Tease Me Tonight by Jules Court

Author:Jules Court
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-08-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Will didn’t lose his temper often. In fact, he couldn’t remember the last time he’d been angry. He’d been annoyed when his siblings treated him like he was twelve, miffed when the Pats got in trouble for deflating game balls, irritated when he was on the same overnight shift with Tony because Tony snored, but angry? Maybe when he’d gotten suspended for cheating back in eleventh grade because Eddie Flaherty had been copying off his paper during their math final.

He gripped the steering wheel with too much force and fought to keep his speed down as he drove 95 back to his apartment after being run out by Elizabeth like her husband had just come home. He was fucking pissed off.

And who was the young girl who’d interrupted them? She looked like a teenager, but he was crap at guessing ages. She could have been sixteen to twenty. Too old to be Elizabeth’s daughter. Although, now that he thought about it, Elizabeth hadn’t told him her age. She’d danced around it. Maybe she was older than he thought. What did he even know about her anyway? Maybe she was married and the girl was her stepdaughter. She certainly didn’t want him talking to her.

He slapped the side of his head in frustration at his stupidity. She was Priya’s friend and Priya had tried to set her up with Danny last year. So, unless she’d had a whirlwind romance and elopement, she was single.

He still deserved some fucking answers, though. He could just call Priya and ask, but he stubbornly wanted them to come from Elizabeth herself. She owed him that much for jerking him around.

* * *

Will was still mad when he woke up the next morning and dragged himself to work. When Brian stopped by the firehouse, Will was outside washing the truck. The sky was celestial blue, it was warm enough that the tourists walking the Freedom Trail who stopped to snap pictures of the old brick Engine 8 Firehouse were in short sleeves, and the Red Sox were currently stomping the Yankees over at Fenway. None of that had done anything to improve his mood. This kind of anger was so unlike everything he knew about himself. It was frightening. And the worst part was he didn’t know who he was so angry at: Elizabeth for tossing him out, or himself for believing she would just fall at his feet.

“Dude, leave some paint on it,” Brian said.

Will didn’t pause in his scrubbing, merely extended one arm with his middle finger out.

“I can see why you’re Mom’s favorite,” Brian said.

“You want something or are you just here to bust my balls?”

“Big brother’s prerogative,” Brian said with a laugh. “Seriously, though, are you okay?”

“Why can’t I be in a bad mood for a change?” He tossed the sponge. “Everything is not always awesome.” A part of him cringed because he was acting like a big baby and because he was quoting a kids’ movie. If anyone asked, though, he’d only watched that movie with his niece because she liked it.

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