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.Hehad never thought about it before, but with the way, Aponi spent money shewould have him in the poor house in less than a year.Moving away from him, Aponi tossed her bags on Sage s empty desk. I might have hinted it.Was that so wrong? We have been together awhilenow.There s nothing else left for us to do but get married. You shouldn t have told them that, Rally complained. I haven t broughtthat up to you.You know that we re together, but I never said there was awedding in our future.I ve too much going on right now to even think aboutmaking that kind of commitment to anyone.53 You would marry Sage in a heartbeat, if you finally admit that you re in love with her, hismind taunted.Aponi rushed up to him and poked him in the chest with her finger. Don t pull that shit on me.You know that we ve talked about gettingmarried because I would make a good supportive wife.Why have you changedyour mind all of a sudden? Is there something going on that I need to know about?The accusation hung in the air between them and Rally wondered how toanswer her. Aponi, I ve changed my mind. No, shit, she snapped. Why do I think Sage has something to do withthis? Has she been bad mouthing me again? You know she s jealous of what wehave and by the fact that you ll never want her.I don t how you ve put up with herthis long.Isn t it past time she moved out of the house and made her own mark inthe world without your help? Stop it now, he demanded, pissed at the way Aponi was disrespectingSage.He was still mad at himself for not taking up for Sage earlier today. She isn tin our relationship.She does have a life of her own.Not that it s any of yourbusiness but Sage quit working for me today and is on her way to her new job.Rally hated that Aponi pushed him to tell about Sage leaving as Aponi s facelit up with pleasure. Little Spice is gone? Where did she go? Who s she working for? Is she gonefor good? Julian, at his shelter, he bit out roughly. She quit today. Lucky girl, Aponi purred. Julian is one sexy man.If hadn t laid eyes on youfirst he would have been my second choice.I wonder how long it will before heasks her out on a date.54 Jealousy ate at Rally as he thought about Sageabout Sage going out with hislaid back friend.With their similar personalities, they would be an unbelievablematch for each other.No, it wouldn t happen.Sage wouldn t go out with Julian.Not when she had feelings for him. Julian doesn t see Sage like that.He has almost known her for as long as Ihave.Aponi snickered at him as she picked her bags back up. I m not Sage s friend and I ll never like her, but she is a nice-looking girl.Julian wouldn t have given her a job this quickly unless he was attracted to her.Surely, you don t think he offered her a job out of the kindness of his heart?Rally was so stunned that he couldn t think.Julian was attracted to Sage?That wasn t possible.Julian was older than him.He just celebrated his buddy sfortieth birthday last month.Fuck, he wasn t going to let this happen.Aponididn t know what she was talking about.She was only taking another shot at Sageto upset him. You re wrong.Julian is just giving Sage a helping hand.He s a good guy likethat.Besides Julian isn t Sage s type.She would never go for a guy like him. Julian is every woman s type, Aponi corrected as she brushed past him. He s understanding, sweet, successful and has a killer body.That man can fill outa white t-shirt better than a Chippendale s stripper can.Sage might have a newboyfriend in her future.Which I think is a good thing. Why is it a good thing? Sage s hero worship of you was getting a little obvious.I m surprised shedidn t have a crush on Shawn with the amount of time they spent together andhe s closer to her own age. You ve got to stop with all these assumptions.Sage is only going to beJulian s employee and nothing more.Furthermore, Shawn has only seen Sage like a55little sister and nothing is going to change that.He ll be very pissed off if he knewyou said anything else.My brother is too reckless for Sage to have any romanticfeelings for him. Sure, whatever, Aponi tossed back with a cool look over her shoulder asshe opened the office door. I m done talking about Sage.I ve I have to drop thesepackages off at home and then head back to work.Don t forget dinner with myparents is at six o clock sharp.I ll expect you at my house by five o clock, Aponisauntered out the door snapping it shut behind her.Rally started after Aponi, swore, and then stopped.He raked his fingersthrough his hair.How did his day start out so damn bad? Sage left him for a job shewas overqualified for.Aponi tricked him into a dinner date with her nosy andpushy parents.Shit, he wanted to be back home in bed.56Chapter Eight Okay boss, where do you want me? The question was spoken softlybehind him, but Julian knew who it was without turning around. I m surprised you re here.I thought Rally would have stopped you fromcoming, he uttered spinning around in his chair.His mouth almost fell open at the sight of Sage dressed in a hot pink t-shirtand a pair of jeans.She looked so young and relaxed.Totally different from theupset woman he saw a few hours ago.He liked how the pink brought out the richbrown of her skin tone.Her chocolate eyes sparkled behind her glasses.He had always been attracted to Sage, but kept his feelings hidden becausehe knew she was in love with Rally.However, since she wasn t working for himmaybe he d have a chance to get to know her better. You look very cute in your outfit.Are you ready to learn the ropes? Don t letthe guys intimidate you.They love giving all the new employees a hard time. Heglanced down at his watch and then back at Sage. I think they should be backfrom their field trip in about an hour.So, how about I ll go over the paper workwith you? After we finish I ll introduce you to the rest of the crew. Sounds good to me, Sage said, sitting down in the chair next to his desk.Sage watched Julian while he gathered up all the paper work he needed forher to fill out.She had known him forever [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]