Hawke by Larissa Ladd

Author:Larissa Ladd [Ladd, Larissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00

11

Hawke

Monday morning traffic was a bitch on my bike, but nothing could diminish the optimism inside of me. The showing had been a huge success, and some of my long-term artist friends that had never made a dollar on their art had cleaned up.

The “thank you” texts and calls were still coming in.

Oddly enough, I felt like a hero of sorts. It was stupid, and my brothers would have given me loads of shit over it, but it felt good. Even better than that, I’d gotten the article writeup in the local paper, and that meant one thing.

A date with my sexy, uptight manager.

My whole body reacted to the thought of it. I’d spent most of Sunday thinking through where I could take her and all the things I wanted to do with her, but I needed to back off.

Chances are, fucking her would mess up our relationship at work. I snorted at the thought. Like we had a relationship at work, but we would. We would build the gallery together alongside Dallen. It would become the go-to place for art aficionados in Seattle.

It was a tall order to demand of the three of us, but we would get it done. I had no doubt.

A quick turn to the right, and I pulled up to the back of the gallery. My phone buzzed in my back pocket as I walked toward the door, causing me to pause.

Kade.

“Hey, little brother. I see you got yourself in the paper yesterday.” He had a chuckle in his voice.

I smiled. “Yep. I guess Dad knew what he was doing by giving me this place.” I let my eyes run along the dull brick and shook my head. “I’m going to have to buy a new building with some of the money we got. You can’t tell how incredible the inside is from the outside.”

“Sounds like a metaphor for most people.” He snorted. “I got my invitation to the board meeting today.”

“Oh yeah? You excited?” I turned and sat down on the concrete steps that led up to the back door.

“No. Yes. Fuck if I know. The woman that called to set up the time and date with me sounded like a phone sex operator.”

“And you know how these women sound because...”

He laughed. “Fuck you too.”

“Not my type, but thank you for the offer.” I leaned back and took a deep breath, regretting it. The dumpsters were just to our left, and a small bakery sat next door. Day old yeast was nasty. “Ugh.”

I got up and walked in to hear Dallen and Jenna talking together down the hallway. Closing the door, I pushed my back against it and listened to Kade go on for a few more minutes about his new business. He was terrified. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been a chatty Cathy about it.

“Well, I won’t keep you. Congrats on your success. I want to hear the gory details soon.”

I smiled. “Sounds good, brother. Later.”

Dropping the call, I started to move away from the door but paused as Dallen’s voice rose a little.

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