Diamonds (Den of Thieves Book 1) Read Online Free Page B
Author: A.M. Cosgrove
she could not wait for him to be done so she could close the door on him. "Now what do you want?"
"I am fine. How are you?" Still smiling.
Her resolved slipped a bit further much to her dismay. Maybe she was being a bit too hard on him. There obviously was a reason as to why he had come back after having been sent away the night before.
"Look. I am sorry Peter -it is Peter isn’t it?"
"Yes it is."
"Look Peter, I am sorry if I am coming off as rude here but you have to understand I am not interested in anything you have to say. I said everything I had to say to you last night and I am not sure why you are here but it is not going to work.” Arms crossed again.
"I’m sorry? Interested in what?" That smile.
"You. I’m just not interested in getting to know you at this time in my life. And I don’t care what my father may or may not have said to you after we parted ways. Don’t kid yourself to think that I didn’t see you both talking about me when I wasn’t there. I am simply not interested."
"Oh. That. Yes he did mention you to me actually. You are right about that."
"My father has been trying to set me up for years with any number of men. And I have not found anyone yet who has intrigued me enough to spend time getting to know."
"I understand but that was not what our conversation was about actually."
"Oh sure it wasn’t."
"Actually he was telling me that I should steer clear of you. That I am not man enough to be able to handle you and certainly not worthy."
"Really now?" What sort of game was this man playing at or had her father really said that he should stay away from her?
She doubted her father had told him to stay away. He was always playing matchmaker. Then there was the simple fact that Peter was hot. And if what he had told her father the night before was true, he was a businessman. The car he drove clearly spoke to the money he was able to make.
Either that or else he was good at pulling the wool over people’s eyes.
Either way she was not interested in anything Peter had to offer. At all.
"Really. I am actually just here to see if I left my sunglasses here last night."
"Sunglasses? That’s why you came all the way back here? To find your lost pair of sunglasses."
"Yes."
"You really expect me to believe that."
"It’s the truth." He shrugged and that boyish grin crept over his face.
"Why, if you do all sorts of acquisition business, don’t you just go and buy yourself a new pair? It doesn’t make any sense to come back here again. Unless of course everything you said about your employment was a lie and you don’t actually have any money."
"I did not lie. I am in acquisitions like I said. And the reason I came back for those sunglasses is because they are an older pair that they don’t make anymore. I’m sort of partial to them actually and I would hate to think that I misplaced them and can’t get them anymore."
She studied him. He didn’t seem to be lying. Maybe she was wrong about the whole thing.
She sighed. Her insides started to relax a bit.
"Fine. You may come in and look for them. But I will warn you, don’t try anything funny or else you will be in a whole pile of trouble with me." She swung the door open wide and moved aside so he could step through.
"Don’t worry I am not here to try anything." He held his hands up as he walked in the door. "I promise."
She walked with him down the main hallway.
"Where do you think you left them?"
"The last time I remember seeing them was out on the balcony off the main room."
"Really. Why were you out on the balcony?"
"It was a nice night and I was enjoying the view of the stars."
"So you are an astrologer too are you?" She looked hard at him, trying to figure out what was going on in his mind.
"Oh god no. I just love looking up at them from time to time. Gives me peace."
They walked in silence for another few feet. What peace could a man like him need that the money he clearly had couldn’t buy?
She
"I am fine. How are you?" Still smiling.
Her resolved slipped a bit further much to her dismay. Maybe she was being a bit too hard on him. There obviously was a reason as to why he had come back after having been sent away the night before.
"Look. I am sorry Peter -it is Peter isn’t it?"
"Yes it is."
"Look Peter, I am sorry if I am coming off as rude here but you have to understand I am not interested in anything you have to say. I said everything I had to say to you last night and I am not sure why you are here but it is not going to work.” Arms crossed again.
"I’m sorry? Interested in what?" That smile.
"You. I’m just not interested in getting to know you at this time in my life. And I don’t care what my father may or may not have said to you after we parted ways. Don’t kid yourself to think that I didn’t see you both talking about me when I wasn’t there. I am simply not interested."
"Oh. That. Yes he did mention you to me actually. You are right about that."
"My father has been trying to set me up for years with any number of men. And I have not found anyone yet who has intrigued me enough to spend time getting to know."
"I understand but that was not what our conversation was about actually."
"Oh sure it wasn’t."
"Actually he was telling me that I should steer clear of you. That I am not man enough to be able to handle you and certainly not worthy."
"Really now?" What sort of game was this man playing at or had her father really said that he should stay away from her?
She doubted her father had told him to stay away. He was always playing matchmaker. Then there was the simple fact that Peter was hot. And if what he had told her father the night before was true, he was a businessman. The car he drove clearly spoke to the money he was able to make.
Either that or else he was good at pulling the wool over people’s eyes.
Either way she was not interested in anything Peter had to offer. At all.
"Really. I am actually just here to see if I left my sunglasses here last night."
"Sunglasses? That’s why you came all the way back here? To find your lost pair of sunglasses."
"Yes."
"You really expect me to believe that."
"It’s the truth." He shrugged and that boyish grin crept over his face.
"Why, if you do all sorts of acquisition business, don’t you just go and buy yourself a new pair? It doesn’t make any sense to come back here again. Unless of course everything you said about your employment was a lie and you don’t actually have any money."
"I did not lie. I am in acquisitions like I said. And the reason I came back for those sunglasses is because they are an older pair that they don’t make anymore. I’m sort of partial to them actually and I would hate to think that I misplaced them and can’t get them anymore."
She studied him. He didn’t seem to be lying. Maybe she was wrong about the whole thing.
She sighed. Her insides started to relax a bit.
"Fine. You may come in and look for them. But I will warn you, don’t try anything funny or else you will be in a whole pile of trouble with me." She swung the door open wide and moved aside so he could step through.
"Don’t worry I am not here to try anything." He held his hands up as he walked in the door. "I promise."
She walked with him down the main hallway.
"Where do you think you left them?"
"The last time I remember seeing them was out on the balcony off the main room."
"Really. Why were you out on the balcony?"
"It was a nice night and I was enjoying the view of the stars."
"So you are an astrologer too are you?" She looked hard at him, trying to figure out what was going on in his mind.
"Oh god no. I just love looking up at them from time to time. Gives me peace."
They walked in silence for another few feet. What peace could a man like him need that the money he clearly had couldn’t buy?
She
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