Web Of Lies: A Lie Anthology Brought To You By Knox Publishing by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2020-01-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

Pecking away at lightning speed, Audrey focused on her next piece. She smiled when her own words tickled her and frowned when they pissed her off. However, the main thing that made her want to scream was the well-dressed man tapping the tip of his pen on the corner of her desk. Each click sent her fingers curling tighter into her palms, trying to stave off the urge to punch him in his healthy, moisturized face. If there were a sound effect to go along with her exasperated eye rolling, she was sure it would sound like Plinko chips, falling aimlessly down the game board.

“Can you stop that?” she pulled her fingers away from the keyboard, cracking her knuckles.

“Stop what?” Ian continued with his juvenile annoyance with a smile on his face. A freaking smile.

“Annoying me.”

“I could be breathing and it would annoy you,” he laughed.

“Then I wouldn’t be upset if you kind of just stopped that too.” She flashed a sardonic grin his way.

“What makes you hate me so much? Is it the whole gay thing?”

Audrey darted to her feet, her chair rolling back with enough force to slam into the wall behind her. “Don’t you ever ask me something like that.” She practically shouted, her anger clearly out of check.

“Well?”

“This has nothing to do with who you are and just so you know, my brother happens to be gay. I have the utmost respect for anyone who chooses to be themselves.”

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked such an idiotic question. Just feels like you have something against me, that’s all.” Ian stood, backing away from the desk. Probably a good idea considering she felt like dropkicking him in the junk.

“I don’t hate you. I hate the idea my boss thinks I can’t handle this on my own.” She motioned with her hands to her office space. Unfortunately, her temper waned for just a split second— long enough to let real emotions slip. Damn it.

“Okay, at least the truth is out.” A gentle expression passed over Ian’s face, but was soon replaced with something else. Was he . . . checking her out? No way, not possible.

“Okay. Let’s forget this outburst and be professional.” She smoothed her palms down the front of her skirt, then sat down once more.

“Would you want to go grab lunch?” he asked.

“I’m meeting my brother for lunch.” She thought for a second, then an idea hit her. “Why don’t you join us? He would love to meet you.”

“Sure, that sounds great.” He agreed.

Little did Ian know, she had an ulterior motive behind the invite. Her brother had just gotten out of a long-term relationship, and Ian was just the man to take his mind off his own woes. If she played her cards right, her brother could distract Ian, leaving her to her own devices when it came to her job. Was it bad that she was mentally tapping her fingers together like a dastardly evil genius, who’d just learned the nuclear launch codes?

“Hope you don’t mind eating here, it is Taco Tuesday, after all.

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