The Dark Paradise Trilogy Box Set by Heather C. Myers

Author:Heather C. Myers [Myers, Heather C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-08-26T23:00:00+00:00

18

“Miss Shepherd,” Pierce said in his perpetual murmur, offering her a smile that did not quite reach his eyes. Andie forced her lips to turn up and narrowed her eyes at him as they shook hands. His hand was smooth and cool, not rough and sturdy like Jack’s. He didn’t seem like he had any clue she had overheard a pretty damning phone conversation, but it also seemed as though he didn’t take her very seriously in the first place. After all, he made it a point to remind her that people – including himself – believed that she only got this internship because of her prior history with Jack Phillip.

Prior history.

What did that even mean?

He had been her boss. Then he became her friend. Somehow, he became this person she grew to trust more than she trusted … well, anyone.

And it scared the shit out of her.

They had kissed, but that was it. They never got the chance to test the waters of their relationship. They never got to be anything except two people who loved each other, without the ability to express that love.

Because of Andie’s choice to walk away.

That was their prior history. It was more complicated than a college textbook, inexplicable unless someone took the time to find the perfect words to do so.

Now, they were friends again, who still loved each other from afar, except … Except, now that she lived with him again—for her own protection, she reminded herself—they were closer. Tonight, even, they had plans to get him another suit and discuss potential surprise party scenarios for Miranda’s upcoming birthday. She still wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. Still wasn’t sure if this was leading him on, if it was leading herself on. She didn’t like thinking about it because she didn’t like how muddled the situation was. She didn’t like to admit that she would rather have this heartbreaking, complicated relationship with him than to not have one at all.

You’re pathetic, Shepherd.

“Yes, hi,” Andie said, smiling bigger than she had to. “Mr. Pierce, right?” She waited for him to correct her and insist that she call him by his first name, but instead, he continued to stare at her, waiting. For what, she didn’t know. “It’s nice to meet you. Again.”

“I’m glad you don’t employ your former boss’s behavior and show up to your job two hours late,” Pierce drawled.

“Just because I worked for the guy doesn’t mean we’re the same,” Andie said with more attitude than she initially meant. She didn’t like the assumption that Jack’s bad habits had rubbed off on her, among other things.

“Miss Shepherd, before we proceed with the tour of Eagle Corp. and the introduction of you to your direct supervisor, there is something I feel I am compelled to reiterate,” he said. His hands were behind his back, squaring his shoulders and making them look taller than he really was. “I am not an emotional man. I see emotions as useless, a weakness. When Eagle Corp.

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