Ruthless Boss: A Billionaire Boss Office Romance by Sophie Brooks & Cassie Marks

Author:Sophie Brooks & Cassie Marks [Brooks, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

10

Nicole

“Okay, tell us everything.”

I had barely arrived at the bar to meet with the girls from college before they started assaulting me with questions. There were so many of them that I thought they must have rehearsed their group attack.

I couldn’t help but laugh at Abby’s level of excitement. She had held it in for a few minutes while we waited at the bar, but the second we sat at a booth, it was out for all to see.

“I don’t know what to tell you,” I lied. “There’s not a lot to say, really.”

All four girls exploded in yells and laughs, none of them believing a word I had said. I couldn’t blame them, though. His reputation was well known.

“Bullshit, Nicole,” Abby said, immediately becoming the leader of the group. She had done exactly the same in college.

“We’ve all heard about Devon Carell, and now you’re working for his company. Have you met him?”

“Of course. I work on the same floor, go to the same meetings. I see him all the time.”

“No way!”

I laughed and took a sip of the cheap beer I was holding while they all descended into angry noises. They weren’t pleased to have any information withheld from them, just like the time I went on a date in college.

That story had gone badly, but I hoped this one would end better. Maybe I’d even be employed by the end.

“Tell us everything or I’ll cut you,” Abby said, holding up a toothpick and putting on her best menacing voice. “I’ve been to prison, bitch.”

That one got me laughing, and the girls decided, no doubt aided by alcohol, that if I wasn’t giving them any details, they should just make up their own.

“Maybe he’s secretly a drug dealer and Nicole can’t tell us or she’ll die,” Mallory said. “That’s probably where all his money comes from.”

“No, no, it’s got to be better than that. He has to be some kind of secretive leader of an underground network that controls the world. Have you guys seen The Blacklist? He’s probably like that guy.”

“Okay, shut up,” I laughed. “He’s none of those things. He’s a normal man who just happens to run a massive company.”

“Normal,” Abby scoffed. “I’ve heard some shit, Nicole. Are the stories about his temper true? Does he lose it all the time?”

“Never in front of me. I mean, he’s abrupt sometimes, and I’ve seen him really angry, but he’s not scary or anything. Not unless you’re the person who just stabbed him in the back.”

I thought back to the way he looked at Markos. That had been a little scary, even if I knew he wasn’t angry at me. His eyes had narrowed and shone darker, as though something was at work behind them that I didn’t want to know about.

But he seemed to be okay once he got over it. He had stopped talking about it, at least.

“Okay, you need to blink twice if you’re being recorded and you’re afraid for your life,” Sam said.

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