One Bad Idea by Sabrina Stark

Author:Sabrina Stark [Stark, Sabrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mellow Moon
Published: 2019-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 37

I whirled to look. Sure enough, standing directly behind me was my troublesome boss, who frowned down at me like he'd just caught me humping a bar stool.

I stared up at him. "Excuse me?"

"I wasn't talking to you." He looked past me toward the stranger. "I was talking to him."

Oh, for God's sake.

As I watched, Jaden gave the stranger a hard look. "She's not interested, so fuck off."

I stifled a gasp. What the hell?

Now, I was glaring. "What's wrong with you?" When he made no reply, I turned back to the stranger and said, "I'm really sorry."

The stranger's gaze darted from me to the jerk standing just past my shoulder. The stranger made no reply, not that I could blame him. After all, this wasn't exactly normal.

Speaking loud enough for Jaden to hear, I said, "His manners really are atrocious."

From behind me, Jaden said, "Yeah. They are. But he's still leaving if he knows what's good for him."

My gaze was still on the stranger. What could I say to make things right? Words utterly failed, even as the guy started backing slowly away.

He looked scared to death, which made total sense.

After all, it was perfectly normal to be afraid of a crazy person.

I whirled back to the maniac in question and said, "Will you please butt out?"

"Sure," Jaden said, "as soon as he's gone."

Through clenched teeth, I said, "Just what's your problem, anyway?"

"Nothing that his leaving won't help."

Well, this was rich. Just a couple of hours ago, he'd been doing God-knows-what in his office. In contrast, I was doing something perfectly acceptable, and more to the point, away from the office.

This was none of his business.

I turned back to give the guy yet another apology, only to freeze in confusion.

He was gone.

But that was impossible. He'd been there just a moment ago. Silently, I scanned the crowd. Finally, I spotted him weaving his way across the packed dance floor, jostling random people as he went.

From what I could tell, he was heading toward the rest rooms. I kept watching. No. Not the restrooms.

The side exit.

A moment later, he plowed through the door like the place was on fire. This was oddly fitting, considering that the alarm sounded for like two seconds until the door swung shut again, leaving those standing near the door gaping after him.

A hard scoff escaped my lips. Well, that was delightful.

I whirled back to Jaden and demanded, "What was that about?"

"The guy's an asshole."

My jaw clenched. Speaking of assholes. "Well you are the expert."

"Yeah. I am."

I made a sound of frustration. By now, I'd just about had it. "In case you didn't realize it, I just insulted you."

"What? By calling me an asshole?"

I gave a tight shrug. That had been the implication, but it seemed beyond stupid to say it outright, unless I wanted to be unemployed.

Jaden practically snorted, "That's no insult."

"What?"

"Yeah. I’m proud of it."

Funny, he didn't look proud. He looked mostly pissed off.

If so, that made two of us. I was still glaring. "You do know we're not at work, right?"

"Hell, I know all kinds of things.

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