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“Well, I thought you might want to take a look.”

“Well, I’m busy.”

“With… her?” she bites, looking at me with pure hatred.

I give her credit. Lacy has always tried to bring me down when we work together, be it with death glares, snide remarks, or general nastiness from her. I don’t know what her problem is other than the fact that I’m with the man that she wants as her own, but the look I’ve just received has rattled me too much to sit here in silence.

Knowing Grayson has my back, I let her have it. “Lacy, I don’t think either of us has to answer that, considering you can see that we’re together,” I say. “And before you ask—because I know you are dying to find out due to being too dumb to figure it out for yourself—yes, we’re fucking.”

Her back straightens, and she folds her arms in disgust. “Grayson, are you going to let her talk to a member of your staff like that?”

“On this occasion, yes,” he replies. “Now go find Ryan before I have to physically remove you from the building.”

“I wouldn’t advise that, Gray. She may like it,” I sass.

Her face is like thunder, and if it were at all possible for steam to come out of her ears then I reckon it would.

“You can’t fire me for doing my job.”

“I never said I could, but if you don’t leave now, you will have my boot up your ass. Jealousy is not a pretty look to wear, Lacy, and if your attitude toward Nora doesn’t change, I will have to rethink your position at my club,” he states, the authority in his voice making my skin prickle.

"Jealous? Why the fuck would I be jealous of a little thing in denim shorts?”

I leave Grayson’s lap and mirror her position on the desk, adrenaline running through my veins, which causes me to ball my fist and dig my nails into my palms to prevent myself from lashing out. "Because I’m the one that’s under Grayson at night and not you."I lean closer and whisper. “And you never will be. He doesn’t like cheap.”

She takes a step back, rage in her eyes, and her nostrils flare. I’m waiting for the hit, but as Grayson stands behind me, she retreats, glaring over my shoulder as she seethes. “She will ruin you.”

“She already has. Now get out.”

With a slam of the door, silence falls a beat before I turn to glance at Grayson. His face is calm and collected, and we burst out laughing.

“I think she got the message.”

Knowing that she is not the type of person to take shit lightly, I hop up on the desk, exhaling out the frustration I get whenever she’s around. “Somehow I don’t think that will be the end of that. She’ll try and get between us one way or another soon enough. And she won’t be the only one.”

He steps between my legs, gripping my chin to look up at him. “Let them try. I’m in deep, Shortcake. Nothing will change how I feel about you.”

His fingertips brush over the skin of my lower back and warmth spreads over me from his touch.

“I don’t deserve you, Grayson Bennett.”

Coming in close, he brushes his nose with mine and declares the words that I feel deep within my soul before placing a kiss on my lips.

“You deserve the world, Nora. And I’m going to make sure that you know just how much you mean to me because a life without you is no life worth living.”

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Nora

“Where are we going exactly?” I ask Grayson as we head toward his truck.

“Doesn’t the word surprise mean anything to you?”

“Well yes, but I’m still curious. I mean, you took the night off work on one of the busiest nights of the week and tell me to make myself look pretty because we are going out to create new memories. I’m bound to be a little inquisitive.”

Where I once lived for the ‘old times’ with Dad, Grayson has made a promise that from here on we create new ones for the two of us. The excitement when he said that was something I’ve not felt in a long time, and it’s given me a purpose to get up each day and put a smile on my face. Mom is doing a lot better than she was. Mark has headed out to California to try and knock some sense into Asher, and me and Grayson have been better than ever.

“Oh, I knew you would be, but you’ll have to wait a little longer before you find out.” He helps me into the truck, and I buckle myself in as he comes around his side and jumps in.