Grump Gone Bad (Grumps Unleashed Book 2) by Cassie Mint

Author:Cassie Mint [Mint, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Cherry Publishing
Published: 2023-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

Six

Emmett

This is a delicate situation, and that calls for tact. Subtlety. Not traits I’m known for.

All I really know is: when I buckle Priya into my truck, ignoring her complaints about how she can do it herself, I’m protecting someone precious. The most precious of all.

And… I’ve changed. In the space of a few hours, I’m a new man.

It’s unsettling. As I slide behind the steering wheel, truck dipping under my weight, I’m not sure I like it.

Because I’ve always been my own person. As a twin, I fought damn hard for that status—took care to build my own life, my own skill set, my own hopes and dreams, without my brother’s input. It didn’t happen overnight. Would’ve been easier than breathing to stay latched onto Tom, just like when we were boys, but I didn’t want that.

I wanted to fly solo.

Now here I am, chest cracked open and aching, driving in silence back down the mountain path as I try to think of ways to keep this woman beyond the few days we have left. Ways I could mingle our lives together; ways to keep her close. The exact opposite of solo.

It’s alien—and so goddamn vulnerable. How do people stand it?

“It’s only 3pm,” Priya says, and she sounds as dazed as I feel. How can the earth have moved like that, and it’s only 3pm? “Can we go back to Landry & Co? I want to check on things for Friday’s bid.”

“Sure.”

I mean, what else am I gonna do with her for the rest of the afternoon? Take her back to my apartment and bury my face between her thighs? Book us flights to Vegas for a quickie wedding? Sounds good, actually.

I’d do it, by the way. I’m all in. Both options work for me, though Priya doesn’t seem like a drive-thru nuptials kinda girl.

“We’ll have to act normal in the office.” It’s like she’s giving herself a pep talk and I’m eavesdropping. Slender fingers twist together in her lap, and Priya’s given up on clutching the handle by the passenger door, so every time we go around a bend, she rocks against my side. Hm. Is there a curvier route to take down the mountains? One where she’ll knock against me more?

“We can’t stand too close,” she goes on. “And, um. We need to fix our clothes first. Our hair, too. We look like…”

I bite back a laugh, grinning out at the trees lining the mountain road. The afternoon sun is golden, casting deep shadows between the trunks.

“Like we snuck out to roll around a hotel for a few hours?”

If only.

Priya blows out a breath. “Exactly. I don’t want anyone to think I’m sleeping with the boss.”

That sobers me up. My smile fades, because I don’t like thinking that either, not even as a rumor. I swear to god: Tom had better keep a polite distance, because Priya is mine. His assistant is off limits, now and forever.

“It’ll be fine,” I rasp. “I’ll keep my hands off you in public, I promise.

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