Played by my Grumpy Boss: Enemies to Lovers Age Gap Romance by Hana Charly

Author:Hana, Charly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

We had coffee and then did the photographs for her feature. I’d wondered if we’d be able to keep our hands off each other long enough to get anything done, but we got really into it. Mary-Beth was very focused and it’s true – we did make a great team. We were upstairs in my apartment at the kitchen table when Kayla came in, dropped off by Clarissa’s PA again, just as Mary-Beth’s mom arrived with Maddy. I went down to the ground floor hallway to help her with the huge bag. (For a tiny kid, Maddy needed a lot of stuff.)

“Alex.”

“Good to see you, Elaine.”

“Hmm. I hope you’re treating my daughter well.”

I bristled, and my first response was Well, I’ve given her a home and a job, but then I had a flash image of me and Mary-Beth on the rug. I cringed inside – Jason wasn’t the only one I’d have to face when we shared the news about our relationship. Clarissa and I used to go out places with them when they were married. The divorce hadn’t been pretty and I’d chosen a side – Jason’s. We even went on vacation to the Napa Valley one year, for a whole week. Before Mary-Beth was born, mercifully. But… Elaine wouldn’t be too impressed when she found out about us.

“How’s Kayla?”

“Good. She’s just got home. You should come in and see her.”

Why the hell had I said that?

“I can’t stay,” she said tightly.

I held Maddy for her while she collapsed the buggy, jogged her up and down to make her laugh. Maddy did laugh, but then she threw up on me a little bit, which seemed to soften Elaine a little towards me.

“I have a half hour,” she said, and began walking up the stairs ahead of me, carrying the bag, leaving me to bring Maddy, vomit on my shoulder. “You’re getting an elevator in this place, right? My daughter can’t possibly be expected to walk up and down all these stairs every day. And my granddaughter most certainly shouldn’t have to.”

“After you,” I muttered, under my breath, feeling my grumpiness come back again, just a little.

“Well, this isn’t awkward at all,” said Kayla, gleefully, as we all sat around the kitchen table, the rug safely back in place. “I mean, Dad, you’re Jason’s best friend, right, and so you must know all kind of things that he told you about Elaine when they divorced, and Mom must have told Elaine all kinds of things about you when you divorced.”

There was fire burning in her eyes, challenging me. I hadn’t realized she was still that angry about the divorce. And I hadn’t realized she’d become such a teenager that she’d be this rude in front of a guest.

“It’s not awkward,” I protested. “And don’t be so rude.”

Mary-Beth put a jug of iced tea down on the table. The sight of iced tea gave me a very inappropriate flashback to her sitting on the kitchen counter, legs spread wide… I

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