Damaged Goods (Cruel Crimes Book 1) by Jarica James

Author:Jarica James [James, Jarica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

What the hell is that supposed to mean? I didn’t have long to dwell, Lance taking his seat a moment later.

“What a night, huh?” he joked as he sat down, shifting uncomfortably in his chair.

“It has been. You alright?” I asked, finding myself feeling a bit bad for him. He opened his mouth to respond, but something behind me caught his eye and he froze. Taking a glance behind me, I didn’t see anything weird. I guess my movement shook him out of whatever it was, because he gave a small smile and picked his menu back up.

“Guess we should decide on dinner.” He promptly hid behind his menu, and I’d never felt more awkward in my life. Unfortunately, I was too hungry to just leave, so I opened my own menu, glancing through it and settling on shrimp alfredo. My favorite.

“Sorry about the mishap, sir,” the waiter said as he returned. “Here’s an appetizer on us.” He slid a tray of garlic bread across, heavy on the garlic, and I wanted to cackle. Between the wine and now this, there was no way that Dani wasn’t involved. I’d say it was the Adrostos, but how could they have known about the date?

“It’s alright,” Lance said kindly, wrinkling his nose before sliding the bread my way. “Eat up, sweetheart.” My eyes narrowed at the gesture. What a gentleman to slide something you find disgusting my way and then presumptively call me sweet. Dick, I bet he forgot my name.

“I’ll have the shrimp alfredo, and if you could, have them add a pinch of cayenne to it. I like it spicy,” I asked, giving him puppy dog eyes. He chuckled and nodded.

“Of course, my dear,” he said, his voice nice and soft. Once he turned to my date, however, his whole demeanor changed. “And for you?” The question was cold, just barely toeing the line between professionalism and outright sneering at my “date.” Yeah, this definitely wasn’t normal. Was it wrong that I wasn’t even a little shocked?

“I’ll just have the penne special, now leave us,” he said, practically throwing over his menu then snatching mine angrily to do the same, going from wholesome to rude in mere seconds. I nearly reached for my Sig because people shouldn’t just snatch shit from me, but I somehow held back. If he lives through this, it’ll be a fucking miracle.

The waiter seemed to share my sentiment, taking a deep breath before walking away, muttering in Italian under his breath.

My eyes flickered to Lance, but his eyes were locked across the room again. I followed his gaze, narrowing my eyes when I noticed a cute little redhead at the bar. Is he kidding me right now?

“See something you like over there?” I asked, pouring all the innocence I could into my voice. Okay, I’m not so great at being innocent, but I’m trying. He turned to me with an indulgent smile, condescendingly lying to my face. I knew right away he was the shady salesman type, and I wasn’t buying it.

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