Lord of Rain (The Dragon Demigods Book 5) by Charlene Hartnady

Author:Charlene Hartnady [Hartnady, Charlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-11T23:00:00+00:00

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The next day…

Bolt

I pace from one side of my office to the other. I keep glancing at the file on my desk. It’s going on six. Miss Shaw is still here. She has been organizing our trip to New York between meetings with the relevant departments. She’s got a couple of other items on her desk she’s insisting on completing before leaving for the day. I admire her work ethic.

I can’t get over the fact that I’m officially a pussy. A yellow-bellied one at that. I’m holding back. I’ve had that NDA in my possession since three, yesterday afternoon. Yesterday! I’ve had all day to call her in, to put the offer on the table. I haven’t done it. I’ve never backed down a day in my life. I’ve never hesitated. I do my homework. I get my ducks in a fucking row and go in guns blazing. Not with her. Not concerning this. Maybe I need to forget the NDA and the other part of my offer. Maybe we can just discuss it and go from there…

Not a fuck!

No!

I need to cover my ass. Full-fucking-stop. An agreement like this will be better for her too, in the long run. I just have to make her see that. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I wasn’t a good negotiator. I can do this.

I pick up my desk-phone and call her. “I need to talk to you about something important,” I say when she picks up.

“Um…okay. Now, though…?” She sounds hesitant. “I was just shutting down…but absolutely. I’ll be there in ten seconds.”

“Thank you.” I put the phone down. I sit on the edge of my desk and put my hands in my pockets. I’m trying to come across as casual. When, in truth, I’ve never been this tied up before.

It doesn’t take long before she knocks and then enters. I stand and walk around my desk, sitting down. Her eyes are huge. Some of her hair has slipped out of her bun. Her makeup has long since worn off. There are remnants. I’m struck all over again at how gorgeous she is. Her eyes are even prettier than the harpy’s were. She has more curves, and yet she looks so much like Gabby, I’m still floored at times. She’s wearing another suit like the one she wore yesterday. It’s far more formfitting than the black one she usually wears. This one is in a light pink that works with her skin tone. I think she has a lace camisole underneath. Thoughts of that camisole have consumed me for half of the day. At least it feels that way.

“Are you okay?” She looks unsure. “You look…I don’t know. Did I forget to do something?” She lifts her eyes in thought before leveling them on me.

“Take a seat, Miss Shaw.” I gesture to one of the empty chairs on the other side of my desk.

I’m happy to note that her heels are back to being low and more manageable. She

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