Blast From The Past (The Boston Five Series #2) by Poppy J. Anderson

Author:Poppy J. Anderson [Anderson, Poppy J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Action & Adventure, Emotional, Humor & Romantic Comedy, Boston MA, Fitzpatrick Family, Five Fitzpatrick Siblings, The Boston Five, Boston Police Dept, Law Enforcement, Detective, Irish Heritage, Repercussions, Past Interaction, Misconception, Police Procedurals, That Special Woman, Second Chances, Romeo or Playboy, Catholic Religion
Publisher: Poppy J. Anderson
Published: 2015-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

***

Luckily, Thorne was on her lunch break when the phone rang again.

Her boss had lost an important case yesterday and was currently busy preparing an appeal. This meant his mood was abysmally grumpy, and he’d already taken it out on several of his employees. Thorne expected to be the next in line. Normally her boss was very affable, generous, and a really nice guy, but when he was under pressure, he lost his temper.

So she didn’t want to antagonize him by taking private calls during work hours. Her lunch break was definitely better suited to that. She’d just received a call from a police officer who wanted to talk about her brother’s case, so she was expecting yet another one of those unpleasant conversations.

With an irritated groan, she put her sandwich aside again and fished her cell out of her purse, surprised to see Shane’s name on the screen. She told herself it was no wonder he was calling, after the meeting yesterday had gone so well, and she was glad it wasn’t the annoying police department again with yet another attempt to bulldoze over her resolve not to discuss Aidan with anyone. And yet … she didn’t know if she preferred this conversation over the presumptuous cops.

“Hello?”

“Hello, Thorne.” He sounded cheerful. “Is this a bad time?”

“No, it’s fine,” she replied curtly.

He didn’t seem to notice the slight irritation in her voice. “I wanted to thank you for your help yesterday,” he went on good-humoredly. “Without you I wouldn’t have known how to even talk to Brady.”

Thorne felt a bitter taste in her mouth as she leaned back and stared at the blank computer screen on her desk. “You would have managed just fine without me.”

“I don’t think so.” His voice resounded earnestly in her ear. “If you hadn’t been so accommodating—”

“What? How did you think I was going to act?” she cut him off brusquely.

For a moment the line was silent, and then Shane asked gloomily, “Did something happen?”

“No, nothing happened.”

“But why are you suddenly so … so …”

Thorne was yet again grateful she had her own office as she hissed, “This angry?”

“Yes,” he said truthfully. “Yesterday everything was okay, wasn’t it?”

“Yesterday Brady was with us, Shane.”

There was a sigh on the other end. “Can you please speak plainly with me?”

She was annoyed by his arrogance. Did he really think everything was forgotten and forgiven, just because they’d eaten pizza together without her going for his throat? “Just because we hung out yesterday doesn’t mean everything’s fine, Shane. I haven’t forgotten what you did to me seven years ago.”

“Then why on earth were you so accommodating and relaxed yesterday?”

“I agreed to that meeting only because Brady wanted it. I wanted to make it as easy and nice for him as possible. What, am I supposed to let him see how angry I still am with you? No, I want him to get to know you without interference from how we feel about each other.”

“Do you really think that’s going to work?”

Thorne felt her hackles rise.

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