To Do List by Lauren Dane

Author:Lauren Dane
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Contemporary
ISBN: 9781599988764
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2007-12-10T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Belle had let anger fuel her all the way until she reached her office door. It was a Saturday, two days before Christmas and during Hanukah and still there were plenty of attorneys working. Mainly the younger ones but doors to the big offices were closed with the lights on so senior partners were there as well.

She stood in her doorway and stared into the space she’d scraped and fought and given up her life for. That small space with the pretty desk and the neatly organized files and utterly clean surface.

The papers David said absolutely had to be signed sat in her inbox. They were, as she thought, something that could have easily waited until her return. She made quick work of them and took them to his secretary’s desk, leaving them there and heading to get out as soon as she could. If she took a look at anything else in her inbox she’d end up working and her family deserved her presence and her attention.

“Annabelle, there you are! Say, can you come in for a few minutes and talk with me on this case?” David leaned against his doorjamb.

“No. I thought you were going on vacation.” How could she ever have looked up to this man? He knew she didn’t need to sign those papers, knew she was with her family and he did it just to yank her chain.

“We leave tomorrow. And what do you mean, no?”

“I’m on vacation. My family is expecting me for dinner. I left rather abruptly and I need to get back. I’ll speak with you in January when you return.” She moved past him toward the elevators and he followed.

“Annabelle, you can’t just walk away! This is important.” She hit the down button and waited. “I’m not just walking away. I’m on vacation. I came back to sign those papers and now I’m going back to what I was doing.” Belle wanted to smack him but he was, in essence, one of her bosses.

www.samhainpublishing.com

53

Lauren Dane

When the elevator came he narrowed his eyes at her, daring her to get on and suddenly, anger that he was just playing power games bloomed within her. She wasn’t a freaking thing, she was a person, a damned good attorney.

“Good afternoon, David.” She looked unconcerned while the doors closed on his shocked face and then leaned against the wall as she headed to the garage below.

Rafe had left by the time she got back. His whole family had gathered and she knew he would want to be with them. Or so she told herself to not feel so bad he hadn’t waited for her.

Instead she tentatively mended fences with Chelsea and ended up staying until nearly midnight, playing cards with Scott and watching old movies. In truth, she allowed herself the feeling of being safe as they lay on the big couch eating popcorn with no light but the jewel tones on the tree.

Scott didn’t press her about her job. Didn’t harass her about how she looked and didn’t try and guilt her over leaving to deal with work.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.