Out With A Bang: A Curvy GirlSweet Alpha Holiday Romance by Lila Cole

Author:Lila Cole [Cole, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-29T18:00:00+00:00

6

Josh

It only takes me a second to spring into action.

“Get out,” I tell Victoria. We’ve known each other ever since we were in prep school, and she’s always been trying to get me to notice her, to go out with her. It was fine when I was the only one annoyed by her presence, but she doesn’t get to embarrass the woman I love like that and stick around.

“What?” she says, laughing.

“You heard me. Get out,” I repeat. The fury coursing through me makes my hands curl into fists. My nails press into the skin of my palm.

“If you kick me out, my father is gonna terminate his contract with you.”

“Please, I hope he does. If it means Rebecca can finally stop inviting you to these things out of politeness, I would welcome it.”

She’s been trying to get me to ask her out since we were in prep school together. If there’s anything good I can say about Victoria, it’s that she’s persistent. Having to deal with her myself was one thing, but her thinking she can insult the woman I love is another. I won’t stand for it.

“Your company will tank without us.”

I laugh. “No, Victoria. It won’t.”

She folds her arms over her chest and looks at me with disgust.

“I’ll never understand what you see in that whale.”

I want to end her father’s company. Buy it out, sell it off for parts, bury it. I want Victoria as far out of my orbit as I can get her.

“She’s kind, she’s intelligent, she’s beautiful. Yeah, I guess you wouldn’t recognize any of those qualities in a person.”

She stammers, trying to come up with something to reply with, but failing.

“Get out before I call security up here to drag you out.”

It takes her a second, but finally she storms off, causing a scene.

I head for the door, anxious to get to Jan. Anxious to hold her, to comfort her, to tell her how I feel about her.

To make sure someone like Victoria hasn’t dimmed the light inside her that I love so much.

Bernard Shaw grabs my elbow before I can leave. I had completely forgotten that he was here.

“I’m sorry, I have to go check on Jan—”

Mrs. Shaw puts her hand on my forearm. “As you should, dear.”

“I think I’ve seen enough,” he tells me. “You’ve shown me exactly the kind of man that you are.”

A nervous rush zips up my spine. “What kind of man is that?”

“One who knows what the important things in life are and is willing to make those things a priority. I’ll have my assistant set something up in the next couple of weeks so we can finalize everything.”

The moment isn’t as sweet as it would be if Jan was here by my side. “Thank you,” I tell him, reaching out to shake his hand. When I make the move to leave, he stops me one more time.

“I had a friend like January in my life once, too.”

“What happened to her?”

He looks over at his wife and smiles.

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