Dirty Little Promise (Forbidden Desires Book 2) by Kendall Ryan

Author:Kendall Ryan [Ryan, Kendall]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-10-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Emma

Placing my hand on the doorknob outside my office, I held my breath, bracing myself for what I knew was waiting for me on the other side. Ignoring the slight ache in my ribs, I pushed the door open and instantly gasped at the sight of my desk.

It was clean—spotless, even. The last time I’d been here, there was a pile of paperwork the size of an algebra textbook in the middle of my desk. I quickly walked behind the desk and started opening drawers, rummaging through each one to see if the cleaning staff had accidentally moved the pile and forgotten to put it back when they were done.

Just as I was starting to get frantic, a soft knock at the door broke me out of my panic. I turned to find Bethany standing there, giving me that mischievous smile I’d come to expect from her.

“Missing something?” she asked, batting her eyelashes.

“Listen, Bethany, if this is some kind of practical joke, I’m really not in the mood. We’re still waiting on a shipment from New York, and if those books don’t get here soon, I’ll have some really angry old ladies to deal with,” I said, rubbing the back of my neck in a mix of worry and frustration.

“I took care of it,” Bethany chirped, her eyes brightening even more.

I stared at her for a moment and then looked back at my empty desk. “All of it? But that pile was so huge—”

“It’s all been handled,” she replied, waving her hands in the air as if she were brushing the paperwork away. “Once I knew you’d be okay, I couldn’t stand the idea of you defying death by hit-and-run only to drown in a sea of paperwork.”

“That was really sweet, but you really didn’t have to—”

Bethany cut me off with a hug so tight, I had to keep myself from wincing. “Oh God, your ribs. I’m so sorry!”

She quickly released me and patted my shoulder instead. I smiled and shook my head, taking in a deep breath to ignore the pain in my side.

“I’m just so happy you’re back.” She smiled at me so big, you’d think I’d just survived a shark attack.

“Me too,” I said, looking back at my computer.

“I do have some bad news, though.”

A serious look swept over her face. My stomach sank, and I steeled myself for whatever came next.

“Code Brown.” She winked. “And it’s your turn to handle it.”

I sighed and used the rubber band around my wrist to pull my hair back into a ponytail. This wasn’t exactly my vision for my triumphant return to work, but hey, at least it was business as usual.

Well, sort of.

Since the death threat and the hit-and-run, Gavin had been more protective than ever. And honestly? It was fucking hot that he’d hired a private investigator to figure out who was behind it all, as well as a driver to take me everywhere I needed to go.

I’d told him that he was overreacting, that I didn’t need so much of his time and energy focused on making sure I was safe.

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