I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne

Author:Lauren Layne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Taylor couldn’t quite remember the last time she’d been in such a good mood.

From the moment she’d opened her eyes that morning, she’d felt…refreshed.

Happy.

It didn’t hurt that her hair was on point, the hot pink dress one of her favorites, her shoes brand-new and a bit expensive.

The only slight imperfection on an otherwise stellar start to her day was that she and Nick hadn’t had their usual sparring match over coffee, yogurt (for her), and cereal (him).

His door had remained closed, but she couldn’t much blame the guy. She’d left the hotel bar sometime around nine last night and come home to a bubble bath and a good night’s sleep, whereas he’d told her he had to close the bar at 2 A.M.

So it was with no small amount of shock that when she walked (okay, maybe sashayed, a little bit…the shoes were really fantastic) into the Oxford office at nine-thirty, she saw…

Nick Ballantine.

He was sitting at his usual desk, in a white dress shirt and dark slacks, looking far more refreshed than he should considering his hours.

Not so long ago, his presence would have had her back up and her claws out, and that’s if she’d been in the mood to deal with him.

This morning she somehow found herself standing in front of his desk and, though she’d deny it to her dying day, a little happy to see him.

He didn’t glance up as she approached, but she knew he was aware of her. Just as she was of him.

Nick finally finished typing whatever he was working on, then lifted brown eyes to meet her gaze. “Yes, Taylor?”

“How the heck did you beat me here?” she asked.

He looked pointedly at her Starbucks coffee cup.

Her lips pursed defensively. “It was a long line. But regardless, do you ever sleep? What time did you get home last night?”

He leaned back in his chair and smirked. “Worried about me, roomie?”

Before Taylor could retort, Brit appeared by her side, slightly out of breath.

“Everything okay?” Taylor asked her friend.

Brit glanced between her and Nick. “I saw you guys talking. Figured I better get out here before the bloodshed started. And speaking of bloodshed”—she lowered her voice and stepped closer to Taylor—“why didn’t you tell me you confronted Jessica yesterday?”

Taylor felt Nick’s gaze on her but didn’t look his way. “I didn’t confront her,” Taylor said. “I ran into her in the copy room. We talked. That was it. Why is it that everyone seems to think carnage will follow whenever I have a conversation with someone?”

Brit pursed her lips and looked at Nick. “You want to take this?”

He held up his hands in refusal. Then his gaze cooled slightly as he glanced over Taylor’s shoulder. “Morning, Calloway.”

Ah.

Taylor appreciated Nick’s attempt to warn her that her ex was approaching, but she was also very aware that she didn’t care one way or the other whether Bradley was in the same room, in the same city, on the same planet.

She turned, and sure enough, there he was.

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