Built for Love by Goode Ella

Author:Goode, Ella [Goode, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

11

Abel

I’m on my way out of the van before I finish reading the text. Kiss is the only word I registered, and if she’s thinking about that but I’m not the one beside her, it’s an emergency.

“Where’re you going?” Mark yells after me.

“Inside.” Isn’t it obvious?

I throw open the double glass doors to the steakhouse, brush by the hostess, who calls, “Sir, sir, do you have a reservation, sir?” sidestep a waiter who is balancing a tray full of meat on his arm, and skid to a stop in front of Chad’s table. Only Pepper isn’t here. Instead, some redhead is in the chair opposite of him.

I turn on my heel and scan the room. If this woman is here, is Pepper kissing someone else? The last communication we heard was that she was heading to the bathroom.

“Underwood? That you?” Chad asks in surprise.

“Where’s Pepper?” I demand.

“Pepper?”

This fucker doesn’t even remember her name.

“The woman you brought to dinner.”

“Oh, his business partner,” the redhead pipes up. “She’s in the bathroom.”

A smug smile flits across Chad’s face. “So that’s why you bought my building. Pepper is a pretty thing, but eight million dollars can get you pussy far better than what was sitting here.” He nods his head toward the chair the redhead is sitting in. “I’m about to have her for the price of a steak.”

I pick up Pepper’s unused steak knife and slam it a centimeter away from Chad’s pinky. The redhead screams.

“What the fuck?” Chad cries, snatching his hand away and hiding it under the table.

“When you speak of Pepper Paddison, you do so with respect or you don’t speak at all. Say anything like that again, and this knife will be sticking out of your throat.”

“Did you just threaten to kill me?” Chad squawks. He turns in his chair, his arms open wide. “You all heard that, right? This lunatic threatened to kill me!”

I dip my head to the redhead. “Chad’s wallet is never going to be fat enough to make up for his tiny dick.”

She claps a hand over her mouth to muffle a laugh while Chad spouts off insults about my dick, my parents, my business acumen, and fuck knows what else. I’m not paying him attention anymore. My focus is on Pepper, who just appeared at the end of a hallway. Her eyes widen when she spots me.

I stride over and grab her elbow. “Time to go.”

She glances back at Chad. “What’s going on with Chad, and why is he yelling that his dick is huge?”

“Is that what he’s saying? I’m not listening.” I gently nudge her toward the door.

“He said his wallet’s big and his dick—“

I cover her mouth with my broad hand. “No, sorry. You can’t talk about another guy’s dick. That’s against the rules.”

“What rules?” she says, her voice muffled by my palm.

I drop my hand away and slide it down to catch her wrist. “The Abel Rules. Rule number one is that no man exists outside of me. Rule number two is to never forget rule number one.

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