Playing with Power - Book 5: New Adult Office Romance by Huxley Adele

Author:Huxley, Adele [Huxley, Adele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult Office Romance
Published: 2014-10-20T07:00:00+00:00

9.

Somehow feeling both freezing and flushed, the pair quickly returned to the inside of the car. Lauren was thankful they’d left the car running. She turned the heat to high, holding her hands over the small vents. They caught each other’s eye in the green glow of the interior and grinned like maniacs. I’m in love. He’s in love. This is all so...

Her phone began to ring deep in her coat pocket.

“I’m surprised I get signal all the way out here,” she said, fumbling with numb fingers. “Ah, it’s just Ali.”

“Take it, she’s probably worried about you.”

“I’m glad you realize we’re basically a two-for-one deal,” she said with a wink. “Hey babe, what’s up? You’re drunk, aren’t you?”

“How did you know?” she yelled into the phone.

“Because it’s close to midnight on a Friday night,” Lauren giggled, making a face at Landon.

“Yeah, well, you don’t know who I’m out with,” came the smug reply.

“Do I even want to? It’s not that guy I saw coming out of—”

“Ugh, no. I’m out with Faith. She’s at the bar right now getting a couple more drinks so I thought I’d call you and let you know what’s going on.”

“What do you mean?”

“Parker dumped her. Bad.” Ali’s voice fell to a whisper as she said, “She caught him with some other chick, apparently. There’s literally no redeeming quality about that sack of shit, is there?”

Lauren dropped her chin to her chest and shook her head. Poor girl. Could I have saved her from this? “Do you think I can talk to her?”

“Sure. She’s pretty wasted,” Ali said with a slur. “Hold on.”

Lauren turned to Landon. “She’s out with Faith. I think she caught him with Rochelle, but I’m gonna try and find out.”

“What a piece of work,” he muttered.

“Lauren? Are you there?” Faith shouted. “I should’ve listened to you from the beginning. He’s such a jerk. I’m keeping the ring, too.”

“Aw honey, I’m so sorry. Do you want to tell me what happened?”

“I’m not proud of it,” she said with a burp. Even her burps are adorable. She’s so better off. “He came home last night in a real foul mood. Ignored me the whole night. He even shouted at me when I tried to ask him stuff about the wedding.” Her voice cracked and Lauren could hear Ali comforting her in the background. After a moment she continued. “I took his phone and installed a tracker on it. When he didn’t come into work today, I wanted to know where he was. I should’ve listened to you.”

Lauren braced herself, shooting a worried glance at Landon.

Faith continued, her voice punctuated by sharp inhalations, like she was on the verge of hyperventilating. “So I figured out where he was...and I took a cab to her apartment. I waited for someone to leave the building...I snuck in and just pounded on the door until he answered. He answered, not her, can you believe it? I made a complete...ass out of myself and he just...just...fucking dumped me. Like I was nothing.

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