Bring It On (The Exes #5) by Cheryl Douglas

Author:Cheryl Douglas [Douglas, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cheryl Douglas

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Becca was the first to greet me when I walked into Jasmine’s office with a dozen white roses in a crystal vase. Her face lit up when she saw the flowers. “Oh my God! Those are beautiful. Jas is going to love them.”

I looked past Becca to the closed door with Jasmine’s name plate. “Boss lady busy?”

“Yeah, she’s in a meeting.” She checked her watch. “She should be wrapping it up soon. Why don’t you leave the flowers here and we can go grab a coffee? It’s time for me to take a break anyhow.”

“Sounds like a plan.” I’d always gotten along well with Vi and Becca. Jasmine and I had spent a fair amount of time hanging out with her friends and my teammates, and I knew if I could count on anyone to tell me the unvarnished truth, it was Becca.

I left the flowers on Becca’s desk, and we took the elevator to the main floor café where we both ordered coffee and snagged a free table.

“So, you and Jasmine?” she asked, grinning as she peeled back the lid on her coffee.

“Me and Jasmine,” I confirmed, unable to wipe the smile off my face. Because in spite of the trials we faced, I was psyched about the fact there was a “me and Jasmine” to speak of.

“I’m so happy for you guys. Seriously. She needs a good guy after what that…” She bit her lip, shaking her head as she raised her hand. “No, you know what? I’m not going to talk about him. He’s out of her life now, thank God.”

“Except he’s not.” I leaned back, my gaze raking over all the professionals either on their phones or their tablets as they waited for their caffeine fix. I’d come in wearing sunglasses and a backward ball cap. Even though I’d lost the shades, I wasn’t too worried about detection in this crowd.

“I guess you’re not too happy about that, huh?” She winced. “Stupid question. I know I wouldn’t be happy if my man was working with his ex-fiancée.”

“Then you don’t think I’m being unreasonable?” No one knew Jasmine better than her best friends, so Becca’s insight was invaluable. “I don’t want to be that guy, you know, the one who’s a suspicious a-hole. But I don’t want to lose her again either.”

“Ah, that’s sweet.” She took a sip of her coffee. “You really missed her, huh?”

“You have no idea.” I brought my coffee to my lips. “I spent so much time trying to figure out what the hell I did wrong. In the end, I just had to give up and accept that she wanted nothing more to do with me.”

“It wasn’t easy for her to cut ties. You need to know that.” She seemed hesitant when she said, “I probably shouldn’t even be telling you this, but I suspect she has too much pride to admit it.”

“What?”

“The thought of you being with other women was more than she could handle. She was falling in love with you and she wanted—”

“Damn it, Bec, there were no other women.

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