Living Fast: Steele Ridge Series by Adrienne Giordano

Author:Adrienne Giordano
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kicksass Creations LLC

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She left him on the sidewalk. Had to. Otherwise, she'd scratch his eyes out. Make him bleed like she'd never imagined making anyone bleed.

What was it with the men in her life? They all wanted more. More, more, more. Boy, she knew how to pick 'em. No wonder she'd enacted the five-year plan. At this point, she should buy stock in a battery company because her vibrator would need all the juice it could get.

Five damned years.

Gah.

“Brynne, wait.”

No. Done waiting on men. She kept walking. Marched right to her shop's door and unlocked it. “No, Reid. We don't have to talk about this. I understand.” All too well. “Now, I need to deal with my banking.”

Because that's what independent women did. They took care of themselves and didn't rely on men.

“Reid!”

Behind him, Maggie stormed the sidewalk, heading straight for him. Apparently, Brynne wasn't the only one who wanted a piece of him. He spun back, faced Maggie. Fabulous. Maggie could deal with the caveman while Brynne went inside and settled down.

To think she'd almost given up her plan for Reid Steele. Puh-lease. What had she been smoking? He was the heartbreaker the plan insured against.

Reid looked at a woman and her panties burned off. He didn't even have to touch. Just—whoops—panties gone.

Good thing they'd had this little exchange and she’d got her mind right.

Really good thing.

She swung into the store, considered locking the door, then opted against it. Why be a child about it and lock him out? No. She'd be an adult and not resort to those antics.

As much as she'd like to, she wouldn't.

Stay strong, girl.

Rather than leave her account number in the drawer, she kept the deposits slips and her checkbook upstairs. She trusted her part-timers, but people wandered in and out of the shop all day. Why leave her personal information lying around?

She glanced back at Reid and Maggie, in deep conversation on the sidewalk. With them right in front of the store, she could duck upstairs and grab what she needed.

She marched out the back door, up the outside steps to her apartment, and unlocked the crappy lock Reid complained about.

On that, he was probably right. She'd get a locksmith over on Monday to take care of it. She withdrew her key and a flake of cheap brass coating hung off the lock. She hadn't noticed that before, but she could have chipped it when inserting her key at some point. Who knew?

Once inside, she moved through the kitchen, down the tiny hallway, the worn carpet absorbing her steps as she made her way to the bedroom where she kept the banking info in the antique secretary that had been her grandmother's.

Damn that Reid Steele.

Just when she was starting to like him. Starting to? Ha. She liked him just fine. Had even fantasized about that big body on top of her.

What woman in this town didn't?

Gah!

She beelined into her bedroom and…froze.

A man in a black sweatshirt and jeans stood in front of her long dresser, his back to her, head tilted up to the ceiling.

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