Tall, Dark and Irresistible by Erika Wilde

Author:Erika Wilde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Erika Wilde
Published: 2018-11-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Hey, nice of you to show up at work.”

At the snarky comment, Leo glanced up from the contract he had open on his computer screen for a new client Prestige Car Services had acquired, watching as Eric strolled casually into his office. It was Wednesday morning, and the first day Leo had come into the office since agreeing to stand in as Peyton’s boyfriend the previous Saturday, as well as her mother insisting he stay in the guesthouse for the week. Which also meant her parents were more aware of his comings and goings.

This morning at breakfast he’d brought up his “client meeting,” and Tawny had waved her hand at Leo and told him that she and Peyton would go shopping at the mall and spend some girl time together. Peyton had assured him that she’d be fine and that she’d see him later that afternoon.

“I’ve been in touch every day and working on my laptop, so don’t give me any shit,” he said to his best friend. Nothing had slipped through the cracks business-wise during his time with Peyton, so he wasn’t about to let Eric bust his chops.

“That’s the fun part about me being your partner. Having the right to give you as much shit as I want.” Eric grinned and dropped into the chair in front of Leo’s desk. “How’s the whole temporary boyfriend gig going, anyway?”

“It’s fine,” he said, deliberately keeping his reply vague. He wasn’t about to kiss and tell with Eric and give his friend any ammunition to ridicule him later, once this whole fake relationship was over and Peyton was gone again.

Leo couldn’t say that he’d hated shacking up with Peyton, and even pretending to be her loyal, affectionate boyfriend in front of her mother and father hadn’t been a hardship. Truth be told . . . he liked her parents and found them easy to be around and talk to. They’d accepted him so completely and he couldn’t deny that he was dealing with a level of guilt over deceiving her mother and father, even if Peyton did plan on orchestrating a fake breakup a few weeks after she returned to New York.

She hadn’t even left yet, and a part of him was already dreading Sunday and saying goodbye to her. He hadn’t expected to feel so comfortable around Peyton so quickly, and it honestly seemed as though they’d been dating for the past nine months, instead of just a handful of days.

They just clicked and had more in common than he ever would have thought. They had the same interests in movies, and they both were fans of The Big Bang Theory, which they’d spent the evenings watching and laughing their asses off before Peyton got frisky and shifted his attention to more pleasurable pursuits—which was quickly depleting their stock of condoms. He’d even discovered that they both had a competitive streak when they’d played a game of cards with her parents the night before.

They’d filled the past three days

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