Page 108 of Tempting All The Way

“I haven’t fucked up today.”

“You lost your girlfriend. That’s a bit of a fuckup.” He laughs.

“I didn’t lose her. She went to meet her sister.”

“Right,” he says.

“Why are you even coming with me?” I ask him. He followed me out of the office and jumped into my car right as I was about to take off.

“Xavier and I agreed that you need babysitting.”

“Fuck off. He’s the one being sued. Maybe you both should be more focused on that, instead of me and my girlfriend.”

“Well, if you pulled your head out of your own ass, you’d know that the case against Xav was dropped.”

“What? When did that happen?”

“Last night. Shardonnay saved the day.”

“How?” I ask.

“She went out with Lucy, found the chick who made the allegations, and recorded her admitting that the claims were false.”

“Shardonnay’s a fucking genius. Why the fuck didn’t we think of that?”

“She got her drunk first, and it’s not exactly a legal way to gain evidence.Wework within the law.”

I shake my head. “Sometimes I think rules need to be bent.”

“Sometimes.” He sighs. “However, it’s just a bit of dumb luck that nothing actually happened to them. They went to some seedy biker bar, alone.”

“Shit, Xavier must have had a coronary.”

“Apparently, some guy who’s way too into Lucy tracked them down there.”

“Do we know him?” I ask. Lucy may be Xavier’s little sister, but we’ve watched her grow up, so she’s kind of like our little sister now too. I’m not sure how I feel about any guy being into her.

“Dominic McKinley,” Alistair says.

“Fuck no. Lucy is not dating a McKinley.” As I say the words, I’m already coming up with ideas on how to keep them apart. Preferably a way to send her somewhere over on the other side of the world, out of the reach of Dominic fucking McKinley.

“I don’t think we get much of a say in that, mate,” Alistair replies.

“Watch me,” I tell him.

I pull up outside the student bar and look around. We’re surrounded by hordes of college idiots. Guys way closer to Bentley’s age than I am. My blood boils at the thought of her being hit on by the countless assholes in here.

Alistair’s gaze locks on something across the way. “Ah, I’ll catch up with you later. I just remembered I had shit to do,” he says and then proceeds to cross the street.

I don’t have time to worry about what or who caught his attention. He’s a big boy. He can look out for himself. My concern right now is that my girlfriend is drunk somewhere in this bar. I walk inside and scan the crowd. I can’t see her anywhere, so I head towards the bar. I hear her before I see her. Pivoting on my heel, I find her standing on a booth with a shot glass in the air.

“To hot bosses who offer O benefits,” she calls out before downing the shot.

“Having fun, baby girl?” I ask her before wrapping my arms around her waist and pulling her down.

“Hey, it’s my hot boss!” she exclaims. “Look, Jules, it’s him.” Bentley turns towards the girl still seated at the booth. Her sister, or so I was told over the phone. Thankfully,Julesdoesn’t look anywhere near as drunk as Bentley does.

“So it is.” Her sister smiles at me. “Hi, I’m Jules.” She holds out a hand.

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