The Girl Who Doesn't Quit by Victoria Quinn

Author:Victoria Quinn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hartwick Publishing

13

Daisy

Mom sat with me at the table on the patio, my dad and brothers far on the other side grilling up lunch, while Emerson and Sicily were watching the boys. “So…were there any fireworks?”

I snaked my hand into the chips and got a huge scoop of guac before I shoved it into my mouth. “Still got eyes in the back of your head, huh?”

“Yep. They grew in once I became a mom.”

I dipped another chip and popped that into my mouth. “Did you tell Dad?”

“God, no,” she said with a chuckle. “He doesn’t want to know anything about anything ever.”

“Really? Wasn’t clear when he became Lady Whistledown.”

Mom chuckled as she grabbed a chip. “His work is done, so he can move on now. So, how was it?”

“Pretty good.”

“That’s all you’re going to give me?”

“You want a blow-by-blow or what?” I asked incredulously.

“That’s what you normally do. Being private about this one…”

“Because Dad works with him, he’s my boss, it’s just weird.”

“I don’t think it’s weird at all. Your dad was my boss, but that didn’t stop me from—”

“Whoa, let me stop you right there.” I held up my hand. “I love that you guys are all in love and shit all the time, but let’s skip the details.”

“Fair enough. So, on a scale from one to ten.”

“You aren’t going to leave me alone, are you?”

“Nope.” She dunked her chip into the guac before she took a bite.

“Alright…pretty high.”

“Like a ten?”

“I never give anyone a ten. Out of principle. But it’s up there.”

“Ooh. Going to go out with him, then?”

“Not sure.”

“What are you uncertain about?” Mom was in cutoff shorts and a black tank top, her long hair back in a ponytail, looking like Emerson and Sicily with her aviator sunglasses on the bridge of her nose, rocking heels with those toned legs. “He’s hot, smart, successful, your father likes him…and he’s a good kisser.”

“He’s my boss. That’s so not a good idea. And then he’s close with Dad, which is an even worse idea.”

“Why?”

“Because what happens when we break up? Super awkward.”

“I’m sure you guys can be professional. And maybe you won’t break up.”

I rolled my eyes. “I’m not holding my breath on that.”

She studied me through her sunglasses as she broke a chip apart and dunked it into the guacamole. “Does this have anything to do with Mason?”

“Psh. I’m so over that clown.”

“But he hurt you pretty bad.”

I shrugged in agreement.

“Maybe that’s why you don’t even want to try? Because you actually like Atlas, which means he can hurt you.”

I continued to take the chips and dip them into the guac, eating them with my head down. “I don’t know. It took a while for me to really get over what happened with Mason, and now that I’m finally free of that…I don’t want to put myself through the wringer again.”

“Understandable.”

“And I’ve got even more to lose with Atlas because of how connected he is. I actually like him as the director of my clinic. Don’t want to risk that.

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