My Best Friend's Brother: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Lauren Wood

Author:Lauren Wood [Wood, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-24T23:00:00+00:00

Perhaps around ten thirty, Debbie put a call through to me. “Customer wants to talk about a listing, Izzy.”

“Okay, thanks.”

I picked up the phone and punched the blinking light to open the line. “This is Isabelle.”

“How’d you like my little friend, bitch?”

My first instinct was to hang up the phone. I recognized Roger’s voice instantly, and my fear returned. But so did my anger. “Too bad it wasn’t your roadkill ass lying there.”

“All you had to do was play nice for a while,” Roger snapped. “Go out with me, have a meal. But no, you have to play the high titty bitch.”

“Is your pecker really that little, Rog?” I asked. “No wonder you have to stalk girls to get them to play with you.”

“I’ll show you little,” he snarled.

“Oh, please.” I laughed. “Gonna make me hunt for it? Hide and seek, maybe?”

“You bitch!”

“I tell you what, I’ll bring tweezers.”

I laughed harder when he slammed the phone down, and then the line clicked. I hung up, grinning, then sobered. By insulting his precious manhood, I’m sure I just unleashed the beast. Even so, I wouldn’t have taken it back. He was the one stalking me, leaving calling cards on my front mat.

If he can’t take the heat, then he should hit the Arctic.

Nor was Jack pleased when I told him about it. He’d purchased four cans of bear spray, gave one to Debbie, kept one, and gave me two. “One is for Nell,” he said, then hitched his hip against my desk. His dark eyes watched me for a while until I grew slightly uncomfortable.

“You shouldn’t have done that,” he said quietly.

“Now ask me if I care,” I replied, examining my new self defense weapon. “He leaves me presents, he should learn how to take some shit.”

“I know, and I agree with you, Izzy. But sometimes, it might be best to simply hang up the phone.”

“So I insulted his tiny cock. Big deal.”

Jack sighed as though he had no idea what to do with me. “Don’t put that in your purse,” he said. “Keep it on your desk when here, in your hand when in the open, and beside your bed at night. Got it?”

I offered him a mock salute. “Sir, yes, sir!”

Shaking his head, he went into his own office, and ceased to nag me about my attitude. As I’d eaten a huge breakfast, I skipped lunch and worked through the hour, answering the phones while Debbie was out. Jack left for his appointments when Debbie got back from her break. She came back to my office with her spray can, her expression puzzled.

“Does he think Roger will try to hurt me?” she asked.

While I suspected Roger will lash out at anyone, I didn’t want to tell her that. “He’s just taking precautions. Besides, in this bad world, we all need to carry a weapon.”

Debbie eyed me doubtfully. “I suppose you’re right. This says it will send a stream out twenty feet.”

“I know.” I grinned. “I almost hope Roger gets in my face just so I can spray him.

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