Executive Package by Cleo Peitsche

Author:Cleo Peitsche [Peitsche, Cleo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Since she couldn’t be sure that Cunningham or Nolan wouldn’t follow and harass her with questions about her decision, she decided to hide in Jonathan’s office. It was just as she’d left it, and she went inside and closed the door behind her.

She dropped into his overstuffed executive chair and opened his laptop. Well, she’d gone all morning without looking at the news sites, and thanks to Cunningham and his obsession with making her choose between her lovers, her run-in with the paparazzi had fallen to the bottom of her list of concerns.

However, she needed to tell her mother, and the adrenaline of confronting Cunningham made her feel bold enough to tackle anything. She picked up Jonathan’s phone and dialed an outside extension.

“Hello?” Mama sounded both annoyed and desperate, and Elle felt a twinge of guilt.

“It’s me.”

There was silence, and Elle feared the worst—that Mama already knew—until Mama said, “Oh. I thought you might be this guy I’ve been seeing.”

“You’re dating someone?”

Mama sighed. “I thought I was. He called me overbearing, and we had a little fight.”

Yeah, Elle could imagine exactly how that went down. “Sorry to hear it.”

“So what did you want? Because I know you wouldn’t call me for no reason.”

“That’s not true!” Well, maybe it was. She fidgeted with the chair’s armrest, trying to find the words to prepare her mother for what she would discover sooner or later. Elle decided to try an indirect approach. “Remember how you said I should date one of my bosses?”

Mama grunted.

“Well, I am.”

“Which one?”

Elle winced. “I’m not sure…” She wasn’t sure how to explain it.

That got her mother’s attention. “You’re not sure? What does that mean? You juggling two of them? Because you’re my daughter, and of course I think you’re pretty, but you’re not that pretty.”

A surge of annoyance ran through her. “Actually, you’re wrong. I’m seeing all three of them. At the same time.”

Silence on the other end of the line. She’d rendered Mama speechless. Might as well give her the rest. “It’s not like I’m cheating. We… spend time together. It’s what they want, what we all want. A serious relationship. It works for us.” Or, at least it did most of the time.

Mama huffed. “I shouldn’t be surprised. I sensed something was off when I met them. Rich perverts, more money than sense. They make you dress up like a rooster or something?”

“What? No! I’ve never even heard of such a thing.”

“You always were selfish. What about your sister? You think it’s easy for her to meet a nice man with those kids? If your new boyfriends are that desperate, you could have palmed her off on one of them.”

“Mama!”

“That’s my man calling.” The line clicked dead.

Elle frowned at the phone before hanging up. Well, she hadn’t been yelled at or cursed at, and the insults had been surprisingly mild. She smiled slowly. It could have gone a lot worse. That didn’t mean there might not be yelling and cursing later, but Mama appreciated the money Elle supplied.

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