Bex Wynter Box Set 2 by Elleby Harper

Author:Elleby Harper [Harper, Elleby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Perry Grais Standing law firm, Thursday, April 5

Idris hadn’t visited Isla’s new office since she had moved companies and become partner in Lillian Perry’s and Clementine Grais’s legal firm. The branding was still shiny new as he entered the lush reception foyer: Perry Grais Standing.

He caught the receptionist stepping out from behind the glossy teak desk shaped like a hollow cube, her handbag slung over her arm. She flashed him a long, cool stare.

“Office hours are over for the day,” she informed him, her lacquered nails tapping irritably against her purse. “Did you have an appointment?”

The supercilious tone of her voice made it clear she was fully aware he wasn’t expected.

“No. But I’d appreciate it if you could call Is—I mean, Ms. Standing to see if she can spare me a few minutes?”

Huffing an irritated sigh, she slung her huge bag behind the desk and consulted a computer tablet. “Ms. Standing’s time is fully booked until the end of the month. Can I schedule an appointment—”

“Could you please just let her know Idris Carson is here? I’m willing to wait until she has a free moment.” He forced the words past his dry throat. Already his heart was pounding and his palms sweating at the thought of seeing her.

He was breaking a promise he had made to himself as much as Bex that he wouldn’t seek Isla out, that he would do his best to avoid Quinn’s wife until whatever feelings he had for her died of natural causes. He had done his best. He had spent five weeks on an African safari as far away from her as he could be. He pretended to be interested in a lovely South African woman who stirred not one iota of passion in him.

He could have sought out another lawyer to provide him with legal advice. Yet he had gravitated here and he couldn’t make himself leave without seeing her. He waited with desperate impatience as the receptionist talked quietly on the phone. She couldn’t quite hide her shocked disapproval as she said, “Ms. Standing says if you can wait a few moments, she’ll see you.”

“That’s fine by me.” Idris sank into one of the deep-seated sofas.

He watched people drifting out of offices, heading for the elevator to leave the building. The receptionist nodded politely to him as she joined the exodus. After another twenty minutes, Idris’s eagle eye caught a paunched man in an expensive Italian silk suit and handmade loafers come down the thickly carpeted corridor, accompanied by Isla. A pang of jealousy swept over him at the sight of her solicitous hand on his arm. She didn’t so much as glance in Idris’s direction until the elevator doors closed on her client.

He wasn’t sure she had even seen him until she threw her head back and cracked a wicked smile his way.

“Thank God that was my last client for the day! Now, come into my office before I get stuck into the paperwork that I need to straighten out before I leave,” she said.

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