Unlawful Attraction: The Complete Box Set: Alpha Billionaire Romance by Parker M. S

Author:Parker, M. S. [Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-01-17T08:00:00+00:00

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I was going to kick his pathetic ass.

And probably hers too.

Staring at Bethany for a long moment, I forced myself to take a deep breath. Then a few more for good measure. Pierce wouldn’t look at me, and it was clear why. Son of a bitch couldn’t stand the idea of facing me while Bethany laid this trumped up shit down at my feet.

After a few more seconds, my pulse slowed to a near-normal pace, and I looked over at him for a few moments. His eyes flicked in my direction, but he never once actually looked away from the surface of Bethany’s desk.

Fine. He could be a coward.

I wasn’t one, though. I wasn't confrontational by nature, but I also wasn't going to be a doormat. Especially not for something like this.

Piling on scut work was one thing. I might not like an unfair playing field, but the whole missing police report, and now this...Bethany hadn't just crossed the line. She'd obliterated it.

“Would you care to repeat that?” I asked calmly.

“Which part?” Bethany gave me a close-lipped smile.

“All of it. I want to make sure I understood you correctly.”

She gave me a suffering sort of sigh. “We both know you understood it all well enough, Dena. Look, you're very lucky that Pierce came to me instead of filing an official complaint–”

“Not really,” I interrupted.

She tensed. “Excuse me?”

“You heard me. If he’d filed an official complaint, then I’d be able to file an official response. There’s a process that allows everyone to have an official say. You’re not giving me any sort of process.”

Her eyes narrowed, and I watched as her shoulders stiffened minutely under the pale lavender of her silk blouse. “Dena, you need to be careful here. I’m trying to be lenient. But if you persist in this unprofessional behavior of yours, then you just may well find yourself gone before you get your first real case.”

“Unprofessional.” I echoed her word choice, hardly able to believe the balls she had, after all she'd done, referring to me as unprofessional. “My behavior is unprofessional because I would like to be part of a process that allows for a response to false allegations? And yet your behavior...” I looked from her to Pierce and cocked an eyebrow. “The behavior between you and the subordinate – one who's been given a better office, as well as second chair on a headline case – who's now making a false allegation, isn't unprofessional?”

“Just what are you implying?” Her skin flushed.

“I'm not implying anything, just being tactful.” I'd officially reached my limit. I took a step forward. “Go ahead and terminate my employment, Bethany. See where that gets you. Because I do know where to file official complaints. And I won't be as tactful then.”

There was a weird, almost choking noise that came from Pierce, but when Bethany and I both glanced at him, his face was bland. He stared straight ahead, looking at neither of us.

After another tense moment, Bethany said, “I hardly think

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