Out of Uniform Box Set: Books 4-6 plus 2 Bonus Novellas by Kennedy Elle

Author:Kennedy, Elle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elle Kennedy Inc.
Published: 2020-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

15

Three days. She was going back to San Francisco in three days.

Saying goodbye to Dylan and Aidan.

In three days.

Claire couldn’t help but feel like she was walking the plank, about to meet an awful, painful fate—in this case, saying goodbye to the two men she’d come to care deeply about.

The two men she was falling for.

Which was insane. The thought of desiring two men had shaken her up and made her feel like some sort of deviant, but falling for them? For both of them? Was it even possible to be in love with two people at the same time? And was this even love? Could she be mistaking a case of extreme lust for love?

Her head was a jumbled mess of endless questions, so when her phone vibrated, it was a much-needed distraction.

Since it was her boss’s number blinking on the display, she wasted no time in answering. “Hey, Barb, Happy New Year’s Eve.”

Barbara Valentine responded with a throaty laugh. “I’m pretty sure it’s New Year’s Day that matters, darling. Do you have a moment to talk?”

“Of course. What’s up?”

“Are you booked on a flight home yet?”

“No, I was actually just about to do that.” Her gaze drifted to the open laptop sitting on Dylan’s bed. She’d left him and Aidan in the living room and ducked in here to book the flight, but she’d been procrastinating from the second she’d turned on her computer.

Because she didn’t want to go home.

At all.

“Don’t,” Barb told her.

Claire wrinkled her forehead. “Don’t what?”

“Book a flight. I need you to head to Oceanside.”

“What for?”

“The firm just got contracted to do an assessment for a software company there. Since you’re already down south, I’m going to put you on it. Spend as much time as you need on site, but realistically, the job shouldn’t take more than two or three weeks. Can I count on you?”

Excitement sparked in her belly. Two or three weeks. And Oceanside was less than an hour’s commute from San Diego. She could stay here at the condo and easily make the drive to the company’s headquarters every day, and all her reports could be prepared off site.

Trying not to reveal how elated she was, she put on a professional voice and said, “You can definitely count on me.”

“I knew I could.” Barb sounded pleased that Claire was being so agreeable. “I’ll email you the details and company profile the day after tomorrow. Businesses go back to normal on the second of the month, but you’ll be meeting with the CEO on the third. That’s Wednesday morning.”

“Sounds good.”

“You sound good. The time off seems to have lifted your spirits,” Barb said, her normally commanding voice softening. “I know what a difficult time this must have been for you.”

Difficult time?

Oh right. The wedding.

“It was difficult,” she admitted. “But I’m doing much better. It was the right decision not to go through with it.”

“It’s such a shame.” Barb made a clucking noise. “Christopher is such a charming man. And quite successful.”

And a total bastard.

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