The Moon Also Rises (Sun, Moon & Stars Book 2) by Frances M. Thompson

Author:Frances M. Thompson [Thompson, Frances M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bird Box
Published: 2022-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Jake

Elliot Marcham is very close to getting on my last nerve. And it has nothing to do with his chiselled good looks or his striking dark hair and ice-blue eyes combo. Fine, it has a bit to do with that. But there’s more to it than just that. First, he interrupted Rami and I at a critical moment – namely when I was searching for a suitably flirty rejoinder to what seemed to be a thinly veiled proposition of us doing sex stuff again – and secondly, he has decided my name is Jack despite Rami introducing me and using my name many times in a way I strongly suspect were attempts to correct him.

Finally, the salt in my wound is the way he is flirting with Rami as he gives us a tour of the building. He’s complimented Rami’s eyes no fewer than three times. He’s casually asked if Rami and his ‘significant other’ have sampled many of Status’ hotels and he commented on Rami’s explanation that there was no significant other with an almost villain-esque “Hmm, interesting.” And now, as we near completion of the tour and circle back to the lobby to meet Wayne Bell and his fiancée Alison Wentworth, he’s telling Rami all about how his ex-boyfriend loved the company discount and how he’s practically convinced this ex-boyfriend was more upset about losing that than losing a boyfriend.

“So, you’re gay and single, are you?” I say glibly as we approach the same leather couch Rami and I had our rudely interrupted moment on.

It’s not that I’m jealous of Elliot or feeling possessive of Rami. I have no right to be either of those things. I just find it a little unprofessional to flirt with a colleague – a senior colleague – in such a blatant way. Once I’ve stated this case in my mind, I have to do considerable mental gymnastics to ignore the fact that Rami and I are colleagues and we have actually done more than just flirting.

“Takes one to know one, I see,” Elliot says with a fake smile I would almost be jealous of if it didn’t also come with a dagger-like stare that has me shrinking into the leather as I take a seat. Much to my further dismay, neither Rami nor Elliot sit and so that leaves them standing opposite each other talking about how the next hour’s meeting will go, and I’m completely excluded looking like a child sitting at the kids’ table.

I’m about to stand again when both front doors burst open and a wave of noise from outside rushes in. We all turn and look to see an impossibly tall, slim and well-put-together couple march through the entrance as the clicks of cameras and shouts of names fill the lobby. On their heels is a short man wearing a very tight-fitting suit and boasting far too much gel in his hair.

As they approach us, I stand and decide to stop sulking for the sake of this

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