Nothing to Lose by Angela Winters

Author:Angela Winters [Winters, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

“Damn!” was all Billie could say when her doorbell rang.

She looked up at the kitchen clock and knew it was all her fault. It was 7:20 P.M. Michael wasn’t early at all. She was running late. Not a good impression when inviting a man to your home for dinner for the first time.

Tonight was supposed to be perfect. She had planned to leave work early. Well, she was going to leave at five, which wasn’t technically early. She needed the time to prepare for dinner at seven-thirty. She was making a romaine and artichoke salad, with fennel and saffron chicken. She was placing the salad in the refrigerator and the chicken still had about fifteen minutes to cook.

She ripped the apron off her, tossing it in the pantry and shutting the door. She rushed to the mirror that was next to her front door and quickly checked herself, liking what she saw.

She opened the door—a welcoming, sexy smile on her face, which she had been practicing for the last hour—only to feel life slap her in the face at what she saw.

“Go!” She pointed. “Just go, Porter! You can’t be here.”

He ignored her, going right into his tirade. “How dare you try and humiliate me like that today? Who the fuck do you think you are, Billie? Do you have any idea who you’re messing with?”

“You started it,” Billie said. “I’m not gonna discuss this with you. You have to leave. You’re not welcome at my house anymore.”

“It’s a fucking apartment and you rent it,” he said.

“So what?” she said. “It’s the apartment of your client, who you are harassing. How well will that look to your firm when I report you?”

He looked shocked that she would even consider such a thing. “Billie, I was trying to help you.”

She laughed out loud. “Bullshit! You were snickering behind your clients’ backs while on a conference call with them. Any lawyer deserves to get called out for that, and you know it.”

“You did it to humiliate me,” he insisted. “I looked like a fool.”

“You are a fool, Porter.” She loved the look of astonishment on his face. “Especially if you think you’re going to show me up professionally. Every time you try, I’ll make you pay for it. So it’s in your best interest to stop.”

He was shaking his head as if amazed at what he was seeing and hearing. “You’ve changed, Billie.”

“I haven’t changed,” she said confidently. “I’m just fed up. Now I want you to leave and never, ever come back here again.”

“I’m not done with—”

“The woman told you to leave.”

Porter turned to his left and Billie stuck her head out the door to see Michael approach. He was dressed in a gray suit, with a striking red tie, and was carrying a bottle of red wine. He came to within a couple of feet of Porter and was looking into his eyes with a stoic stare.

“Who the fuck are you?” Porter asked.

“He’s my date,” Billie said. “So you need to leave.

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