The Truth by Lauren Landish

Author:Lauren Landish [Landish, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 59477846
Publisher: #PrB.rating#4.33
Published: 2021-10-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Daniel

Nothing about today is going to plan. I’m slower than usual, my mind on Tiffany and not work.

I think about the way she smiles, her eyes sparkling with joy I want to feel.

I think about her sharp tongue and the way I’m never quite sure what she’s going to say, an exciting prospect.

I think about her body, each flawless curve . . . and the feeling of her warm, tight pussy enveloping me.

Now that I’ve seen her in a new light, she’s all I can think of, and I balk at the blinders I’ve been wearing that let me never truly see her before now. How could I have missed her?

So much wasted time.

Make the most of it now.

That is exactly what I had intended to do tonight. I had planned to spend the night together, exploring Tiffany’s mind and body, having a candlelight dinner and then hours of intense passion.

Instead, I’m eating takeout Thai with Tiffany, Ricky, and Billy. We’re gathered around my dining table, boxes opened up and chopsticks sticking out of about half of them as I listen to their story.

Billy pushes his food away, looking frustrated, probably because he wasn’t able to hit up the gym the way he prefers to in the evening. He’s been too busy. “After the meeting, we looked into Mark and Brandon,” he reports. “They think they’re smart, but they’re complete dumbasses.”

“Two villages are looking for their idiots.”

“More likely, glad to be rid of—”

“Guys!” Tiffany says, cutting them off before they can ping-pong more ‘dumb’ insults between them. “Focus, please?”

“Tiff’s right,” I remind the guys evenly. “Tell me what you know.”

Ricky clears his throat and sips at some sparkling water. “Oh, yeah. Anyway, we were on it today after the meeting weirdness. I did a few drive-bys through the department, sweet-talked and charmed a few people—”

“Women,” Billy interrupts. “Smooth as oil on a frozen lake.”

“They are all well aware that I’m a taken man,” Ricky says hotly. “Don’t make it sound like I was fucking around on Miranda. That shit’s not funny. If that thought even crossed her mind, she’d have my balls in a vice.”

I know he’s right. When Ricky and Miranda became public, he did everything short of wearing a ‘Miranda’s Man’ T-shirt to make it quite clear that in his case, at least, the line was now redrawn at being ‘nice’ and not ‘flirty’. And while Miranda’s understanding, she’s not going to tolerate foolishness.

“And you found out . . .?” I prompt before things go further. “We know Miranda’s your girl.”

“Thanks, Unc,” Ricky says, taking a deep breath. “Basically, acquisitions is brutal. Harsh to a cutthroat degree.” He mimes breaking his neck, his eyes closed and tongue sticking out. “When we got up there, everyone was all too happy to tell me the dirt on Mark, Brandon, and everyone else.”

Billy takes over the story. “Want to know who’s a sexual deviant? Those folks will tell you. Who’s living on the edge of credit card collapse? Yep. Who is gunning for a promotion, working their ass off, and likely to get it? Oh, yeah.

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