Under His Command: Decadence LA, Book 2 by Maddie Taylor

Author:Maddie Taylor [Taylor, Maddie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: age gap, friends-to-lovers romance, alpha hero, military romance, romantic suspense
Publisher: Breathless Romance
Published: 2023-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Monday morning dawned gray and dreary, like her mood. A wreck all weekend long, not eating, barely sleeping, and consumed with worrying over facing Flynn when she returned to work, Cassie practiced what she would say.

“I’m sorry for running out without an explanation, but the sudden unmasking took me by surprise. When you didn’t recognize me, I should have told you who I was, but I didn’t want anyone at work to learn about my visit. I’d heard about the club and was curious but decided not to stay and play. Regardless, I hope we can be professionals and put this incident behind us and go on as we were before.”

In her mind, he was a gentleman and agreed to her request. She refused to think about what she’d do if he didn’t, so she never came up with a Plan B.

On pins and needles, Cassie drove to work, and for the first time welcomed a slowdown on I-5 and almost cheered over the stalled car on the Coronado Bridge, which reduced commuter traffic to one lane. Both caused her to arrive with only minutes to spare before her new training class began at nine o’clock.

Parking in her usual spot, she scanned the lot for a familiar black F-150. When she didn’t see it, assuming he’d parked elsewhere and taken one of the five Jeeps lined up in the reserved spaces, she grabbed her stuff and hurried inside.

She had steeled herself for this first face-to-face with Flynn and felt oddly disappointed to find Lieutenant Eckersley, one of the other instructors there to monitor the men instead. His absence only delayed the inevitable and strained her already harried nerves. With a million questions swirling in her brain about the last-minute change, she managed not to ask anyone about it and got right to work.

The day went smoothly, this group of trainees catching on quickly. They broke for lunch at noon and finished at 4:30. She welcomed the routine but stayed on edge, watching the door anxiously. With each passing hour, when Flynn didn’t make an appearance, the knot in the pit of her stomach twisted tighter.

Apparently, she’d worried for nothing. When she shut down the systems at the end of the long day, she hadn’t received a single call or text. Was he too angry, or did he simply not care enough to bother?

Blowing out a shaky breath, she grabbed her purse and turned off the lights. As she left the building, she dug around for her phone. It took a few moments of futile searching in the extra bag she’d switched to that morning before she remembered. It was two hours north at the club with her wallet.

When she’d gotten home late on Saturday—or rather early on Sunday—her humiliation wasn’t over. Without keys, she’d had to wake the resident manager to let her in. She’d endured speculative sidelong looks, most aimed at her minuscule skirt and stand-up stockings. Convinced he now thought she was a hooker, she held it together while he fumbled with the lock.

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