Page 21 of The Sniper
CHAPTER FOUR
TIFFANY
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Jayden is all smolderinghotness and bulging muscle, while I try to contain my pride.
As expected, there are comments about my wealth, but I couldn’t keep my thoughts to myself.I don’t know why.I usually don’t let people get to me, but everything about this man seems to affect me in one way or another.
God knows my panties are wet.
As he brushed past me earlier, my entire body tingled.
But when he gets back to business and refers to thepersonal itemsthat were taken, we both know he means the classic rabbit vibrator, a mermaid rose clitoral suction stimulator, and a pair of Victoria's Secret panties
Great.
I’m totally humiliated.
I don’t know if he’s amused or judging me.But there is a definite chemistry happening, and both of us are trying to ignore it.
That said, his comment about my schedule was a big red flag.If BHS thinks they are going to persuade me to cancel it, they are going to be disappointed.
It is essential to the launch of this product line and my next year’s earnings that the event goes ahead.
It would also cost me a huge amount to cancel, given the tight contract with Maison Diamonds.
I’m sure Jayden Rogers would have no sympathy for me if I tried to explain, so it’s lucky I don’t have to.I’ve employed them to do a job, and they don’t get to dictate my business activity.Hopefully, he’s professional enough to know that so I don’t have to spell it out.
It’s been almost six years since buying my home, and I am beyond ready to pay Dad back.
After the break-in, his comment on the phone irked me to almost breaking point.
“Tiffany, I want you to move.At the time I agreed to purchase that home, but I’ve always thought it was not safe enough.It appears I was right.”
“Dad, no!”I cried.“It’s safe.”
“How can you say that?”
“Any home can be broken into.”
“This house hasn’t,” he argued.“And do you know why?”
I blocked out his argument, knowing my own was weak, and it was pointless.He always won.That’s what Steven Stallone does.
He wins.
And because the house was in his name, he could sell it, and I’d be forced to move.
The familiar tightness in my chest returns as I stride down the hall with Jayden following.The one that wants to break out and tell my father to stop controlling my life.
He doesn’t, not really.
