Wicked Heat by Nicola Marsh

Author:Nicola Marsh [Marsh, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Feel the Heat#1
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Brazen)
Published: 2013-08-22T10:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

After a particularly tough day at the office, Jett would head down to Bondi Beach with Reeve and grab a few beers or hit the surf. It had become a ritual, a way of celebrating after they scored a new client, and then became their usual Friday afternoon wind-down. Jett would look forward to it, when the two of them would don wetsuits, grab their boards, and surf the tensions of the week away.

And there had been tensions. Came with the advertising territory. Clients who approved layouts then changed their minds at the last minute. Clients who demanded their portfolio come first, ahead of the rest. Clients who blamed them when their product didn’t sell.

Yet somehow, despite the constant job stresses, working with Reeve had been fun. Their friendship made working alongside each other easy. Not that they never disagreed, but they always managed to shelve their differences by the end of the day and move on the next.

Business-wise, they’d created some serious magic, boosting the profile of hundreds of Aussie companies and products. It was the reason their agency became sought after in a glutted market, and how they’d built their profile so quickly.

Their first client, a lucrative Aussie food brand, had launched their name and soon businesses had been beating down their door. And not once in the ensuing years had Jett suspected his partner and best friend was screwing him over.

When Reeve’s duplicity had first come to light, he’d refused to believe it. But Jett had always been nothing if not a realist and once he’d accepted he’d lost almost everything, he set about rebuilding his business. He’d also surfed for a week straight, but all the waves in Bondi hadn’t cleared his head.

He hoped he’d have better luck today, as he waded into the ocean and eased onto his board. Catching a wave or two might soothe the yips. And he had the yips, big time. Since that run-in with Allegra at the bar a few hours ago, he’d been a mess.

Thankfully, he’d managed to hold it together for his meeting with Kai, who’d wanted to give him some updated info he’d given the other candidates, and had appeared professionally logical. But the moment he’d walked out of that meeting and headed to his room, Jett had lost it.

Stalking from one end to another like a caged feral beast, alternating between swearing and shaking his head, edgy and uptight and more than a little scared.

Hearing Allegra articulate what their relationship entailed—casual, fleeting, no strings—should’ve made him feel good. Guilt-free sex with a classy woman who didn’t seem to mind being at his beck and call. But hearing her say the words and seeing the yearning expression on her face had been a startling contrast that he was sure mirrored his own confusion.

Hearing her calmly state the obvious terms of their fling hadn’t sat well with him, not at all, and it had been bugging the shit out of him ever since.

He didn’t want a relationship. Was no good at them.

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