Hammered: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (Hard n' Dirty Book 5) by Alexis Alvarez

Author:Alexis Alvarez [Alvarez, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Talia

“So this is on.” Mark’s smile spreads across his thin face. “I’m just so thrilled.”

I tilt my head. I don’t know what he means. But I’m sure—as always—he’ll elaborate.

He spits a little when he talks. “Look at this picture. Look at it!”

He jabs at the screen, where a host of fingerprints smudge, creating a blur.

“I’m looking.” I lean in as close as propriety will allow, so I don’t violate my own personal space limitations. There’s only so close I want to be to Mark. “Is that Manda Shine?”

“Yes! Look at what she has.”

“That’s last year’s crane calendar I made.” I squint. “June. Oooh, that’s a good one.” Despite the weirdness of it, I’m proud.

His voice is reverent. “And she’s holding it up. Endorsing me. The cranes, that is. Their existence! She’s going to come here and speak out. It’s because she grew up in the town next door. This is, like, her home. In a way.”

“She’s coming here? For real?” No fucking way.

“Oh, yes. Next week! She and her people are going to walk onto the building site and do a protest.”

“I thought you didn’t want people from our organization going onto their construction area.” I step back, a strange feeling in my chest. “You said it made us too PETA-like. Too renegade.”

He rolls his eyes. “When you do it, it looks crazy. When a big star does it, it seems legit. You understand the difference.”

I cough. “What about doing things by the book?”

“This practically guarantees that Danton’s going to have to at least listen. If not make some changes. We might even mess up his future plans in the city. Teach these corporations they can’t mess with us.”

“If we do that, they’ll have to lay off workers,” I say automatically.

“Good! Lay them all off.” Mark nods. But he’s only half-conversing because he’s pulled up a screen on his laptop and is typing furiously. Glancing up at me from time to time.

“But some of them are locals. Low-income.”

“So?” Mark peers up at me like he’s looking at an alien. He wrinkles his mouth and shakes his head a little.

“And also…” I bite my lip. “If the project falters and gets bad press, the mayor might change his mind about supporting them for future zoning proposals. He could convince the city council to choose a different company.”

“As he should. Our town needs to stay pure.”

“Just that although this project by Danton, yes, sucks for the birds, I saw the plans for the next one, and it’s actually…” I have to admit it, grudgingly. “Really good. For the city, I mean.”

“What?” Mark, snapped out of his reverie, peers at me. “I’m sorry, it sounded for second like you were sympathizing with Danton. Instead of me. I mean, the environmental impact team.”

“Mark it’s not… Look, you know the crane is my priority. I just think the issue is complex.”

“The issue is simple. Either you care about saving the birds, or you don’t.”

“I do care.”

“Well, if you truly cared, you’ll be on board

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