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His Under Contract
Holly
As a kid with a Marine for a father, and a doore aspirations forwith kids, and then enjoying a summer break However, I didn’t think I would end up a housekeeper scrubbing floors It doesn’t matter if the floors are in a o’s most exclusive addresses I’m still on my hands and knees for one of the most obnoxious assholes I’ve ever est rain in business and sports contracts, Ethan Bishop is sought after in the boardroom and the bedroom While even his sister thinks he’s best taken in small doses, she offers o back to s I need this job, and it’s not like it’s forever, just until I’e of poverty Let him be the unrepentant manwhore who didn’t do repeats It’s better for hioes nuts when I even think of him It’s better this way, because he could never wantI’m safe, it doesn’t matter how badly I want him, he doesn’t want me Does he?
Ethan
In h, so no, I’ize If you have a problem with that, it’s your probleest law fir personality I’m on top because I h stakes takeover, or a player getting paid every dime he’s worth My clients come out on top I have worked hard for the life I have, the e, and the hottest woman on my arm and in my bed So, if my bitch of a new housekeeper wants to look down on ive a fuck My one weakness, my little sister parked me with a housekeeper who is far fro down But damn, does she have an attitude and ashe isn’t my type, or I wouldto tell my cock she’s not my type, only the asshole has had his own idea since he saw her It won’t last long though, it never wants any wo When she offers herself to me, it’s with a contract where I hold all the control, all I have to do is sign
Chapter One
I move slowly as I put the chairs back and separate the tables in the low key coffee house Unlike other coffee places, they not only didn’t h I hadn’t wanted to coht, Saturday afternoon filled with laughter and friendly familiar faces hat I really needed
“Holly? Are you okay?” The words come softly from Amelia as she pushes a chair into place
I bite irl who isn’t anything like the pampered princess I assu, al in on five-inch Manolo Blahnik heels, in a demure, black, Chanel skirt-suit; instantly, in reverse snobbery, I didn’t want to like her Only it was hard not to, with her enthusias her first book club She loved the book club, which focused on thrillers and hbrow literature, as more than a dozen other clubs that already existed in the city She’s also the sweetest, nicest person I’ve ever met
As the host of the club, I make it a point never to leave until everyone else has left This has led to several one-on-one conversations, when it was clear A about the book or even other members of the club More often, we talked about the pressure she felt to be as good as her older brother, who is a partner at the law fire, twenty-eight, yet very different Our differences have me embarrassed to talk about it
I shakea smile I mean to brush off her concern, but my mouth doesn’t comply When I open my mouth, I burst into tears Horrified by my tears, I bury my face in my hands
A hand is on htly “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to make you cry”
She sounds distraught Once again, I wonder if she’s for real, yet her sincerity is clear Amelia is so sweet cotton candy wouldn’totherwise “No, don’t apologize I’ether I was fired yesterday from a job I hate but badly needed”
“Oh, oodness, hoful The horrible place you said was only one step up from a boiler room?”
“Yes, they are about to be shut down I think they’re afraid when the SEC comes in, that I would talk Their excuse was I didn’t finish a report I was told to do, but there was no report Then II’ to be able to use hi paycheck to paycheck, there is only a few hundred left inwithout a job here in Chicago”
Amelia lets out a squeal I’ve never heard frood!”