Unlikely Allies
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“Oh, I’ll take care of him all right. He’ll be tossed out with the trash in three . . . two . . .” As Cece spit out her threat and before her fire-breathing temper sparked, Carter wandered around Rick and drifted to a stop at her stilettos, taking her on toe to toe.
Since the two of them began as Gateway interns together, Rick had watched them butt heads. Carter’s dogged strength and savviness gave him a supreme advantage. His uncanny knack for reading people made him an excellent hire, and regardless of their differences, when Carter and Cece collaborated on accounts, they closed deals better than anyone else.
Wider than a linebacker, Carter’s shoulders blocked Rick’s view. Maggie huddled up next to him. She looped her arm through his and linked their fingers together. Laying her head on his shoulder, she prepared to watch the fireworks. With his hands tied, he rocked back on his heels and waited for the explosive show. Reduced to mere spectators, but not too old to get their kicks, Maggie aligned her lips along his ear and whispered, “Fifty bucks she has him on his knees in less than ten seconds.”
Not willing to make a wager, or picture Carter in that position at the foot of his daughter, he swallowed his grumbling protest and took the sucker bet. Hard to resist his wife, he upped the ante. “I want it noted I’m throwing down a hundred under duress. My man card and his are about to go down in flames.”
Maggie patted his chest and pinched his chin, pulling it toward her and away from the head-on collision and catastrophe. The teeny gap and her deliriously happy smile appeared as she pronounced, “Thou shall submit to the mighty Wonder Woman.”
And he did—they did, in two-point-five seconds.
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C.C. KOEN WRITES CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE with a twist. An avid reader who enjoys mystery and suspense, her stories will never be what you expect. Determined to find adventure in her dreams and life, she enjoys skydiving, sailing and any activity that challenges her. Teacher by day, romance writer at night produce an active imagination that comes to life in her writing.
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