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much longer I could hold out until I did.
“I don’t see a boss around here,” he said softly, leaning down. “Let’s work together, Rachel.”
“Rachel.”
I sighed in relief as Travis turned around, finding Garrett in the doorway. My heart stammered in my chest as I drank in the sight of him, not only because he had just saved me but also because he was looking unbelievably hot in his clothes this morning, his expression unreadable.
“I need your help. Please go to my office.”
“Of course,” I said sliding around Travis and walking toward the door, squeezing past Garrett and out of the office. I had just been saved by the boss, but somehow I could almost hear the lecture that was going to follow.
Garrett entered his office a few moments later and I remained standing near the door, awaiting his punishment. “What the hell were you doing in there?”
“I was looking for a file,” I said, sticking to my original story. It was still partly true.
He sighed and shoved a hand through his hair. “Fine. Did he touch you?”
“What? No,” I said, biting out every word. “He would be dead if he touched me.”
Garrett looked at me for a moment and then waved his hand. “I imagine so. Go on and let me know if he does anything else.”
I took the moment to escape, feeling warm at the thought of Garrett wanting to protect me. It was going to make it all the more difficult when I had to leave.
Chapter 11: Garrett
I watched her from the doorway, the way her fingers flew over the keyboard as if she were playing an instrument. She had been on my mind all fucking morning and most of last night, the kiss replaying in my mind and going a lot further in my dreams. I wanted Rachel, yet she scared the bejesus out of me. Rachel was the type of woman that a man settled down with, carried out those long term relationships and had kids with. I wasn’t used to those types of women. I was used to the women who didn’t expect anything past a few months, who used me just as much as I used them. Women like Rachel, I didn’t even know how to go about luring them into my bed.
Pushing away from the doorway, I walked back into my office and sat down, pulling up my emails. I needed to get my ass to work, follow up with the condo purchases and look at my sales for the month. The problem was, I could hear Rachel’s voice through my walls every time someone came in or the phone rang. I could still smell her perfume from her visit this morning, where I had walked in at just the right time to save her from another one of Travis’s advances. He wouldn’t have gotten far with her, but just the thought of him touching her made me want to go beat him to a bloody pulp.
“Dude, we got a meeting.”
I looked up to see Travis in the doorway, a grin on his face. “What?”
“The condos,” he said excitedly. “They want to see us again, tonight. I think they’re going to tell us the news we’ve been waiting for.”
“Hell yes,” I said, pumping my fist in the air. This was the pick me up I needed. This was exactly what I had been hoping for. “This is it, Trav. This is our break.”
“I know,” he grinned before disappearing from the door once more.
I leaned back in my chair and wanted to scream at the top of my lungs. I was about to solidify all of my hard work in this business. Travis, myself, and this business would be set for life once we got this deal and by the sound of it, it was already ours for the taking.
***
Later That Night
“I’m sorry, Mr. Louden, Mr. Douglas. We appreciate you placing your bid in but we have decided to go with another company. Thank you for your interest.”
I sat back in the chair, knowing that what I was feeling was showing on my face. “We didn’t get the contract?”
One of the men, I couldn’t remember his name, shook his head. “I’m sorry, surely you understand we had many great applications and pitches and the decision was not an easy one.”
“Of course,”
“I don’t see a boss around here,” he said softly, leaning down. “Let’s work together, Rachel.”
“Rachel.”
I sighed in relief as Travis turned around, finding Garrett in the doorway. My heart stammered in my chest as I drank in the sight of him, not only because he had just saved me but also because he was looking unbelievably hot in his clothes this morning, his expression unreadable.
“I need your help. Please go to my office.”
“Of course,” I said sliding around Travis and walking toward the door, squeezing past Garrett and out of the office. I had just been saved by the boss, but somehow I could almost hear the lecture that was going to follow.
Garrett entered his office a few moments later and I remained standing near the door, awaiting his punishment. “What the hell were you doing in there?”
“I was looking for a file,” I said, sticking to my original story. It was still partly true.
He sighed and shoved a hand through his hair. “Fine. Did he touch you?”
“What? No,” I said, biting out every word. “He would be dead if he touched me.”
Garrett looked at me for a moment and then waved his hand. “I imagine so. Go on and let me know if he does anything else.”
I took the moment to escape, feeling warm at the thought of Garrett wanting to protect me. It was going to make it all the more difficult when I had to leave.
Chapter 11: Garrett
I watched her from the doorway, the way her fingers flew over the keyboard as if she were playing an instrument. She had been on my mind all fucking morning and most of last night, the kiss replaying in my mind and going a lot further in my dreams. I wanted Rachel, yet she scared the bejesus out of me. Rachel was the type of woman that a man settled down with, carried out those long term relationships and had kids with. I wasn’t used to those types of women. I was used to the women who didn’t expect anything past a few months, who used me just as much as I used them. Women like Rachel, I didn’t even know how to go about luring them into my bed.
Pushing away from the doorway, I walked back into my office and sat down, pulling up my emails. I needed to get my ass to work, follow up with the condo purchases and look at my sales for the month. The problem was, I could hear Rachel’s voice through my walls every time someone came in or the phone rang. I could still smell her perfume from her visit this morning, where I had walked in at just the right time to save her from another one of Travis’s advances. He wouldn’t have gotten far with her, but just the thought of him touching her made me want to go beat him to a bloody pulp.
“Dude, we got a meeting.”
I looked up to see Travis in the doorway, a grin on his face. “What?”
“The condos,” he said excitedly. “They want to see us again, tonight. I think they’re going to tell us the news we’ve been waiting for.”
“Hell yes,” I said, pumping my fist in the air. This was the pick me up I needed. This was exactly what I had been hoping for. “This is it, Trav. This is our break.”
“I know,” he grinned before disappearing from the door once more.
I leaned back in my chair and wanted to scream at the top of my lungs. I was about to solidify all of my hard work in this business. Travis, myself, and this business would be set for life once we got this deal and by the sound of it, it was already ours for the taking.
***
Later That Night
“I’m sorry, Mr. Louden, Mr. Douglas. We appreciate you placing your bid in but we have decided to go with another company. Thank you for your interest.”
I sat back in the chair, knowing that what I was feeling was showing on my face. “We didn’t get the contract?”
One of the men, I couldn’t remember his name, shook his head. “I’m sorry, surely you understand we had many great applications and pitches and the decision was not an easy one.”
“Of course,”
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