Fury: A Fake Dating Workplace Romance by Anna Hackett

Author:Anna Hackett [Hackett, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

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DANTE

Carlos Salazar blew into my office like a Tasmanian devil. Small, noisy, and angry.

I’d known that he wouldn’t like our little plan against him. But he needed to learn that there are consequences to his bad decisions.

“You.” Salazar glared at me. Two of his goons were standing in the hall. Reath’s men were with them, their arms crossed and bodies alert.

“Carlos, always a pleasure.” I leaned back against the edge of my desk.

Salazar wore an expensive suit, but it didn’t look good on him. He was short, a little round in the gut, with black hair threaded with silver, and a moustache. He always wore a thick gold chain around his neck. It was awful.

“I know it’s all you, and your fucking brothers.”

I raised a brow, straightened, and headed for my decanter. “You sound like you need a drink.”

“I want nothing from you.”

Hotheadedness like this didn’t mix well with business, especially with the illegal kind. I’d seen blustering idiots like him before. Trying to prove how important they were.

I poured two Scotches and turned.

“Sit.” I let the order bleed into my voice, and held out a glass.

A muscle ticked in Salazar’s jaw. He took the drink and sat in a chair.

I sipped, taking my time. “You’ve nipped away at the agreements we had in place with your organization. Surely you expected retaliation?”

Salazar froze.

I sipped again. “Yes, we knew what you were doing. I want you to stay out of my establishments, and keep well away from Fury territory. You mess around in my business, then I mess around in yours.”

He shot me a mutinous look.

Unconcerned, I swirled my drink. “You will back off to your agreed territory, and steer clear of all things Fury.”

“Or?”

Stepping closer, I lowered my voice. “Or I will really make you regret it. You think we don’t want to get our hands dirty? Push me, and I’ll show you how dirty I can get.”

Now I saw a flash of fear on the other man’s face.

Good. Men like Salazar only understood fear and power. I’d seen plenty of them growing up.

“Fine,” he spat.

Reath stepped into my office. The look on his face made my gut tighten.

“My men will see Salazar out,” my brother said.

The drug dealer rose and slammed the glass down on my desk. He stalked out, muttering under his breath. I noted with some amusement that he gave Reath a wide berth.

“He’s not going to give up,” I said.

“Nope.” Reath shook his head. “Pricks like him let their ego rule them. He’s got to prove how big and important he is. You need to watch your back.”

“You’ll keep an eye on him?”

Reath nodded.

“What’s wrong?”

“Did some digging on Chuck Edwards III.”

I tensed. “And?”

“I think Mila needs to hear it.”

“Shit. Okay.” I sighed. “I saw her smile tonight. She’s helping Clarissa with the charity masquerade, and she looked happy.” The real Mila shining through. I knew this would drag her back into her nightmare. “Can we do it tomorrow?”

“Sure. Bring her to my office.”

I’d take her to hear whatever Reath had to share, then I’d think of something to take her mind off everything.

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