Deceived - Part 3 Chloe's Revenge by Carter Eve

Author:Carter, Eve [Carter, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Carter Publishing House
Published: 2013-03-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Amid the welcome confusion of file folders and reports, a certain fluid working pattern had established itself over the past several days, as I sat at Patrick’s desk in his home office. The abhorrent weekend of the business trip to Miami had inevitably rolled around, reminding me of just how much I wanted Patrick’s business dealings with the Baroness to end. The emptiness of the apartment crept in like a stealthy hunter, filling the room with a depressing silence. Despite my earlier effort to declare independence and making it clear for Patrick that I was not moving in, I had practically spent every night here since.

I plunged into my work with fervency, hoping to dispel the white noise of the loneliness. The clicking of the keyboard was my weapon against the quiet. I reasoned I could use this time to finish the proposals for Urban Revolution, the client Patrick wanted to persuade to leave the Baroness’ company.

I knew in my head that there was no way he could have avoided going to Florida, while keeping his job, but my head and my heart were having a battle. Patrick had left last night and although I could logically reason that he was just there on a business trip, my emotions were up to no good. All of my good intentions from the other night to not let things bother me, were just the paving stones on my path to hell.

Suddenly a tri-tone chime rose up from my cell phone, laying on the desktop,and my heart skipped a beat, as I saw Patrick’s name glowing across a background picture of him I had snapped while we were in Paris. My reaction was triggered by the unpleasant thought that it might be the Baroness playing tricks on me again, but I shook my head and answered, relieved to hear the familiar timbre of Patrick’s deep voice.

“Hey baby, how are you? I miss you,” he chirped.

“Miss you too, honey. How is Miami?” Crossing my legs, I relaxed back into my chair.

“Sticky.” I could hear the exasperation in his voice. “Very humid but at least the air conditioning works well at this new department store, we are opening.”

“So, what’s the plan for the weekend there?” I asked, curious to find out if the Baroness had scheduled plans that included his evenings, as well as his days. She probably booked her hotel room next to his, or even had an adjoining room. Bitch.

“Well, Anna is not even here yet. We are sort of waiting for her to get here before we can move forward with any plans. She has her own private jet and of course, she has to be fashionably late. But I would guess we will be working on marketing plans for this new department store here in Miami. It’s huge. You should see it.”

No thanks. The sharp metal edge of my cell phone dug into the palm of my hand. I really didn’t want to see any of her shit, but I chastised myself to be polite for Patrick’s sake.

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