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“That’s too bad. Don’t worry, you will. You can’t miss him. He is beautiful. It’s a little unfair to the rest of the men in the world. Every woman takes notice when he walks into a room. Maybe your picky self will approve.” She laughs. She seems to think I am too selective. No, not picky, just hung up on the wrong guy. Wait… well, actually it’s the guy she’s talking about. What the hell am I going to do?
A few hours pass quickly, not that I get much work done. That’s it. I’m going to his office tomorrow. Get this out in the open and out of the way. That way there will be no surprise encounters. It’ll be better for both of us. I really hope Travis never said anything to him about me being his daughter. That might cause some problems. I lean my head back against my chair, rubbing my temples. The department knows about my mom and my aunt, but they have no idea about Travis. I let out a deep breath. There’s nothing I can do about it right now. I’ll just have to see how this plays out.
Harper interrupts my thoughts. “Addison, let’s go get our drink on. Find you a man.” Harper thinks it’s her life mission to find a guy for me. Finding a man is the last thing I want to do tonight. I already found one today that I’m not sure what to do with.
I grab my purse. “Let’s go. O’Malley’s?”
Chapter Twenty-six
Aiden
“DAMON, ADDISON DROPPED these files off for you. Said you were expecting them.” Cheryl hands over a few files to Damon while he’s sitting in my office.
“When was Addison here?”
“She dropped them by about fifteen minutes ago, but she had to go suddenly. Acted really weird. I told her I would make sure you got the files,” Cheryl replies.
“Thanks, Cheryl.”
“What’s up with you and Cheryl?” I ask Damon when she leaves. She had that look in her eyes when talking to him.
“Nothing. Not sure I want to go there with someone I work with at the office. She is hot, though, if you like shy girls.” He shrugs. “It’s too bad Addison left. You need to meet this girl. She is gorgeous. Legs that go on forever, beautiful blue eyes, blonde hair, curves in all the right places but a rock solid body. She can kick my ass, so I’m a little scared of her.” Damon laughs. “She would be perfect for you. She works over in the forensics crime lab for NYPD. She’s been working there for almost a year.”
I narrow my eyes. Since I’ve been back, he’s taken on the role of matchmaker. I’m just not interested. Well, except for one. I sigh. I wonder if she thinks about me as much as I do her. It sucks that I didn’t find out her real name.
I still can’t believe she fucked me and then shot me. Damn, I don’t think I’ve ever had that hot of sex before and then was even more turned on when she shot me. The way she handled that gun was impressive. And her body was amazing. The girl that Damon is talking about has nothing on Emily. Shit… whatever her name is. I just need to forget about her.
“If she’s so hot, why haven’t any of you guys tried to pick her up?” If she’s seriously as hot as he says, I’m surprised the guys haven’t eaten her up.
“We’ve tried. Well, I haven’t… Like I said, she scares me a bit. I like my girls not so independent. When she first started, the guys drew straws to see who was going to get to ask her out. I swear the first time she walked into the office, the entire group yelled dibs. You’d think we were all fucking horny teenagers. Dave drew the long straw, lucky bastard, but when he finally asked her out, she said no. I don’t think I’ve ever known a woman to turn down Dave. After that, everyone was afraid to ask her out.”
“I like my women willing. Not sure she sounds like my type.” No one seems to be my type lately. Someone seems to have broken me.
“Willing to what? Shoot you?” He smirks. “Aiden, you need to forget her. Move the fuck on. There are millions of women out there. Beautiful women.”
Could you tell my dick that, because he seems to be on a hiatus? And the messed-up part is I’m not too upset about it. But, I definitely need to forget about her.
Damon knows what happened between Emily and me. He knows she shot me, too, which he had a nice long laugh about. Fucking asshole.
I still want to know why she was there. Travis kept that secret to himself. I had to stop bringing her up to him; I was going to get fired before I had all my shit together to take his ass down. He’d get pissed whenever I mentioned her. I told myself that I’d find her after I was back home, but I’ve been hitting a brick wall every time I find a lead. I need to move on. It was one night. One. Fucking. Night.
Shit. Move on, Roberts. You’re never going to see her again.
I am ready to get back to my normal life. “Let’s go get a drink after work”.
“Definitely. Let’s go find you one of those beautiful women,” Damon replies, “I’m glad I have my wingman back.”
“What the fuck ever. I’ll let you believe that tonight though,” I say, laughing. “I haven’t been to O’Malley’s in forever. Let’s start there.”
Chapter Twenty-seven
HARPER AND I head to my apartment for a quick change. Since I live right in the city, we always use my place to get ready. I slip on my black skinny jeans and a cute, sleeveless white shirt, letting my hair hang down with some loose curls. The brown color in my hair has finally faded. Now it’s my natural dark blonde with highlights. I freshen up my makeup with a little mascara and lip gloss and I am ready to go.
“I’m so jealous of you and your body,” sighs Harper. “Seriously, I need to work out with you.”
“Harper, you’re gorgeous. You get attention like no other girl I know, so I don’t know what you’re complaining about,” I reply.
“You’re a badass. I want to be like you when I grow up.” She laughs. “You’re beautiful and can kick ass.”
