Flirting with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

Author:Whitley Cox [Book 9]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Whitley Cox
Published: 2023-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” Atlas ground into the phone the following Wednesday night as he and Tessa once again sat on the couch in his office and watched a movie.

“Believe me, we’re all equally pissed off,” Richelle replied. She and Liam were at Liam’s house and on speakerphone with Tessa and Atlas. “So the meeting with them has been pushed back for three weeks until they return from their vacation. How fucking convenient.”

“Is that even legal?” Tessa asked, tears welling up in her eyes. “Who has Forest while they’re off on their European vacation? Why didn’t they just give him to me?”

“It is legal,” Atlas said grimly, wrapping an arm around her shoulder and pulling her into his body. He wanted to punch and maim this Carlyle fucker, but he needed to rein in his anger and focus on the woman beside him who needed softness and comfort. “And he didn’t give you Forest because he’s a fucking douchebag who is making a power play.”

“If he’s like a couch—property, of which I own half, can I not just go to the boarding kennel or dog-sitter and take him? It’s not like I’m stealing my own dog.” She leaned into him and wiped beneath her eye with the hem of her T-shirt.

“I’m afraid not,” Richelle said with reluctance. “At this point, even though your name is on the registration, until the courts decide on who owns Forest, it would appear as theft. I know this sucks, Tessa, and if it were legal, I would be right there with you picking up that dog and helping you bring him home, waving the court order in the face of anybody that protested. But for now, we just need to sit tight and wait.”

She sniffled and shuddered against his body. “But he’s my dog … This doesn’t make any sense. Why would Carlyle do this to me?”

Atlas rubbed his hand down Tessa’s arm. “I’ll see if McGregor can find out where they took Forest. If it’s a boarding kennel, we might be able to get you visitation. If it’s just a random friend or dog-sitter, I’m not sure what we can swing. Particularly if Carlyle and his little first-year Jezebel had the forethought to forbid the dog-sitter from letting you see him.”

“I wouldn’t put it past Blaire,” Richelle replied. “She’s a first-year law student, don’t you know? Means she knows everything about the justice system.”

“Thank you for calling,” Tessa whispered, her entire body having seemed to collapse in on itself. She seemed so small in his arms now, so defeated.

“I’ll be in touch,” Liam said, remorse in his tone.

Atlas turned off the speaker and put the phone back to his ear. “Has Rickson hired counsel yet?”

“Not that we’re aware of,” Liam said. “But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t, just that he and his lawyer haven’t filed anything yet. Do we know what he does for work?”

Atlas turned to Tessa. “What does fuckface do for work?”

“He’s got a bachelor’s degree in biology.

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