Risky Business: (Taboo Romance Series) (Forbidden Fruit Book 3) Read Online Free Page B
Author: Ali Parker
like a tire ran over your shirt." She giggled and pulled her hand from mine. "Luke has several extra shirts in his office. You're more muscular than him, but I'm sure one of them would fit. You want me to get you one of them?"
I glanced down and sighed. Somehow I'd gotten a thick black line across my white button down. It was going to be that day for sure.
"Yeah, get the biggest one you can find. I hate having something tight around my arms." I started to follow her to my brother's office, taking note of how good her pencil skirt fit her. Why was I denying the attention she kept giving? Right. Office romances always ended in scandal. No thanks.
"You're coming tonight, right?" She knocked on Luke's door, pressed her ear to it and opened it as I approached. "He's not here yet."
"Yeah, I'm coming." I walked in behind her and unbuttoned my shirt. It was a good thing I had on an undershirt as all I needed was for someone to find the two of us in Luke's office with me half dressed.
"Good. You know you could just go shirtless. We wouldn't mind." She laughed softly as she pulled another white shirt from Luke's closet.
"And tease all the ladies with my strapping southerly body? No way." I took the shirt and gave her a quick smile. "I had to help a guy out this morning. I wasn't paying attention."
"Aww... Did you help someone with their tire?" She crossed her arms over her chest, which only helped to accentuate the size of her breasts as they lifted.
"Not with a tire, but with his car breaking down." I turned from her and walked to the window to look out at the city. "A zillion people were on the road this morning and no one stopped."
"You did."
I glanced over my shoulder and nodded. "Yeah, but being the good guy gets you nowhere in life. At least not in this world."
"I think you underestimate your power." She moved up to stand beside me and swatted my hands away so that she could finish buttoning my shirt. "My boyfriend is a good guy. They're rare to find, but when you do-"
"You have a boyfriend?" I couldn't help but smile.
She swatted at me. "Yes. Of course. You don't?"
"Have a boyfriend? No." I tucked my shirt in and walked to the door. "And don't ask me about a girlfriend either."
"You're the boss. I'll not be asking."
"Hey," I paused at Luke's door and turned around to face her. "Do you know anything about this girl my brother's fallen for? He's wanting me to meet her tonight, but I hate not knowing anything."
"I know her name is Olivia, and she's a brilliant investment advisor for Tangling. That's all. He's kept her from all of us on purpose I think." She snorted as my muscles locked into place. "He plays the good guy with her, but she'll soon see around his facade."
"Or maybe not. It's been three years." My mind raced along the fucked up possibility that my brother was dating my girl. No. Olivia wasn't a common name, but still, what were the odds?
"Then maybe she's not as smart as he gives her credit for."
"Maybe not." I needed to research who this Olivia from Tangling was. Surely it wasn't her. It couldn't have been. The universe didn't hate me that much. Right?
Chapter 5
Olivia
"No ring?" Dana sat down at the kitchen table across from me. She'd been asleep by the time I got home the night before. With the slight time different from Texas to New York and the jet lag, she was out cold.
"No, but maybe it's a good thing." I shrugged and put a thick layer of butter on my toast.
"It's not fair that you get to eat that much butter and not look like the side of a barn." She smeared jelly on hers and huffed.
"I was raised on butter, remember?" I reached for the jelly. "My mom must have put butter on everything."
"Mine still does." Dana laughed. "Maybe it's that you got away from home after high school. I think I've put on twenty pounds thanks to my mom's cooking."
"You look great, and you know it. If you have someone as good looking at Dr. Tarrington looking at you... you're doing something right." I
I glanced down and sighed. Somehow I'd gotten a thick black line across my white button down. It was going to be that day for sure.
"Yeah, get the biggest one you can find. I hate having something tight around my arms." I started to follow her to my brother's office, taking note of how good her pencil skirt fit her. Why was I denying the attention she kept giving? Right. Office romances always ended in scandal. No thanks.
"You're coming tonight, right?" She knocked on Luke's door, pressed her ear to it and opened it as I approached. "He's not here yet."
"Yeah, I'm coming." I walked in behind her and unbuttoned my shirt. It was a good thing I had on an undershirt as all I needed was for someone to find the two of us in Luke's office with me half dressed.
"Good. You know you could just go shirtless. We wouldn't mind." She laughed softly as she pulled another white shirt from Luke's closet.
"And tease all the ladies with my strapping southerly body? No way." I took the shirt and gave her a quick smile. "I had to help a guy out this morning. I wasn't paying attention."
"Aww... Did you help someone with their tire?" She crossed her arms over her chest, which only helped to accentuate the size of her breasts as they lifted.
"Not with a tire, but with his car breaking down." I turned from her and walked to the window to look out at the city. "A zillion people were on the road this morning and no one stopped."
"You did."
I glanced over my shoulder and nodded. "Yeah, but being the good guy gets you nowhere in life. At least not in this world."
"I think you underestimate your power." She moved up to stand beside me and swatted my hands away so that she could finish buttoning my shirt. "My boyfriend is a good guy. They're rare to find, but when you do-"
"You have a boyfriend?" I couldn't help but smile.
She swatted at me. "Yes. Of course. You don't?"
"Have a boyfriend? No." I tucked my shirt in and walked to the door. "And don't ask me about a girlfriend either."
"You're the boss. I'll not be asking."
"Hey," I paused at Luke's door and turned around to face her. "Do you know anything about this girl my brother's fallen for? He's wanting me to meet her tonight, but I hate not knowing anything."
"I know her name is Olivia, and she's a brilliant investment advisor for Tangling. That's all. He's kept her from all of us on purpose I think." She snorted as my muscles locked into place. "He plays the good guy with her, but she'll soon see around his facade."
"Or maybe not. It's been three years." My mind raced along the fucked up possibility that my brother was dating my girl. No. Olivia wasn't a common name, but still, what were the odds?
"Then maybe she's not as smart as he gives her credit for."
"Maybe not." I needed to research who this Olivia from Tangling was. Surely it wasn't her. It couldn't have been. The universe didn't hate me that much. Right?
Chapter 5
Olivia
"No ring?" Dana sat down at the kitchen table across from me. She'd been asleep by the time I got home the night before. With the slight time different from Texas to New York and the jet lag, she was out cold.
"No, but maybe it's a good thing." I shrugged and put a thick layer of butter on my toast.
"It's not fair that you get to eat that much butter and not look like the side of a barn." She smeared jelly on hers and huffed.
"I was raised on butter, remember?" I reached for the jelly. "My mom must have put butter on everything."
"Mine still does." Dana laughed. "Maybe it's that you got away from home after high school. I think I've put on twenty pounds thanks to my mom's cooking."
"You look great, and you know it. If you have someone as good looking at Dr. Tarrington looking at you... you're doing something right." I
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