The Handyman: A Dark Mafia Romance (Bratva Dark Allegiance Book 3) by Raven Scott

Author:Raven Scott [Scott, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-07T23:00:00+00:00

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Reece

She’s stupid hot. I was convinced— convinced!— that Riley was an angel as she essentially interviewed with Vanessa. Confident despite her nerves, Riley didn’t stutter or talk too much, and I could tell Vanessa liked her. It was pretty much a given that Vanessa would hire Riley; she’d had to fire someone for the spot to open up, but I wasn’t going to divulge that little tidbit of information.

But Riley was killing it.

Sitting by my desk, I held my cheek in my hand and tapped my temple absently. I couldn’t take my eyes off Riley; having curled her hair, her shoulders seemed more slender. She had decided to wear a peach colored turtleneck woolen dress, with three-quarter length sleeves and no stockings. Her nude heels were sexy but practical, and I knew when she’d flounced around in front of me that Vanessa would like her style.

Their conversation traveled around me, though, as I stuck in my own head. Gradually, my mind wandered from Riley’s gushing sexy appeal, and I crossed my knees as I slumped in my chair a little. My gaze trailed to a particularly long carpet fiber sticking out of the floor to lose focus, and I inhaled deeply through my nose.

On the phone, Vanessa had sounded hesitant, and I couldn’t help but wonder what the fuck was going on. I knew for a fact that Brandon wasn’t part of this request on Riley, but that was the only sure thing I had. From what I understood, no one else in her life was capable of holding such a serious grudge.

Now, I didn’t feel so bad about having Vanessa dig into Riley because I couldn’t exactly ask her. Hey, this is a dumb question, but does anyone hate you enough to kill you?

No. Not after all the shit, I’d said this morning. Not after last night.

My lips twisted in a sour frown as that dreaded question bubbled up from the deepest crevices of my brain. What if Riley left me, again? I didn’t blame her at all for her extremely valid reasons for contracting someone else at Black Cat. But we’re past that.

She and I were far beyond those walls, and I wasn’t going to let her get away without a fight. If she wanted to leave me over my job, I could understand. I didn’t take her as the kind of person to step out, but she had plenty of reasons to be uncertain that didn’t involve cheating. I would be okay with pretty much any reason but ‘I found someone else’.

Fuck that shit. I worked too damn hard to let anyone wriggle between us. I’ve invested far too much to stop now, and I didn’t want to just let her slip through my fingers. I’d never use this job as leverage against Riley, but the ugly truth was I used it for points.

And why was that bad, anyway? Riley and I wouldn’t even be working in the same building, let alone directly together. I’d commandeered a

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