Total pages in book: 61
Estimated words: 57423 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 230(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57423 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 230(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
Shit. He felt his gut clench, and his first thought was about Clint. He’d talked about the ranch all afternoon. Had it claimed another one of them? What if something happened to the boys? “What’s going on? Is everyone okay?”
Matt shrugged. “Not sure, but Wade looked damn upset. Big Tag showed up, and they were in his office for a good thirty minutes. When they came out, they told me to haul my ass over here and be ready to spend the night.”
“I could come to the office with you.” Ally looked concerned, her bottom lip disappearing behind her teeth. “I don’t mind waiting in the lobby.”
“No one wants to inconvenience you, Ms. Pearson,” Matt assured her. “Whatever is happening at the office is nothing for you to worry about. I’m here to ensure a smooth transfer. I’m not sure what’s happened, but it won’t affect you at all.”
“Yes, it will.” She turned away from Matt. “Can I come with you, West?”
“Ba…” He had to stop that. It was already too easy to slide into intimacy with her. Maybe a couple of hours apart would do them some good. Then there was the possibility that something really bad had happened. “I’m not sure what’s happening. It could be one of my brothers.”
She held up a hand. “Go. Go and do what you need to. Please call me and let me know you’re okay.”
He had the wildest urge to change his mind and ask her to get back in the SUV. He ignored it. It was better for her to not get too involved. She had her own troubles. “I will. Matt, I’ll be back to work the rest of my shift. Tessa’s supposed to take over for a couple of hours tomorrow.”
Matt put a hand on her elbow, and West kind of wanted to growl.
Ally stepped away and started to walk inside the hotel.
She could handle it. But if Matt got handsy with her, he would take the fucker apart.
“I think you should worry about yourself, brother. I don’t think anyone’s hurt. They were pissed, and it’s something you did. Good luck with that. I’ll take care of our client.” Matt slammed the door and hurried to catch up with Ally.
West took a long breath and started back for the office.
Twenty minutes later, he was walking in as everyone else was walking out. Wade must have been upset with him because he wasn’t answering his phone. All he’d gotten was a text telling him to get his ass in the office.
What the hell was going on? His anxiety was reaching epic proportions, and he was going to have a long fucking talk with his brother.
He strode through the lobby, and his sister-in-law was still sitting at her desk across from Big Tag’s office. Genny might be a good source of information. She was Big Tag’s assistant, and the man loved to talk. “Is everything okay, Genny?”
She looked up from her computer screen, and a sympathetic look came over her. “We should talk before you go in.”
Why wouldn’t anyone answer his questions? “Is everyone okay?”
She stood. “Of course. Everyone is fine. Oh, I’m sorry. They are not handling this well, but they won’t listen to me. Everyone is fine. Big Tag and Wade were surprised is all.”
“Surprised?” Now he was completely confused.
She looked him over. “Is that what you’ve been wearing all day? We were trying to figure out when it happened, but it looks like it was today.”
Before he could answer that surprising question, the door to Big Tag’s office came open, and he was confronted by the man himself.
“How long did it take you? Did you set a fucking land speed record for how fast you could get the client into bed?” Big Tag asked in that bad-dad mode he got into with a lot of his employees. “I should have known you couldn’t beat Nina Blunt. She fucked her client before she even knew he was a client.”
“Then it doesn’t count, and he is still in contention for the title.” Charlotte sat on the couch beside Wade. “Nina didn’t realize who JT was, so there was no informed consent to break your silly rules that everyone always breaks anyway.”
“West knows better,” his brother said. “This is all a mistake. He was just being kind to her.”
“Was his tongue being kind to her throat?” Big Tag asked.
They knew about the kiss? How the fuck would they know he’d kissed Ally? “Do you have someone shadowing me?”
He was out of his probationary period. Was his brother sending someone senior to check up on him? Was it because he was the only one who hadn’t been in the military? He’d thought they accepted that he could do his damn job.
Big Tag reached for the tablet on his desk, unlocking it and turning it toward West. “No, but someone sure as hell was, and the fact that you didn’t catch it makes me wonder if you’re right for this job.”