Touching The Boss by Crowe Mallory

Author:Crowe, Mallory [Crowe, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Sprinter's Press
Published: 2015-09-10T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Michael looked up from his computer as Luke strode into his office. Ten thirty. This was downright early for his brother to be making an appearance. “Welcome back.”

Luke took a seat in the chair on the other side of Michael’s desk and rubbed his eyes. “I need a vacation.”

“You just had a three-day weekend,” reminded Michael.

“Working weekend,” clarified Luke. “You have no idea the lengths I go through to keep our clients happy.”

“I have an idea.” Michael narrowed his eyes as he looked Luke over. “You have lipstick on your shirt, by the way.”

Luke jumped to attention, maneuvered his neck to the side, and pulled out the shirt to get a better view. “Damn it. They’re all wearing that bright stuff these days. I think Cali might have some extra shirts for me. Do I have time to run home if I need to?”

“We don’t have anything together until later in the afternoon, but you’d have to check with Cali about the rest of your schedule. Speaking of, have you heard from our friend Ken?”

Luke licked his thumb and rubbed at the stain on his collar. “Not a peep. Should I have?”

Michael debated telling Luke that all his rubbing was just going to make the spot worse, but decided against it. If he couldn’t be bothered to put on a clean shirt, let him deal with the consequences. “Evelyn said we’d probably be contacted soon. Asked to attend a few events. Get to know people.”

“Good. That’s the whole point of all this, right? The sooner we find out who’s in charge, the sooner we can get out and maybe get our money back.”

Michael knew that Luke wasn’t concerned about the money, but he wanted to be done with the Thirteen Stars as soon as possible. “That’s the plan.”

Luke finally gave up on trying to clean his shirt via saliva. “Did you hear that Jace is still down there with Emma?”

Michael raised a brow. That was…interesting. “No. I knew he helped her home from the hospital.”

“And the son of a bitch never left. He’s sleeping in our family home right now.”

“It’s her home.”

“And she’s family. I don’t want this guy weaseling his way into her life. She’s young, she’s rich, she just went through a life-threatening experience.”

“Technically they slept together before Thirteen Stars tried to kill her.”

Luke groaned. “Please don’t remind me, okay? The guy is a stalker. He followed her from here to Georgia. That has to set off a few alarm bells.”

“Except his stalking her saved her life. So until she gives me reason to think otherwise, I trust her judgment.”

Luke considered Michael and tilted his head. “You’re being surprisingly calm about this whole thing.”

Michael kept his expression blank. Cali wouldn’t have told Luke about him and Lori, would she? “What do you want me to do, Luke? Take the next plane down to Georgia and evict Jace from a house I don’t even own?”

“No. That definitely falls into the camp of what I would do. But still… Something is off about you.

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