Merry Little Hate Notes by Jennifer Peel

Author:Jennifer Peel [Peel, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jennifer Peel
Published: 2024-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

BRANDON

I WALKED BACK TO MY desk after my call with a manufacturer out of Canada. I was happy to see Holly wasn’t hiding in the bathroom like I feared she might after our extended business trip. The odd way she kept looking at me yesterday had me worried I’d forever missed my chance with her. Worse were the polite pleasantries that were the kiss of death for any relationship. I’d rather she rage at me than talk about the weather and the weird rock formations through the mountain passes. She’d treated me like she didn’t know me at all.

Maybe she didn’t. I had always been cautious around her, attempting to resist my feelings for her. Now I was reaping the consequences of that decision. Damn Christian. I loved the guy, but my loyalty to him had sabotaged what I knew could be the best relationship of my life. After waking up next to Holly on the couch yesterday morning, the full impact of what I’d missed hit me.

Perhaps it was time to throw in the towel and call it a day. The thought sickened me, though. Of course, my wingman was against it. Mom had begged me this morning not to give up, so I decided I’d give the hate notes one more chance, even though I wasn’t the slightest bit hopeful Holly would engage. In fact, I was certain she wouldn’t. So, I would do my best to close as many deals as possible this month before heading back to North Carolina. That way Holly could live out her Monica Geller dreams. I supposed that meant her marrying the yahoo across the hall from her. I already hated him.

I approached my desk carefully, not wanting to scare her off. “Good morning,” I said stiffly, not sure how to behave around her now.

“Good morning.” The corners of her lips twitched.

Interesting. I did a quick glance to see if the note I’d written earlier was gone. Disheartened, my eyes drifted immediately to the wastebasket under her desk. To my surprise, nothing bright blue appeared to be in there. Not that it meant anything—Holly could have ripped it to shreds and flushed it. She did spend a lot of time in the bathroom.

But I took my chances and asked a smooth question like, “How are you?” I had zero game with this woman.

She stopped typing and turned toward me with a mischievous glint in her gorgeous eyes.

I had to wonder what she was up to. Whatever it was, it probably didn’t bode well for me.

“I’m good. How are you? How did your call go with Maximus?”

Shocked by the fact she’d used three sentences in a row to speak to me, it took me a moment to respond. I figured she’d probably set up some elaborate prank to get back at me for the years of torture Christian and I had made her endure. I couldn’t think of any other reason she’d be so pleasant toward me. “Uh . . . good,” I stumbled over my words like an idiot.

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