Five Midnight Moments: New Year Bae-Solutions by Lister Sheryl

Author:Lister, Sheryl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SL Books
Published: 2020-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

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After a long bath and a glass of wine, Valencia finally felt her calm return. She couldn’t believe a woman would be so upset about Dwayne saying no that she tried to ruin his entire career and get Valencia thrown in jail. Then again, if word got out, it could have affected everyone’s job. She shook her head to push the rising anger down and went to refill her glass. The day had been so crazy, she’d forgotten about not having a car until she’d gotten ready to leave. By the time she made it home, the auto shops near her had all closed, which meant another Uber ride in the morning. She probably could have asked Dwayne to bring her home, but Valencia needed a few minutes to herself. She prided herself on being relatively even-tempered. Even when she’d issued the set-down to Ingram, she had done it with class and without raising her voice once. Today, however, a side she never knew existed surfaced and exploded in a matter of minutes.

Back in the living room, she sat on the sofa, reclined and tossed the car manual on the end table. Hopefully, it would turn out to be nothing more than a dead battery. She still couldn’t believe Dwayne had a twin. She’d studied them both and they were identical in every way. It took her a little while to find something to distinguish the brothers from each other, but she finally figured out how to tell them apart—their eyes. While both had the same shape and coloring, Dwayne’s held a playful light that Dwight’s lacked. His, on the other hand, had been shuttered and she saw what looked like sadness in their dark depths. She couldn’t help but wonder what happened.

Valencia sipped her wine as her mind drifted to Dwayne’s words. I’m done with the secrecy. Truthfully, so was she. Today, she’d kissed him in his office and it had been one of the boldest things she’d ever done. Unless she counted that punch to Shawna’s jaw. She flexed her hand. It was still a little sore, but knocking her out felt so good. Needing to talk to someone other than Dwayne, she grabbed her phone and called Leah.

“Hey, girl,” Leah said when she answered. “You calling to update me on your as-the-mystery-man-turns soap opera?”

Valencia laughed for the first time that day. “You are so crazy. I don’t know how we’ve been friends all these years.”

“Yes, you do. I’m the friend who’s there to keep your otherwise bland life exciting. Although, I must admit, you’ve spiced it up a little these past few months. So, what’s up?”

“I almost got fired today.” She gave her friend a rundown of the day’s events, but had to stop every other word because Leah was either screaming or cursing.

“I hope your boss is on top of things.”

“We already found out who did it. Long story short, the woman was paid by a relative who’d been fired for sexual harassment. But I still have no idea why she used my computer, though.

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