Deception: The Deception Trilogy, Book 1 by Fallon Hart

Author:Fallon Hart [Hart, Fallon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BluHart Publishing
Published: 2018-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Somehow we’d gotten through the rest of the evening without another argument. In fact, Griffin seemed pretty happy with our performance at the party. Thankfully, Pete left after Griff told him to eff off and we spent a pleasant time chatting with guests but mostly hanging with Amelia and Quentin.

I was exhausted from the argument, the anger and the pretense of the evening, and was glad to disappear into my bedroom upon our return at around one in the morning.

Despite our late night I was an early bird and I’d already washed, dressed, and eaten breakfast when the knock came on my bedroom door that morning.

I was lying on the chaise longue writing. “Come in.”

I’d been expecting Wells, the young butler Xavier was training. He was a tall, cute, twenty-one year old who blushed anytime I thanked him for something.

It wasn’t Wells.

Griff stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. Like yesterday when Pete did it, my heart started to race. But not in the same way. At all.

The reminder that I was attracted to Griff, despite everything, annoyed me.

His gaze dropped to my laptop, curiosity wrinkling his brow. “What are you doing?”

“Writing.” I shut the laptop and swung my legs off the chaise.

He raised an eyebrow. “A book?”

His surprise only ramped up my irritation. He acted as if any sign of my intelligence was a shock. “Yes, a book. Memoirs of a High End Whore.”

To my annoyance, Griff chuckled and lowered himself into the armchair across from me. “Someone’s feisty this morning.”

“Don’t be condescending. Why are you here? It isn’t dinner yet.”

Something about that made him scowl.

“Well?”

“I spoke to Pete.”

I tensed.

“He said you were flirting with him and he took it as an invitation to flirt back.”

Rage and indignation shot through me so fast I knocked the laptop to the floor as I bolted to my feet. “That lying bastard!”

“I don’t believe him.” Griff held up a reassuring hand. “Sit. Please.”

Trembling, I lowered back to the chaise. “You don’t believe him?”

“Pete and I have been friends since we met at Wharton. He’s one of those men who is a man’s man—charismatic good old boy. The club members love him which makes him an excellent manager. He’s from a once-wealthy family. They lost their money while he was in business school. That’s why he works for me. Between what I pay him and his investment portfolios he does quite well.”

“You’re telling me all this why?”

“He may seem like just a club manager to you but he grew up very privileged and, thus, has never really stopped feeling entitled. We’re friends but I know my friend. He likes to get whatever I can get and that means going after the women I’ve been with. Some have gone to him and some haven’t but it’s never really bothered me. I’m not a jealous man. I think that my not stopping him from pursuing the women I take to bed has given him the idea he can do whatever the fuck he wants.

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