Total pages in book: 152
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 145155 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 726(@200wpm)___ 581(@250wpm)___ 484(@300wpm)
Knock, knock, knock.
Ross opens the door and his face lights up.
“Joshua, nice to see you.” He looks around for Adrian and I continue to glare at him. “Come in,” he gestures with his hands.
My eyes flick to Ben and I murmur the words, “Guard the door.”
We exchange nods and he steps back into his position. I walk in and close the door behind me. Time to pay, fucker.
Natasha
He’s odd. I rub my eyes as I try to remember what he has just told me. Is it Adrian’s birthday or something? I hear the sound of people talking downstairs and I get up and shower. I suppose I had better get to my job, whatever that is. Fifteen minutes later I enter the kitchen to find a very annoyed Adrian speaking to Cameron.
“Well, why would he summon me over here and then frigging take off?” Oh shit, I need to think quickly.
“Hi, Adrian.” I smile and his eyes flick to me. “Hi Tash, where did your nutjob boyfriend go?”
“Um, I asked him to go and get something from the store for me.”
He and Cameron both frown at me. “Joshua doesn’t shop, Natasha,” he snaps. Boy, he’s angry.
“Um, no…I ahh…I needed something specific.” They both frown at me again. Oh shit, what am I going to say? “Um, he went to get me my pill prescription for me.”
They both frown and look at me as if I’m crazy. “He doesn’t particularly want a baby and I told him no sex until he got my tablets for me…you know taking one for the team and all that.” Oh shit, that was the lamest excuse in the history of lying. Josh is going to kill me.
Adrian shoots his eyes to Cameron and they both burst out laughing. Cameron holds his hand up and Adrian slaps it in a high five.
“What the hell have you done to Joshua Stanton? He’s like a fucking lovesick puppy.” He puts on a fake Aussie accent. “No sex for you, Joshua, until you get me my pills,” Adrian says to Cameron as he points his finger at him.
I roll my eyes and flick the coffee maker on. Josh is right. I’m a totally shit liar.
27
Natasha
An hour later I hear Joshua’s deep voice echoing throughout the house. He’s home. I bound up to the bedroom to change into my bikini, which is still hanging on the towel rack in the bathroom before I go and find him. I am trying to tie up the top when I notice something on the bottom of the shower that wasn’t there when I had a shower an hour ago. I pick it up. It’s Josh’s T-shirt. I hold it up to see why it is in the bottom of the shower and to my horror it is covered in blood. What the hell. Who has he been fighting? I head downstairs to find out what in the hell is going on. I hear Adrian speaking outside on the phone to someone and Joshua and Cameron are in the kitchen deep in conversation. I sneak closer to try and eavesdrop. I hear Cameron’s voice rise.
“How bad is it? Do I need to go around there? Does he need a doctor?”
I try to act casual and waltz toward the kitchen. I hear Joshua’s hushed voice as I walk closer. “Don’t tell Tash, she’ll go postal.”
Hmm, he plans on keeping it a secret. How do I play this? Adrian comes through the back door in a huff, obviously pissed off about something, and I smile and link my arm through his as we walk into the kitchen.
I walk in and smile at Josh. “Hi baby, did you get my pills?”
I kiss him on the cheek, and he raises one eyebrow at me. “Your pills,” he repeats. Silence falls on the room. I do an overaccentuated nod.
“Yes, you know how I needed contraceptive pills and you went to get them so we could have sex without producing an heir.” He frowns at me and I bite my lip to stifle my beaming smile. It’s so fun making him squirm.
He narrows his eyes. “Um, yes I…I got them.”
Cameron winks at me from behind Josh and I know he’s enjoying my joke as well.
I hold out my hand. “Give them to me then.” He frowns as he looks at my outstretched hand. I can see him thinking what the fuck is she talking about. I see Adrian and Cameron stifle their giggles in the background and I bite my own lip to stop the smile from splitting my face.
He frowns and then grabs me in a headlock, and I squeal out loud. “Very funny, Miss Marx,” he growls, and we all laugh. “Don’t even mention heirs.”
I pull out of Josh’s embrace and turn to Adrian. “Are you OK, honey, I overheard you being annoyed with someone?” I ask.