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“Laugh it up, asshole,” he grumbles “Have you ever broken your tailbone before? That shit hurts”
“Yeah, but I bet you’re eating up all the attention you’re getting from Poppy”
His chuckle sounds across the line “I aets deeper, and I hear Poppy scolding hiround
A smile tips up my lips when I think back to when Asher first saw Poppy She was infor a job interview One look at her, and he was utterly hooked He demanded I not hire her, to send her to his office instead I did, but it wasn’t until a year later, after literally obsessing over her, that he finally made his move From what he said, he did some pretty shitty stuff to ensure Poppy fell in love with hiive After working his ass off to show Poppy he truly loved her, and after his bastard friend nearly killed her, she finally forgave hietting a ring on her finger I can’t blah Poppy seems like a very special lady
“I’ve got a new venture I just bought into,” I tell hi back to the reason I called “I need a system set up in a week I know it’s short notice, but do you think it’s doable?”
“Coistics”
“I appreciate it” I sit up and mark a reminder down on my calendar, then throw the pen back on the desk “So, besides breaking your ass, hoas the honeyh a chuckle
“Not long enough,” he groans, then I hear asound, and another ot a call fro himself last week”
My hands ball into fists at the name Eric was more Asher’s friend than er isn’t for myself, but for Asher and Poppy The motherfucker becaht in front of Asher when he realized that Poppy would never pick hih to put a protection detail on Poppy when she started receiving strange phone calls His trial ift, and he was sentenced to forty years in prison for the uy Poppy’s friends had watch over her, and the attelad the bastard is dead I just wish his death was more painful
“How is Poppy taking it?” I ask, knowing she also felt the betrayal of what Eric did She worked with the guy for almost a year, and never knehat he was capable of I can’t i he was friends with a twisted asshole like that, and had almost made him partner in his company
“She’s fine uilty for the relief she feels”
That’s Poppy for you She’s sweet, kind, and caring, and the type of person that would feel guilt where it wasn’t due
“I’one,” Asher adds darkly
“I don’t blame you there”
We talk for a few more minutes, mostly about business, until I sense Poppy has come back into the room Asher’s words become distracted