sraxe’s Reviews > Six Month Rule > Status Update

Because one thing was for sure. This would end. It had to. ... So he let self-preservation kick in, believing he could protect her from losing this job while still getting what he wanted, what he knew she wanted, too.



I'd like to state for the record: Terrible idea.

He pulled his wallet from his back pocket, but she put her hand on his before he could retrieve his bank card.
“Oh, no, you don’t,” she said. “I set up this meeting, which means lunch is on me. Ask me to dinner sometime, and maybe I’ll let you take care of the bill.”

[S]he caught Mr. Ferragamo checking out her four-inch peep-toe booties, and a surge of confidence jolted her back to the Holly she knew she was.
“Like what you see?” she asked ... This brought his head up with a snap ... He cleared his throat.
“You pull off last season’s design well enough, but I’d have gone for the red,” he said ....

Rude af ass. (Yes, I like him already. And I hope she gets back at him.)