Power Relinquished (D.C. Power Games Book 3) by Ivy Nelson

Author:Ivy Nelson [Nelson, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Carrie spent most of the night tossing and turning, wishing that Peter would have shared a bed with her. After the last couple of days of what felt like emotional whiplash, she wasn’t sure what was going on between them. Feeling his disdain for Gina Whitman last night had given her at least some insight into his early animosity towards her though. Now she glanced at her phone and saw that it was after six in the morning. Peter hadn’t been kidding about going to work late today.

Crawling out of bed, she made her way to the bathroom and took a long shower. When she emerged from the bedroom forty-five minutes later, she found Peter at the bar eating oatmeal and drinking his one cup of coffee. It still amazed her that he kept the hours that he did on so little caffeine.

“Good morning. Got any coffee left?” she asked.

He turned on his barstool and gave her a small smile. “Morning. Made a full pot just for you,” he said nodding towards the counter where the coffee pot sat.

“There’s oatmeal too if you want it.”

Carrie made a face. “No thanks. I’ll just get something at work.” After filling her mug, she sat on the barstool next to him.

“Did you still want to go over everything from R I P?” she asked.

“I’ve been up for two hours. I already did. I just don’t know what we’re missing.”

“Hey, that’s not fair. We were going to do that together,” she said with a pout.

“I can’t help it you slept so late,” he said. If he hadn’t winked, Carrie might have smacked him.

“Fine. I’ll take everything to work with me. I have to leave the building and do some interviews today, is that going to be a problem?”

The urge to protest was evident on Peter’s face. His overprotective streak was almost cute sometimes. After she watched him wrestle with her question for a moment, he finally said, “Give me your phone.”

Hesitantly, she handed him the device and watched as he navigated to the app store. “I’m putting a friend finder app on here that I can track. You get into trouble you text me immediately. Even if you think you might be in trouble.” He slid the phone across the counter to her with a stern expression and she tried and failed to stifle a giggle.

“I don’t see anything funny about this, young lady.” That sent her into a full-blown laugh.

“I’m sorry. You’re just so serious. I get that you’re being protective, but you’re just so damn uptight. You really need to lighten up a little.”

For a minute, she thought he was going to lecture her about her safety, but the tension passed, and he went back to his oatmeal.

Carrie wanted to broach the subject of their almost sex adventure yesterday but wasn’t sure how, so she just drank her coffee and read the news on her phone until Peter announced that it was time to leave.

A half hour after he dropped her off, she was in a cab on her way to the Cabaret.

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