His Champagne (The Cocktail Girls) by Dori Lavelle

Author:Dori Lavelle [Lavelle, Dori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-02T16:00:00+00:00

12

Eva

It’s 5:00 p.m. and I’ve decided to get back to work after hiding out for a day, pretending to be sick.

The truth is that I’m embarrassed to face the world.

Brynne told me the girls at work already know what happened between me and Neal LaClaire, and the internet filled me in on just how wealthy he is. Here I thought Adrian was wealthy.

But the money doesn’t mean a thing to me. I wish I could undo what happened. When I left the hotel, I thought it was a good thing I didn’t know his name, but now I think if I had, I might have thought twice about having sex with him in the elevator. People like him are always watched.

I hate going out into the world, but I can’t stay holed up inside my apartment forever. My life has to go on, even with a tattered reputation.

I’m rinsing my plate of mashed potatoes when my phone vibrates inside the back pocket of my jeans.

It’s my father. I consider ignoring his call as I had the past few days, but I can’t avoid talking to him forever.

I pick up. “Hi, dad.”

“Don’t call me that.” His voice is hard and sharp. “You are no longer my daughter, not after what you did.”

“What I did?” My heart rate picks up. I do hope he’s referring to me coming to Vegas.

“I knew this would happen. I knew the Devil would sink his claws into you. I just never expected you to have sex with strangers in elevators . . . before marriage.”

“Oh my God.” I fold an arm over my cramping stomach, shocked that the story has reached my hometown. Someone must have seen me in the magazine and spread the juicy gossip.

“Your God? Don’t you dare call him that!” His angry voice booms down the line. “You don’t have a God. You worship the Devil. And you are his child, not mine.”

“Dad.” I lean against the sink, feeling dizzy.

Here I thought it would all go away. Now the scandal has reached City Lake. I can only imagine how the tongues are wagging behind my back. In a way, I feel a little sorry for my father. It will be torture for him to stand at the pulpit and face his congregation when his daughter has committed such a huge sin in their eyes.

“I have to go, dad,” I whisper.

“I meant what I said. You’re not my daughter. I gave you many chances to do the right thing and you went the wrong way. Goodbye, Eva.” He hangs up and I swallow the boiling tears pooling into my throat.

I stand at the sink for a long time, then I take a deep breath and push my shoulders back.

What happened, happened. I can’t undo it. I have to keep moving. Soon enough it will be over. Another story will pop up. Right now, I need to speak to Maximo, to make sure I still have my job.

I walk out of the apartment wearing my little black dress, which now only smells of detergent and my perfume.

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