Torched: A Rough Firefighter Romance by Piper Stone

Author:Piper Stone [Stone, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2019-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Genevieve

Fuck this bullshit.

The tension in the room I could have cut with a knife. Then again, I might have used the sharp blade on the mayor instead. He always found a way to intrude, his timing impeccable. I folded my arms once again, moving around my desk. I needed a barrier between him and me. I couldn’t get over the feeling that I owed him for something, maybe for the job. I wasn’t the kind of girl who allowed strings to stay attached. I should have listened to my gut regarding taking the position in the first place.

Then I wouldn’t have met Blaise. The cowboy. The fireman.

My daddy always said things happened for a reason. Maybe I was required to go through my share of discomfort in order to find happiness. I almost snickered at the thought. And pigs fly in winter. I wasn’t allowed to be happy, not like everyone else. But Blaise was worth fighting for. I just had no idea in what capacity.

“Mayor Zane, I really do need to get back to the crime scene. I also have other cases to work on.” Which you continually keep me from doing. “What do you want to talk about?”

His smile died, replaced with a condescending look as he crept closer, leaning over my desk. “Little girl, I own you. You work for me.”

“Fuck you!” I spit back. “And I’m not your little girl.” The words seemed to echo. He gave me a giant sneer, as if I was an ungrateful bitch. Yeah, I was pressing my luck but right now, I didn’t care. This city, this man right now was oppressive, and I was about to lose my cool.

“Hear me and I’m not going to say this again. You work on whatever case I tell you to and if I choose one as a priority, you jump to it. You jump anytime I call. That’s the way it works. This case is now personal, and no bastard is going to defy the good work I’m doing here. Do you understand clearly, Investigator Gregory?”

To say I was riled was the understatement of the year. He was lucky I didn’t punch him in the nose. Or the nuts. Ah, but I wanted to. I heard what he was saying, and I was no fool. I’d seen the mayor’s list of friends and Nickolas Fabios was near the top. I’d heard all the stories about how the man had funded the mayor’s campaign almost solely. There were even rumors that Nick had been courting the man for years, finally convincing Joseph to bring his brand of leadership to North Carolina. I’d also heard more than my share of reasons why Nick might have been murdered. Nick wasn’t well liked or respected. There were supposed ties to mafia stemming all the way from New Jersey, but that was none of my business. I wasn’t a cop, but I did care about hunting down the arsonist. I had a feeling he or she had a hand in the recent fires.

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