RUSH (Montgomery Men #1) - C.A. Harms Page 0,37

desk with a pout.

The man was the poster child for drama queen.

“I should feel offended, but I can’t get past the fact you’re happier than I have ever seen you. So instead of giving you a hard time, I’ll just imagine what happened after I left Kiera on the doorstep of her building. And I’ll just say one more thing.” I knew it was coming. “The visions I’m having are making me a little hot and bothered.”

I chuckled. I couldn’t help it. He was so over-the-top, but I couldn’t get annoyed with him because I was just too relaxed and I was sure there wasn’t too much that could upset me today.

I felt lighter and happier than I had in what felt like forever. And after the weekend Kiera and I had just shared, all I could think about was getting through my day so I could lose myself in her again. That was something new for me. Work had always come first and success was my top priority, but now it felt meaningless, as if it was only taking up time I could be spending with her.

“Since you obviously aren’t going to share any of the juicy details, I guess we’ll move on to the boring stuff,” Lex continued, pulling me from my thoughts of the brown-haired beauty. Still pouting, he placed a stack of messages on my desk, and I sat down to begin thumbing through them.

“You’ve gotten a few calls from that tycoon in Seattle. He is pushy.” Lex began to explain his chicken-scratch writing. His messages were sometimes hard to decipher. “He wants to set up a meeting next week because he’ll be in the city handling some other business.”

“The guy seems shady,” I said without looking up. I had avoided Mr. Hayward for months now. He was an arrogant fuck that felt I owed him something. “Tell him I’ll be out of town next week,” I said as I tossed his message aside. “I have no desire to work with that man.”

When Lex grew quiet, I looked up to find him giving me a quizzical stare. Unable to contain my smirk, I explained. “I haven’t finalized any plans yet, but I was thinking of taking a short trip to L.A.”

I hadn’t planned on telling him any more now, but from the way he was still staring at me, I knew he wouldn’t let it go until I did. “I’ve got a few properties I want to look into, and yes, Lex, I thought of asking Kiera to join me.”

He grew excited, clapping his hands enthusiastically, and I could see his mind working in overdrive. “Did you ask her to accompany you to the charity event this weekend?”

The annual Rose Claremont Foundation charity gala was one of the few events I supported without even an ounce of hesitation. Rose was an amazing woman. She spent her life giving all she could to children suffering from cancer. And when she herself was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and went downhill suddenly, she still gave it her all that final year. In fact she beat all the years prior. In the three weeks before she passed, she donated over 1.2 million to the children’s hospital. The Rose Claremont Foundation would live on through the eyes of her children, and their children after.

“Yes, I mentioned it,” I told Lex, suddenly remembering I hadn’t answered his question.

“And she argued, didn’t she?” Lex had gotten to know Kiera over the last few weeks. At first the way she’d let him in bothered me, but now she had opened herself up to me as well, and I found myself only wanting to know more.

“Yes, she did,” I replied, still thumbing through the messages from people hoping to gain my support on their projects or sell me their properties.

“But?” he pressed.

Lex knew just how well I took no as an answer.

“But,” I said, finally looking up to meet his curious stare. “I never gave her a choice. I already have a dress being delivered to her on Thursday, and the limousine has been arranged to pick her up at 7:00 p.m.”

“And if she still refuses to come?” he challenged me with a cock of his brow.

“I can be very convincing. I’m more than positive I’ll be able to convince her.”

Lex grew almost giddy as his eyes widened. I could tell he was running the scenario through his mind, and I didn’t even want to envision the details of what he could be imagining right