Lucas by KB Winters

Author:KB Winters [Winters, KB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: email order bride, military series mail order bride, American Mail order bride
Publisher: BookBoyfriends Publishing Inc
Published: 2016-04-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Isla

“Isla!” I jolted at the brash sound of my name and spilled coffee down the front of my blouse. Brushing at the dark liquid as it sank into the cotton fabric, I turned and saw the source of the stern voice. Kevin. Barreling towards me. “Where are the notes?” Each word was sharp and piercing.

I stopped dabbing at the spill. “I put them on the conference room table. Are they not there?”

Kevin stopped short of foaming at the mouth and jerked a look over his shoulder. He locked one of the associates in his sights. “Check the conference room table!” he barked.

Seconds later, the associate rushed back down the hall, holding a copy of the freshly printed notes over his head. Kevin cursed under his breath and stalked off, without so much as an apology or thank you back in my direction.

“Sure, tear my ass a new one, when you didn’t even check the table. Mother fu—” I grit my teeth together before I lost control of my mouth.

Monday morning had rolled around all too quickly and left me in an incredibly grouchy mood. Lucas and I had shut down Cuppa’s and by the time we finally said goodnight—after a little steamy session up against the driver’s side door of my car—it was almost one in the morning. Neither one of my parents were awake when I got home and I hoped they hadn’t heard me sneaking in, as that would only lead to a lot of questions. I’d checked on Lily, pressed a soft kiss to her forehead, and floated down the hall to shower and get ready for bed. But even once I’d been tucked into bed, it had been impossible to sleep. My head and my heart were buzzing with excitement over every detail of my date with Lucas and had been content to replay every second on repeat until I finally drifted to dreamland well into the morning hours.

I’d been at work for less than an hour and I was ready to walk out. I muttered to myself as I went down the hall to the employee restroom. After a few minutes of scrubbing, I managed to fade the stain from my shirt, but in its wake, was a large wet patch.

“Perfect,” I sighed, taking in my reflection in the mirror. After hitting the snooze button three times, I’d been left with barely enough time to get Lily off to preschool, and had been forced to apply a sweep of mascara and lip gloss in the car while I waited for the drop off line to move. I’d tied my hair back in a low ponytail and prayed no one noticed my oily hair thanks to second day hair spray residue. “Two words, Isla: hot mess.”

I dawdled in the bathroom as long as I could get away with before going back to the front desk. In the week before Thanksgiving, Kevin had finally found it in his scroogey heart to hire a replacement for Rebecca, the assistant that had trained me.

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