Lucky Pet by Jamie Knight

Author:Jamie Knight [Knight, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Maria

The next day, I was hunched over my keyboard at work when there was a knock on my door. I usually kept it closed and often locked these days, lest Douchey Boss decided to try to make another appearance- although, luckily, he hadn’t, ever since that first awful day.

Half of me hoped that it would be Ashton on the other side. The other half told myself to stay focused on work and on trying to figure out a way to help my mom.

When I opened the door, I saw three women standing there, who I didn’t know.

“Hello?” I asked them, then remembered that my mother had taught me to be assertive and not say things as questions.

“Hello,” I corrected myself, at the same time that all three of them said, “Hello” in return.

“I’m Reese,” one of them said, reaching out a hand in my direction.

Oh, yes. I’d heard of her. She recently married the big time boss- Kane McKenzie himself.

“Maria,” I told her. “Nice to meet you.”

I rather liked how she didn’t throw the name “McKenzie” around. She seemed humble, for someone so beautiful.

“I’m Eileen,” said another of the girls.

“And I’m Mandy,” said the third.

Those two looked like polar opposites of each other- one was short and petite; the other was tall and towering.

“We’re about to go to lunch and we were wondering if you’d like to join us?” Reese asked.

I nearly wanted to faint of shock, at the thought that there were nice, inclusive people here.

Unless they wanted something?

Had they heard rumors about me and Ashton and they wanted to dig the scoop from me?

I didn’t know why I was also so cynical. But the reception here at the firm from anyone other than Ashton had not been stellar, and I was suspicious as to why these three were suddenly interested in talking to me.

“Thank you so much for inviting me,” I told her. “But I’m working through lunch today. I’m almost done with a pretty big project that I’m presenting to the clients this afternoon, and I don’t want to be unprepared. Plus, I need to leave the office right after work, as I take care of my mother.”

I don’t want to leave her home alone crying again while Ashton Smith fucks me, I thought, but obviously didn’t add. I did plan to see my mom as soon as possible today, and not let myself get distracted by other… diversions. Plus, I thought it might help to act like I always went straight home at five o’clock, in case these three had heard rumors to the contrary.

“That’s so exciting about the client presentation,” Eileen said. “What is it that you’ve been working on?”

I tilted my head at her for a moment, considering whether or not I could trust her. I had no idea, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to show her what I had been working on. It wasn’t as if it was top secret.

I sat back down at my computer chair and brought up the client database on my screen.

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