Mutually Exclusive by Charlotte Winston

Author:Charlotte Winston [Winston, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romantic, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 2940152268416
Amazon: B013CRLC18
Barnesnoble: B013CRLC18
Goodreads: 25372301
Publisher: Charlotte Winston
Published: 2015-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

14

“Aren’t you stunning, as always?” Parker greeted Alexandra with a hug when she walked into the ballroom two weeks later. “I think your win has you glowing.” She smiled.

Alexandra laughed; Parker was probably right. Since she’d nailed the Williams case, the company was able to proceed with going public. She couldn’t believe it, and this all but sealed the deal for her to become partner. She won the case, and she probably won the office she craved. Franklin had left her alone, and she got the results of her DNA test that morning. Negative. Whatever crazy idea she had about her father being alive were put to rest. Thank God. She was even having sex on the regular, even though no one knew about it.

She’d seen Roman several times since she discovered why he wanted the house but it felt stilted, their earlier banter thrown to the wayside for sex only. The trial period was coming to a close fast, and she’d agreed to sell him the house when it was over. It was unsettling, since she’d been honest with him and he’d lied to her. She missed their old relationship. He’d been her constant companion prior to her discovering his true intentions and something more seemed to be brewing before she discovered his deception. It was a lie of omission, but it didn’t matter when she realized his true intent. He still continued to send her little gifts to her desk, generally of the X-rated variety, even though she wasn’t talking to him. She gained a new set of kettle balls, a pink pair of handcuffs, and the same kind of vibrator he used on her sometimes.

Since I’m not with you, the note said sneakily. They were almost a couple, but not. Although sometimes at night, when she had lay there after a sweaty round of sex, she’d reach for his hand and he’d take it, communicating without words. It had somehow become more, but how do you take something based on lust and create a lasting relationship? Did she even want to after what she found out? A foundation built with sand, full of empty promises, sexual gratification, and lies, thrived at night so you didn’t have to face what you did in the daylight.

“Thank you.” She smiled. “You two look gorgeous yourselves.” She hugged Parker’s fiancé Anthony, dashing in a three-piece suit, standing beside Parker so they looked like a pair of brunette dolls. Ready to play in Barbie’s funhouse, where all the wealthy, privileged people hung out, ignoring the gilded cage it represented. She took in the grandeur of the event, all there to celebrate her grandfather, amused at the opulence and money people tended to throw at these affairs, knowing they had so many skeletons in their own closet it would take a forklift to dig them out.

She’d spoken to no one about what she learned of her father, wanting to get through the event before she breeched it with her mother. She laughed at the hypocrisy because nothing mattered as long as appearances were maintained.

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