BOSS: Hard Deal by Jolie Day

Author:Jolie Day [Day, Jolie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Before the month was over, Brooke had become one of Alenna’s best rookie dealers. Her hands were as swift as her wit and she’d become much more confident in the way that she dealt with unruly patrons. It came to be that they respected her standing up for herself and many of her co-workers—Tessa, included—were impressed by how she defended herself and stood up to some of the more troublesome customers. Rarely did Brooke have to call for one of the security guards or managers to come deal with something for her.

Besides that, she was having a lot more fun with her patrons, and she found that they were actually pretty nice people. She loved hearing their stories and laughing with them as she shuffled and dealt out their hands. She heard about their families and relationships and businesses and comforted those that lost big hands by informing them that everybody’s luck had to change at some point and to just stick in there. She didn’t make them feel ridiculous for going until they had nothing left and they appreciated her for that.

During her breaks, she and Tessa would hang out in the break room, talking about everything and nothing. Tessa informed Brooke that she had just started seeing a guy, who was too sweet to be real. She asked Brooke for advice and they jokingly planned a double wedding, complete with flower arrangements and matching wedding gowns.

Sometimes, after work, Brooke would invite Tessa over to Anthony’s apartment (but only on nights when he would be staying much later than she) and they would watch movies in his private theater, drinking wine and eating whatever they could get their hands on, until they fell asleep in front of the large screen. By the time they woke up, Anthony would be there and Tessa would be shepherded to her own room to sleep off her buzz while her friends got a little more acquainted with one another.

Brooke enjoyed her time with Anthony more than anything. They had only become closer since that time in his office (the last time in his office, he’d said, since he had to keep up some semblance of professionalism) and he often treated her to dinner out on the town. Half of his closet had been taken over by the clothes he purchased for her at Ella’s (mostly lingerie and cocktail dresses that had him practically drooling and his fingers itching to tear away at her) and he always kept her favorite food on hand for lazy afternoons when they would drift off on the couch, curled up in one another’s arms.

Most nights, after work, Anthony waited outside for Brooke and followed her back into Manhattan, where she dropped the car off and said goodbye to her father. Mr. Abernathy was often suspicious of where she’d be going in the middle of the night—either with ‘Tessa’ or this man that she was dating that he hadn’t even met yet. He’d always been overprotective, though, so Brooke knew exactly how to assuage his worries.

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