Hers to Love: Sisters of Springfield 3 by Ellis Eliza

Author:Ellis, Eliza
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

She had to wear yellow. Drawing his and every other man’s eyes to her, forcing them to acknowledge what couldn’t be their’s.

Mission accomplished, beautiful.

Kori looked unbelievably stunning in the color. It matched well with her brown skin. She stood out among all the other women, who wore drab colors that matched the suits of the men in the room. Even Marshall had chosen a soft salmon color, which went quite well with Kori’s dress. He appreciated a woman with style, but hoped no one thought they were coordinating their outfits.

Kori sat at the other end of the conference table in the office of one of the firm’s strategic partners in the country. She occasionally looked at him, and as though they were on the same wavelength, he caught her gaze as well. The presentation wasn’t boring, quite the contrary. It was that Kori was far more agreeable to look at.

Marshall cleared his throat and doubled down, pinning his gaze to the screen where a graph showed the potential decrease in stability if the revolutionaries were to win a democratic vote. The country’s stability left everything in jeopardy, but if the vote was successful, things would spike soon afterward.

Marshall liked the sound of that.

His firm could be on the ground floor, helping revitalize the country’s basic economic structure. The partnership would be lucrative for both the firm and Bendola in the long run. With Bendola as a competitive market on the world stage, the benefits would be endless. Marshall decided that he would return a positive report to his board, with stipulations.

Good. One decision down, another one to go.

The hardest one of all.

They had crossed the line last night in a kiss that had rocked Marshall’s world. Never had he dared to dream of feeling this way about another woman. He was over the hill. Done. His marriage wasn’t a success. He had nothing to offer another woman except money, and he couldn’t stand to be with anyone who’d only want him for his money.

He should’ve beaten himself up last night for acting unprofessional. He’d put his company at risk for a lawsuit if Kori hadn’t wanted the kiss at all, even though he didn’t believe she had a vindictive bone in her body. The board did, however, and he would be fired immediately if the board discovered the truth.

Instead, he went to the gym and ran six miles and then followed that up with a tough leg workout. Afterward, he felt exhausted, but his mood was incredibly high. He only thought about how amazing Kori was and how his heart had destroyed his ribcage when her lips clung to his. His ego had soared. The only woman he’d come to care about since his divorce hadn’t thought him over the hill. She had picked him over Jarod, a guy who wasn’t even in the same competitive league.

He went to bed smiling.

Had Kori done the same?

She wouldn’t look at him after the kiss. He’d thought he’d read sheer passion and desire in her brown eyes—until he reset the boundary.

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