Nailed by Cora Brent

Author:Cora Brent [Brent, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503900790
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

One proverbial fire after another required extinguishing on the courthouse project over the next two weeks—a problem with one of the material suppliers, a problem with the concrete crew, a problem when an unseasonable heavy rainstorm cost a few days of progress. Somehow in the midst of all the hectic day-to-day activity, Jason and I had settled into a comfortable routine. He hadn’t once mentioned our night of sexual abandon. I had little doubt that to observers we appeared nothing but professional. Helen still badgered me with claims about her “sexth sense,” but I always changed the subject and hoped she’d get the message.

The Friday before Easter, William surprised me by calling and asking if he could take me to lunch. He also mentioned he’d love to see the courthouse site up close, which made sense since he was a county judge. I offered to meet him somewhere, but he said he was just down the street and would be right over. The second the call ended I began feverishly tidying up my desk, even though it was already quite neat and I highly doubted William would care if a few things were out of order anyway.

“Hot lunch date?” Jason asked from across the room, smirking as he watched me stuff some loose papers in my desk.

I rolled my eyes, because even though Jason and I were not at each other’s throats, he still managed to get on my nerves now and then. “Very funny. And no, it’s just my brother.”

“The great William is coming here?”

“I don’t think I’ve told you very much about William.”

“I make it my business to find things out. He’s a judge, right?”

My desk phone buzzed and I pressed the speaker.

“You have a visitor,” chirped Marnie, the receptionist up front. I could tell by her voice that she found the visitor in question quite intriguing.

“Thank you, I’ll be right up,” I told her, trying not to picture the free-spirited Marnie engaged in her typical greeting of attractive male guests. It involved lunging forward over her desk to give the observer a nice view of her ample cleavage. So far no warnings from Human Resources have tempted her to change. Normally I didn’t give a damn if Marnie wanted to show her boobs to the world, but I felt a little queasy about subjecting my brother to that kind of attention.

“So you’re a judge,” Marnie was purring when I reached the lobby. “That must be so exciting.”

“It has its moments,” William said, easing back. Then he saw me and grinned. “Hey, Aud.”

“William, I see you’ve already met Marnie.” I shot her a look. She shrugged and smiled. “Why don’t you follow me back to my office and I’ll grab my purse?” I was trying to spare William further exposure to Marnie’s charms.

He dutifully followed me back to my office, where no one would be leaning over the furniture practically naked. However, there was still a certain complex coworker delighted by my brother’s arrival.

“I’m Jason Roma,” he said before I had a chance to squeeze a word in.

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