Weekends Required (26 page)
Authors: Sydney Landon
Tags: #Fiction, #Romance, #Contemporary, #Contemporary Women, #General
Suzy, however, was not interested in him; or so she kept telling herself. After being cheated on by her high school sweetheart, the man she thought she would be spending the rest of her life with, men were now only good for one thing and that one thing was something she wanted to avoid in the work place.
“It’s the kid isn’t it? Your kid hasn’t even been born yet and already it’s turning my life upside down,” groaned Suzy.
“Well Jason does want to be able to spend more time with me and the baby when he or she’s born so yes that’s something to do with it.”
“I knew it!” Catching herself lest she offend Claire, Suzy tried to control herself. She also tried to understand why she was suddenly terrified at the thought of seeing Grayson daily. She’d spent a lot of time in his company since the merger of Danvers International with Mericom. She was always careful to have someone else present though when meeting with Grayson. The strong, gutsy person inside her wondered why that was necessary; the woman inside her knew. There was something in Grayson’s eyes that called to her, seemed to devour her soul every time she looked at him. He scared her; he made her want to run and do everything she could to save herself.
Suzy realized that Claire was watching her, a knowing look in her eyes. Her defenses went up and Suzy did what she did best, bluffed. “Ugh, well no biggie, I guess just another uptight geek to grace our presence, right? I mean, why should it bother me? I haven’t given him a thought since he was here annoying me last time. Maybe he’ll actually buy himself a pair of jeans or something though. Those uptight, heavily starched suits are so depressing. He should really lay off the hair products; do you think a hurricane could move that hair?” As her tirade ended, Suzy grimaced as she looked at Claire. Ok, maybe she should have limited those comments to no more than two. She was rattled, and when she was rattled the words kept flowing no matter how hard she tried to stop them. She was grateful that it was Claire though, someone who would never judge her or try to peel the layers back to see what all the protests were hiding, Claire didn’t have to; she knew.
Suzy had met Claire at Danvers International where they both worked years ago. Claire was the personal assistant to the company president and CEO, Jason Danvers, while Suzy handled all the special events for Danvers for which there were many. Two people couldn’t be more opposite than they were, but it worked. She was loud and outgoing, Claire was quiet and thoughtful. Claire had auburn hair that hung loose around her shoulders; thank god she’d given up the ponytails and buns she used to wear. Suzy had long red hair that she styled to suit her mood. She also dressed to suit her mood and leather and stiletto heels played a large role. They were both blessed to be a little above average in height, and she couldn’t lie; she loved her perky plump boobs. If you could take half of each, they’d make the perfect person.
It was so hard to believe that the person sitting in front of her now was married to Jason Danvers, the CEO of Danvers, and pregnant with his child. The fairytale had finally come true for Claire, and her prince charming had slain all of her dragons. Suzy couldn’t think of anyone who deserved it more. After a lifetime spent with an abusive father who was killed along with her sister in a car accident several years ago, Claire had struggled to support her ailing mother.
After her mother suffered a stroke, her medication was altered and her recovery was miraculous. The very medication meant to help her was actually harming her. Now she lived next door to Claire in a house designed by Jason. Claire gave up the boring clothing and hairstyle she’d always favored, and she practically glowed. She was still Jason’s assistant until after the baby was born. If she were a person prone to crying, this story would certainly have her sobbing.
Claire reached over and covered her hand with her own. “Suz, it will be fine. Grayson really isn’t that bad when you get to know him. I’m actually quite fond of him now. His brother Nicholas will also be moving here to assist with the daily operations.”
”Nicholas? Stuffed shirt has a brother? God please don’t tell me he’s smoking hot too!”
With a laugh, Claire said, “Well, I don’t know what you consider smoking, but he looks similar to Grayson in coloring and he’s quite good looking. Not as good-looking as Jason because no one looks that good, but above average.”
Horrified, Suzy sputtered out, “Geez where do these guys come from? Jason, Gray and if Nicholas looks even half as good, every woman here will stay in heat.”
“Every woman Suz?”
“Um, well not you obviously, I mean except for Jason and not me because my head isn’t turned by a good piece of eye candy but for sure every other woman here.”
Suzy knew that her friend wasn’t fooled for a minute by all of her protests, so she wisely decided to change the subject. Even as she asked all the right questions about Claire’s new life, her mind was on a tall man with dark hair and compelling green eyes that seemed to look through all of her defenses, and she was deathly afraid that the battle to storm the walls to her heart had already begun.
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