Take Me: BBW Virgin Bad Boy Romance by Lulu Pratt

Author:Lulu Pratt [Pratt, Lulu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lulu Pratt
Published: 2018-10-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 19

FINN

I FOUND THAT I loved spending time with Poppy.

The way she moved through the world was nothing short of wondrous – she was so open, so interested, so earnest. What you saw was what you got. In an industry where duplicity was par for the course, Poppy’s honesty and kindness was bracing.

As we marauded around the island, ending up at private gardens, little cafes and even a tarot-reading studio, laughing and joking the whole way through, I realized that I hadn’t had this level of intimacy with someone in a long, long time. At least, not since I was a boy – prior to my mom abandoning me. Those memories were so old as to be nearly obsolete, but still, I clung to them stubbornly, like a fly who doesn’t know it’s in a web, clinging to the sticky entanglements to keep from falling – even if it means nothing but a delayed end.

We were stopping at a fruit stand on the road for a snack when my phone rang. I pulled it from the pocket of my shorts, and seeing that it was Janice, answered immediately.

“Hello hello,” I said into the receiver. “What’s doing?”

Poppy munched on some watermelon, her crunch audible as Janice replied, “Listen, kid, I’m happy you’re happy with this Poppy person–”

“What?” How did she know who Poppy was, or that I was ‘happy’ with her?

She ignored this. “But you can’t keep pissing off Chrissy. I know she deserves it, she’s a Grade A asshole, but she’s out for blood. She phoned Regency this morning and said that if you weren’t fired, she’d walk.”

I nearly dropped the coconut water in my palm. “She said what?”

“You heard me,” Janice replied, obviously irritated. “Lucky for your little Irish ass, Regency talked her down. We all know she’s evil, Finn, and everyone on this end is sure that whatever you did to provoke her was deserved. But she’s still the big kahuna. Whether you’re right or not, if you push her too far and she’s serious about these threats, you’ll be effectively cutting your ties with Regency.”

Poppy, seeing the petrified expression on my face, mouthed, “What’s wrong?”

I couldn’t respond. I was too busy processing this horrifying information. Chrissy had always been a bitch, but this? This was a whole new level. It must’ve been Poppy that set her off, I realized. She’d been mad when I rejected her advances before, but I guess it’d been palatable because at least I didn’t look interested in anyone else. Oh Christ, what had I done? I’d put myself, and more importantly, Poppy, in Chrissy’s line of fire.

“All right, Janice,” I replied finally. “I’ll do as you say, but I won’t be happy about it.”

She sighed. “I know. And I’m sorry that this is the way things are.”

We said our goodbyes, and I hung up.

Poppy had finished her fruit skewer, and was looking at me with concern. “Finn,” she said. “What was that about? It sounded serious.”

I opened my mouth, about to tell Poppy the truth, when I hesitated.

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