Last Night by Jade Winters

Author:Jade Winters [Winters, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance Short
Published: 2018-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

Hannah

It had been three weeks since her one-night stand with Jess and Hannah was still furious with herself for leaving her purse behind. It had never been her intention for Jess to find out who she was, or more importantly where she worked. Her number one rule was never to mix business with pleasure. Hannah could still remember the shock she had felt when Samantha had called through to say a woman was at reception with her purse. She could have died on the spot. Especially at the thought of Jess thinking she might have left her purse behind deliberately. In truth it had been an honest mistake. She had gone into that situation for a meaningless fuck, a one-nighter to tick off her list, a birthday treat. Not to start a romantic relationship, despite how hot Jess was.

That didn’t mean she never thought of Jess. Because she did. Often. Hannah missed the way she had made her feel. But with the stack of work on her desk, she would be lucky if she actually got the time to go anywhere in the foreseeable future.

‘You’re working late?’ Jack, a senior partner, poked his head round her office door.

‘I have to.’ Hannah sighed. ‘Most of the properties on McNamara’s list haven’t even been evaluated yet, so I have to put in some extra time for that too, otherwise we’ll never have the proposals ready by next week.’

‘Christ, Hannah, even so, you might want to take a day or two off,’ Jack said. ‘There’s a reason for weekends, you know?’

‘I didn’t come this far in my career watching footie, eating pizza, and going to the movies. You should know that better than most,’ Hannah said defensively. She worked hard because she enjoyed the challenges she faced daily. No one had a gun to her head. Why people couldn’t understand that was beyond her, particularly Jack who she knew had been the same when he was her age. He’d told her that often enough.

‘I understand, believe me.’ Jack smiled kindly. ‘But look at me now. Since my wife died I realised that putting work above everything else only leads to loneliness in the long-term. If you’re not careful, you’ll end up a lonely old woman with just your cat for company and you are much too nice a person for that to happen.’

Hannah knew he was coming from a good place. He was going on seventy and was more like a father to her than a colleague. He was soon to retire, and she knew she would miss him dearly.

‘Thanks, Jack,’ Hannah chuckled, taking off her half-moon lenses, ‘but at least I will be a rich lonely old lady.’

He shook his head and laughed. ‘I see there’s no convincing you. I suppose the company should be grateful they have a workaholic genius like you in their employ. One of these days you are going to usurp Gareth’s throne and take this place over!’

‘I hope so,’ Hannah jested.

‘Work away then,’ Jack said cheerfully. ‘Have a good weekend, but please, for me if not for yourself, take a few hours to unwind.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.