Hot Holiday Fling by Joss Wood

Author:Joss Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-09-09T12:52:17+00:00

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Adie, who’d been staying at Kate’s Chelsea apartment, was ridiculously grateful Kate was in Boston, reconnecting with an old college friend. She’d left on the three o’clock flight and intended to catch the red-eye home. Or, as she’d informed Adie, if said friend had retained his college good looks, she might not be returning home at all.

Adie hoped for the latter, because she really, really needed to shore up her defenses and reassert her mind’s control over her heart.

She paced Kate’s lounge in men’s style pajamas, a glass of red wine in her hand, conscious of her bruised heart banging away in her chest.

Hunt shouldn’t have the power to hurt her, in any way. He was her client, a gateway to picking up more business in this closed-off, cliquey world. And she had the proof of that. Since she’d started working for Hunt, she’d had many inquiries from Manhattan A-listers for her concierge services. People she’d normally have to spend months, if not years, courting, were coming to her because Hunt had tossed some business her way.

He was her client...

But—ack!—he was more than that.

She’d genuinely started to believe that, despite the sexual tension between them, they’d become friends. She’d stupidly thought he not only wanted her, but he also liked her and respected her. His behavior tonight cast that in doubt.

She hadn’t been friends with a man for a long time so she couldn’t be sure of the whole man/woman friendship dynamic. But Hunt had told her a little about his life with Miss Mae, had opened up about his past. They’d had fun buying the kids’ toys—although she frequently had to drag him away from the tech stuff—and she’d thoroughly enjoyed his company.

Judging by his ready laughter and relaxed attitude, she thought he’d enjoyed hers, as well.

That was why his actions tonight had been such a slap in the face. Especially when she’d been giving up her personal time to help him.

And, let’s be honest here, the out-of-the-blue attack reminded her of her childhood, of being her mother’s verbal punching bag, for being blamed for stuff that wasn’t her fault. In her head, she heard her mom accusing Adie of ruining her marriage, telling her daughter that it was her fault her dad spent time with his mistresses and that carrying a baby ruined her mother’s body.

Adie took a large sip of her wine and rested the glass bowl against her forehead. Was she mad at Hunt or was she mad at her mother?

Oh, she was always mad at Vivien, Baroness of Strathhope, but she was also really angry with Hunt.

And he deserved her anger.

So, she could either continue to pace the carpet and wonder if Hunt would apologize—probably not—or she could do something constructive with her time, like reading through today’s emails, something she’d yet to tackle.

Action was always better than brooding so Adie flopped into the nearest chair and reached for the laptop sitting on the coffee table in front of her.

There were at least

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