Indecent Proposal_A Reverse Harem Romance by J. C. Valentine

Author:J. C. Valentine [Valentine, J. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

The work week dragged on slower than a snail’s pace, but Sabrina had been on a roll. Ever since going home and getting the rest the Hargreaves suggested, she’d been working smoothly and efficiently. It’d only taken her an hour to finish her work Tuesday that had taken her an entire day Monday to make a minor dent in. Ever since, she’d been knocking out one project after another, hitting all of her meetings with lethal efficiency, and earning the appreciative and much impressed nods from her guys. Hell, even she was proud of herself for how well she’d been doing.

This was the Sabrina she’d worked to become her whole life, the one she brought into every business transaction, the one that turned heads and helped make a name for herself apart from her father. It was this side of her that put her on the map and made hers a household name alongside her father’s.

So why was he calling her on a Friday afternoon acting like she’d made a grievous error?

“Daddy, I don’t understand. Would you just slow it down and backtrack a bit? Who told you that?”

From the instant she’d picked up the phone, he’d been off on a tangent. All she’d gathered was that someone had said something about the Hargreaves, was concerned about the business arrangement that’d been made, and for some reason, he was so angry that he’d felt the need to come out of his vacation long enough to rip her a new one.

“What are you four up to there? I send you in to make a deal of a lifetime, and this is how I’m repaid?”

She was confused. “Daddy, I really don’t know what you’re talking about. We made the deal. It’s been great. The Hargreaves are working diligently and have been nothing but an asset.” Where was the problem?

“I’m only going to ask this once, and you’d better give it to me straight.” There was a long pause, and then he said, “Tell me you’re not sleeping with them.”

Sabrina’s eyes widened and she collapsed back into her office chair, the air expelling from her lungs in one giant whoosh.

How did he know? Who would have told him? Who even knew, outside of her, Conner, Oliver, and William?

The Hargreaves. She glared at the closed door to her office, imagining them somewhere on the other side. Of course. It was obvious. It’d all been a setup designed for her failure.

All week, they’d been attentive, but not too much. Since Monday’s confrontation and show of concern, they’d been aloof, tending to business and family things that dominated the majority of their time. Not once had they asked to come by her apartment or take her out to dinner or anything even remotely expected of a budding relationship.

A show. Yes, that’s all it was, wasn’t it? She’d been lied to and manipulated, hadn’t she? Why? That was the million-dollar question. Was it for money or power? Likely, both.

Fury boiled in her gut like lava. Through clenched teeth, she told her father, “No, Daddy, I’m not.

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