Takeover by Nana Malone

Author:Nana Malone [Malone, Nana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sankofa Girl

Chapter 21

Gwen

I didn’t sleep well.

And no, it wasn't because my brand-new fiancé was hogging the bed or because he'd somehow managed to maneuver me on top of him. Again.

Hell, it wasn't even because he'd woken me up, hard and pressing against my clit. How the hell did he manage to make me come while sleeping? Again.

All night, I'd been thinking about what Atticus said about me not asking for help. That my pride would get in the way of helping my people. He'd said I needed to trust him. Could I?

Not a good idea. You were sold to him. Letting your guard down is dangerous.

Dangerous, yes. But I had bargaining power. Maybe I needed to exercise that.

It had taken me all morning to work out the proposal for him. When I turned up at Pendragon Tech though, I wondered if I’d made a mistake.

The pretty brunette in the front room of his office eyed me up and down.

I'd worn lavender wide-leg pants and a white cap-sleeve top. I looked fine. So why was she looking at me like I was yesterday's garbage? Her gaze was the same as one of those girls in high school, and boy oh boy, had they found me lacking.

She has nothing to do with you.

I forced a broad smile at her. "Hi, I'm⁠—"

"I know who you are," she said in a clipped tone.

Well then. "All right, is my fiancé in his office then?"

I saw the muscle in her jaw tick as she kept typing, not bothering to meet my gaze. "He's very busy."

"Okay, but he told me anytime I needed anything, I was to come directly to him. So I'll just pop in really quick."

She shoved to her feet and yelled, "I said he's occupied."

But I still managed to bypass her. I might not be a Price yet, but if Atticus told me to come to him directly with problems, and last night was a test, I planned to take him up on it.

I knocked on his door, knowing he could see it was me through the glass, but I could also see that he wasn't alone.

Bronson.

The cold sweat that popped up on my skin made me swallow hard.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

I forced a smile on my face and opened the door as he gestured for me to come in.

"Well, this is a surprise," he said as he walked around the desk, and all I could do was force that tight-lipped smile. Bronson was glowering at me from the couch.

He can't hurt you. He cannot hurt you. Your company is not in his hands.

Atticus made a show of brushing his lips over mine. I could also feel the heated stare from the doorway behind me, which meant bitchy-face was pissed.

"Mr. Price, I'm so sorry, she just⁠—"

Still tucking me against him, he shifted to the side to look at her. "Gwen is about to be Mrs. Price, which means that she has access to me whenever she wants it."

I could almost hear her sputtering, and I wanted to turn to look and relish it, but I couldn't.

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