Vengeance: A Kindred Sons Mafia Romance Read Online Free

she practically begged me not to mention the post room incident, she was still insisting that her relationship with Jake was entirely professional. The girl had been good to me, so I didn’t have a problem not mentioning it. I had my own secrets too; besides had no one really to tell it to anyway. Mildred was usually either in a meeting or on the phone and I didn’t really associate with many of the other workers here. It was beginning to feel like I needed to look for work elsewhere.
     
    At 12:30 I grabbed my lunch and went to the staff kitchen on the third floor. It was strange for the kitchen to be empty at this time but I heated my pasta leftovers in the microwave and filled the kettle to make some tea. That was when I heard the kitchen door click shut behind me.
     
    “I heard you’ve been looking for me, Bella.” Denver’s voice was suddenly behind me. “I hope you’ve been thinking about me, I’ve definitely been thinking about you.” He was right behind me, jamming me between the sink and himself. He grabbed my hips and rolled his body against me. I could feel him behind me and a familiar, sickening fear crawled up my stomach.
     
    I grabbed his hands to try to take them off me. Tears welled in my eyes. “I’ve told you I’m not interested and this is sexual harassment, you prick.” Stronger than I was, his hands didn’t move, they just dug into me harder. Somewhere within I remembered I was wearing my heels. With a quick stomp, my left heel pounded into his shoe leaving him cursing and almost head butting me from behind and he buckled with the unexpected pain. Those two seconds were enough for me to get away from him, open the kitchen door and get into the hall… and straight into a huge suited man chest.
     
    I tried pushing him away from me, ending up pushing myself backwards from him.
     
    “Jeaysus.” Oh no. “Are ya alright there, missy? Oh, it’s you.”
     
    “Hi, um, Jake.”
     
    When he realized I was upset his whole demeanour went from laid back to high alert. I saw his eyes move from mine to behind me, where I heard Denver had come out, muttering to himself about “Stupid fucking bitch.”
     
    Louise appeared from nowhere and dragged me away from being between the two men. My head was reeling and flashbacks from my past threatened to turn me into a shaking mess.
     
    “So I see you’re still preying on the defenceless then.” Jake took a step closer to Denver who was looking between Jake, Louise and me.
     
    It felt like the air around Jake changed in preparation for a fight: the set of his strong, chiselled jaw; the way his already huge, muscled chest expanded further, making him look twice the size of his opponent; the frosty look of pure hatred he was shooting at Denver; the way he rolled his neck and shoulders, limbering up for what was to come. He was lethal, I saw that now. As Jake’s body shifted to take the first step towards Denver, Louise, with her petite frame, pushed herself right in between them.
     
    “Gents, this is an office. This is not the place to have a brawl.” Her determined expression set, eyeballing both of the guys. The girl had balls, I’d give her that… but either of them could have swatted her away in an instant. She was either the bravest or the dumbest person I’d ever seen.
     
    The interjection was enough to distract both guys for a moment, easing some of the massive pressure that had built up in such a short time. Jake seemed to get a better grasp of his surroundings, but when I saw how white his knuckles were on his clenched fists, I wasn’t sure it was over. They have history , my mind suddenly realized.
     
    Denver took no chances in case things becoming physical and took the opportunity to disappear as quickly as possible. “Mr. Armstrong, it’s always great to see you.” His voice dripping with sarcasm, “I’m sure I have no idea what you’re on about. Maybe you should lay off the ‘roids for a while, huh? Now if you’ll