Harlequin Desire February 2021--Box Set 1 of 2 by Naima Simone

Author:Naima Simone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Things were beginning to show promise, aside from the fact that they’d lost several more key staff members in the aftermath of losing the Tanner project. There was always more work to pitch for, even in a depressed market, and while things weren’t as buoyant as they would have been if they’d taken on the Tanner job, they weren’t exactly heading to the financial wall, either.

The main fly in Keaton’s ointment these days was the complete lack of so much as a thread of information to lead him to whoever had fed their tender details to Everard Corporation. And that lack of information made Keaton edgy. Who could be trusted? It didn’t create the best working atmosphere, no matter how many teams they’d sent to Sedona. That said, at least they’d managed to patch up the wrenching hole that had opened up between them and their half siblings. And that had put them in an even stronger position when it came to pitching for projects nationwide. Their joint reputations counted for a lot and Keaton was eternally grateful that, for all that their father’s deception had destroyed, his children had had the grace and strength to pull everything together cohesively.

He and Tami were working late, again. Each day he’d given her the opportunity to leave on time, but she’d been dogged in her determination to match him hour for hour at the office. The shadows under her eyes remained, but were slightly less noticeable these past couple of days, but something still clearly troubled her. In those moments when she wasn’t one-hundred-percent focused on her work, it was as if her mind would drift somewhere else and she’d get a deeply worried expression on her face. If he asked her if anything was amiss, she’d merely cover it up, smile and say everything was okay.

But everything was very definitely not okay. With every day they worked together, he only wanted her more and that knowledge was like a thorn in his side. Other people made office romances work, but Keaton didn’t want to lay himself bare like that again. Trouble was, no one but Tami interested him in that way. Not a single other woman drew him to her, as she did. And when he thought about it, he hadn’t even felt this way about Honor. Their relationship had been convenient on every level, but not passionate. Not spontaneous. It had been structured and balanced and about as boring as a spreadsheet, now that he came to think about it.

Oh, sure, they’d have made things work, if they’d stayed together, but seeing her glow under Logan’s care and attention showed Keaton exactly how little they’d offered each other. He was glad for Honor now, even though it had meant her cheating on him for them to discover they weren’t right for each other. Occasionally, watching Honor and Logan together, it still stung just a little, but that was more a matter of pride than anything else.

With Tami, however, he’d struck a wall he had no idea of how to get through.

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