It was ugly and I’m sure Deacon didn’t mean whatever he said out there just now. He’s pissed off and embarrassed.”

“Makes two of us.”

Tate did her job, but I feel betrayed by her too. She told Decker about me and Deacon. I know how Decker is when he gets pissed.

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