Crazy for the Boss (Crazy in Love Book 1) by Ashlee Mallory

Author:Ashlee Mallory [Mallory, Ashlee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ashlee Mallory
Published: 2016-09-28T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

James stared in wonder as Quinn not only finished the last bite of the bratwurst but also downed it with a half pint of beer from the town’s microbrewery. He had no idea where she was putting everything, considering the fact that, before she’d consumed the brat, she’d also had half of a steak shish-ka-bob, a small rack of baby-back ribs, cheese fries, a fried glob of dough she called a scone (he’d been to London, so he begged to differ), an egg roll, a taquito, and a cup of clam chowder.

She leaned back and put her hand over her slim stomach. “Okay. Maybe that last bite was a bad call.”

“Yes, since, according to your rules, you still have the falafel and custard stops to go.”

She squeezed her eyes shut. “Oh. Don’t say falafel.”

He bit off a laugh just as an older couple in their fifties stopped by. “Why, hello, Quinn. So good to see you.”

It seemed like she knew everyone in the town if the number of people who’d stopped by to say hello was any indication.

“Tell me, is there anyone here you don’t know?” James asked when the couple wandered off. He took a drink of a pilsner from the town microbrewery that was actually quite good.

“It’s part of that small-town charm. For better or worse,” she said and winced slightly. “It’s like living in a fishbowl.”

He considered that. “You seem to have survived pretty well. Not that I could imagine the great Quinn Taylor ever doing anything that would warrant censure.”

She stared down at her empty glass.

“What’s this? Don’t tell me that Quinn Taylor was anything less than class valedictorian, president of the debate team, and all-around all-star.”

She smiled slightly. “Well, you have most of that correct. But let’s just say that having that reputation can also make things harder. Not wanting to let people down, living up to their expectations.”

“Yes. I imagine that would have been difficult.” He studied the prim attorney who was always doing the right thing, making the right choices, being the golden girl everyone could be proud of. It could be tiring, he supposed. As compared to him, who no one really expected anything from but failure.

Quinn suddenly went still, her gaze on something happening by the front doors. He turned around but didn’t see anything out of the ordinary, just more people, including a couple towing three kids.

“Anyone you know?” he asked.

She put her hands to her hair and smoothed it down before tucking it behind her shoulders. “You could say that. Crap. They’ve seen us.”

Now he was insanely curious. “Who’s seen us?”

“My ex-boyfriend. Just smile and nod. Pretend that we’re having a good time.”

“I thought we were having a good time.”

“Well, try to have a better time.” She smiled a little wildly at him, reaching over to take his pilsner and helping herself since she’d finished hers back with the bratwurst.

“Quinn? Quinn Taylor, I thought that was you,” the blonde female half of the couple said as she reached them, pushing a baby stroller in front of her.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.