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“Great. Except the part where you used foul language in front of our innocent child.”
She grinned, then gently took Abigail from me and lifted her up so she could blow a raspberry on her belly. “Mommy used a bad word, but daddy deserved it, okay?”
Abigail giggled and wiggled her chubby little legs with glee.
I folded my arms, smiling. “You know, Adrian says he’s going to need me to do speaking events when my book launches.”
“Promise you’ll be nice this time. I don’t need any angry young authors chasing you backstage, banging you, and getting knocked up.”
I pulled her in carefully, making sure not to squish Abigail. “You’re the only young author in danger of getting… banged by me.”
She smirked. “Actually. This young author thinks somebody made a stinky.” She lifted Abigail and looked at her. “Did you make a stinky? Is daddy going to get dirty, just not in the way he was hoping?”
I took Abigail. “Go get ready for your next talk. I’ll handle the poop.”
“I never thought those words could sound so romantic.”
I kissed her. “I love you.”
“I love you too,” she said.
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The End
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The Boss(hole): Sneak Peak - Juliette
I banged my forehead on my desk a few times. “Why?” I asked out loud. “Why?!”
Was I being dramatic? Yes. Yes, I was. That wasn’t in the Coleton family code, but daddy dearest was too far away to control me. I could throw a small, uncivilized tantrum if I damn well pleased.
I heard footsteps and then a small laugh. “You okay, Jules?”
Instead of picking my head up to face her, I just rolled it to the side. Chloe was leaning against my cubicle wall, arms folded. Her desk was right on the other side of my partition. It was close enough that I could hear her accidentally start the videos she tried to watch all day with the volume on full, then swear and mute them.
Chloe was comically short, mousy, and had a different pair of glasses every day to match her outfits. Today, she had purple rimmed glasses to go with her scarf.
Was I okay? That depended. Was it okay to run away from your billionaire father because you didn’t want to be married off like some medieval princess? Was it okay to burn the family credit cards, pawn everything you could, and escape to some random part of North Carolina to hide? Was it okay to change your last name to your mother’s maiden name and hope your father never tracked you down?
“I’m totally fine,” I said, head still plopped on my desk.
“Why me!” she mocked, grinning. “Didn’t sound like nothing.”
“It’s just this email,” I said, sighing. “Maxi has been looking for an excuse to fire me, and I think she just found her way. She’s having me go do a design consultation at Coleton Publishing.” And yes, it was a branch of the family business, even if it was too small for there to be a risk of running into my father.
“You’ve never done a design consultation,” Chloe said slowly.
“I’m aware of that, Chloe. So is Maxi. She wants me to screw this up so she can fire me.” I finally lifted my head and sighed. “As I was saying, why me?”
I left the office for my appointment at Coleton with cautious optimism. Yes, the optimism had been sprinkled with a healthy dose of dread, but I could look on the bright side if I damn well pleased.
Maybe Maxi saw this as giving me a shovel to dig my own grave, but maybe I could use the shovel to whack her Brazilian lifted ass out and get myself a promotion.
Yeah, I thought.
