Falling For The Boss by C.M. Steele

Author:C.M. Steele [Steele, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-15T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Fuck, I had two women in tears for the damn wrong reasons. I pushed my way through into the kitchen, searching for Jessica. I caught my runaway bride heading toward the back exit, but she was deterred when she almost clipped a coworker. She was trapped by the fridge and a guy carrying food to a table. Nodding for the guy to move, I blocked her path. My hands landed on the fridge, locking her in. I inched closer, making sure she couldn’t get away without letting my body touch hers.

She refused to look up at me. It was as if she was destroyed. As if I’d torn her life apart three months ago, not the other way around. Sliding one hand down her cheek, I lifted her face to look at me.

She quickly pulled her face out of my hand and hissed, “Don’t touch me.”

“Jess, there’s been a really big fucking misunderstanding that we need to get straightened the fuck out. I’m guessing you think I did something I didn’t do. I told you those rumors were bullshit.”

“I didn’t need the rumors. You and your girlfriend left evidence everywhere.”

“You’ve got this all wrong, babe.” I lifted her face to mine again. I couldn’t stand that she hated me. When her eyes met mine, I could see the pain clear as day. “I never expected you to go in my drawer in my office, or I would have explained my past to you sooner.”

“She doesn’t look like your past,” she challenged, a sob trying to break free. She obviously thought my sister was my lover.

“Dammit, Jess, don’t fucking cry. I’ve missed you so damn much it nearly broke me. She’s the only thing keeping me going.” I wanted her attention, and I got it she tried to shove me away, giving me the opportunity to lift her slender hands above her head. “Jess, I’m not going to let you get away this time. That lovely creature out there will never leave my life because she’s my baby sister, Layla.”

Her heart and mind were conflicted and it showed. “But the woman in the picture?”

“The woman was my mother. She died right after that picture was taken. It was a gift for my father. My full name Nathaniel James Hendricks, Jr.”

“But what about the roses?”

I was fucking lost. She wanted me, was hurt by thinking I had another woman, yet she was challenging me on sending her flowers? I didn’t understand why that would upset her. I wanted to give her a shit lot more than roses. “So I sent you roses. What’s wrong with that?”

“They weren’t for me. They were for you—from Lola,” Jessica hissed.

“That can’t be right. I’ve never known a Lola besides my mother.” Something crazy was going on, and I had a feeling that all my troubles for the past six months were the work of someone at my building.

“I have the card to prove it,” she offered with a glare.

God, she was beautiful. I had ached to see her for so long.

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