One Percenter (Entangled Embrace) by D. R. Graham

Author:D. R. Graham [Graham, D. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: D.R. Graham, contemporary, romance, biker, bikers, Entangled, new adult, contemporary romance, Noir et Bleu, motorcycle club, One Percenter, Embrace
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

It’s been a week since we ran into Aiden and Mickey at the coffee shop and I’m still not exactly over it. I’m trying to forget about it. Leland and I are at a corporate party for his dad’s company tonight. It’s at a posh hotel downtown, the kind of place that my dad would have been asked to leave, but I actually feel like I fit in. When I’m with Leland, everyone assumes my family is like his family and treat me as if I belong.

“This steak is so tender I barely need to chew.” I look at Leland and ask, “How’s the lobster?”

“Pretty good.” He hands me another glass of champagne. “Are you having an okay time?”

I smile, hesitant to admit it. “Yes. I like being your girlfriend.”

He leans over and kisses my neck. His mom walks by our table and seems less than impressed, so I push Leland away. After dessert, I work the room with him. The older ladies gush about how adorable we are together. The younger girls, although they seem envious, respect me. Being with Leland is definitely a status thing in this crowd. I’m hoping Mrs. Crofton notices that everyone else is being nice to me.

“Leland.” A heavy, balding man in a tuxedo slaps him on the back. “Who’s this pretty little lady?”

“Tienne, this is Mark Fleming. He’s Crofton Construction’s marketing manager.”

Mark smiles and glances down at my chest. “Nice to meet you.”

“Excuse me for a minute,” Leland says. “I need to use the men’s room. I’ll be right back.”

Mark toasts his glass and watches Leland walk away, then hones in on me. “You should definitely come down to my place in Cabo next month. You look like you would be fun to party with.”

“Do I?” What an asshole. “Did you miss the part about me being with Leland?”

He chuckles with contempt. “Little boss-boy doesn’t have a place in Cabo.” His gaze wanders creepily over my body. “And he won’t keep a girl like you around for long.”

So much for fitting in. A heat builds in my body that is equally fueled by embarrassment and rage. I shake my head and eye all the other people in the room. Out of every woman here, this piece of shit decides that I’m the easiest one. I was obviously kidding myself when I thought I was starting to blend, or that they were staring out of envy. “You want to know something interesting, Mark?”

He lifts his eyebrows eagerly and checks out my cleavage again.

“I was talking to your wife, Alice, earlier and it came up that I’m the same age as your daughter.” I wrinkle my nose in an overly cutesy way. “Isn’t that a coincidence?”

He backs off a step and sips his drink. At least his eyes are above my collarbone. “You don’t look that young.”

“Maybe not, but you do look exactly like all my friends’ pervert dads.”

Leland returns. Mark glances at him, not even trying to hide his disdain, then turns and walks over to the bar.

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