My Grumpy Billionaire Protector: An Enemies To Lovers Forced Proximity Romance (The Eternal Bachelors) by Everleigh Green

Author:Everleigh Green [Green, Everleigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Everleigh Green Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

SHANE

“What, no string of demands to make of me today?

I roll my eyes and set the tray down on the table. “I just got here. There’s still time.”

Evie doesn’t look up or move from her spot by the window. “Lucky me.”

“I asked them if they could make something different for you today.”

“Trying to tranq me?”

I give a slight shake of his head. “You really need to get over that. I made one joke.”

“After two days of either scowling or trying to blackmail me,” Evie points out before glancing up and looking directly at me. “How am I supposed to interpret it?”

“It was a joke. It’s pretty self-explanatory.”

“When you’ve been an ass the entire time, how am I supposed to know? I’m not psychic.”

“Maybe if you stopped trying to lump me in with the rest of them, you would’ve noticed that I was trying to be nice.”

Evie swings her legs over the side of the chair and raises an eyebrow. “That was you trying to be nice? Holy shit, you’re terrible at it.”

“Fuck you.”

“See what I mean?” Evie slams the book shut and stands up. The soft light filtering in behind her gives her a warm, ethereal glow. “You’re the one who can’t take a joke.”

“That was a cheap shot, not a joke.”

“You say potato. I say potahto.” Evie waves my comment away and places the book on the chair behind her. “So, what are my marching orders today?”

“They’re not marching orders.” I fold my arms over my chest and exhale. “More like strong suggestions. We’ve got our own set. You know, I think they’re trying to keep us apart whenever we’re allowed outside, to keep us from working together.”

Evie places her hands on her hips. “Is this going to end with Hayes in tears again? I’m not a spiteful person, but he had it coming.”

I smirk. “He shouldn’t have challenged you to a game of poker to shut you up. Rumors are already flying about how good you are.”

Evie shrugs. “Sometimes, you pick up a few things here and there.”

“How in the hell did a first-grade teacher pick up poker skills like that?”

Evie gives me a confused look. “I had to attend a lot of my grandfather’s events, and the only way to keep myself entertained was to teach myself how to play poker. It wiped the smug smiles right off their faces.”

“You’ve got a mean streak in you.”

“Not really. I just don’t like people who think they’re better than everyone else.”

As hard as it is for me to spend time around her because of my extremely visceral reaction, I can’t resist baiting her.

And she does rise to the occasion.

I tilt my head to the side and study her. “Is that why you’re always reading? You do realize you’ve got a smart TV that’s got a Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu subscription.”

“Show off.”

I turn around and walk over to the nightstand. After flinging the drawer open, I rummage around and stop when my fingers close around the remote. “See? I can even recommend a few shows.

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