A Mistletoe Kiss with the Boss (17 page)

She heard him come after her, his breath rasping in his throat as his movements picked up into a drunken jog. She'd just made it to the living-room doorway when he caught up with her, grabbing hold of her arm and spinning her around to face him.

‘Jolyon, please—' she gasped, then froze in horror as his lips came crashing down onto hers, his arms wrapping around her like a vice. She couldn't breathe, couldn't move, her heart hammering hard in her ears as she struggled to get away from him—

Then suddenly he seemed to let go of her—or was he being dragged away? The loud
ooof!
sound he made in the back of his throat made her think that perhaps he
had
been and she spun around only to come face to face with Jack.

His mesmerising eyes bore into hers, blazing with anger as a muscle ticced in his clenched jaw, and her stomach did a slow somersault. His gaze swept over her face for the merest of seconds before moving to lock onto Jolyon instead, who was now leaning against the doorjamb, gasping as if he'd been winded.

‘What do you want, Westwood?' Jolyon snapped at Jack, flashing him a look of fear-tinged contempt.

Jack glared back, his whole body radiating tension as if he was having to physically restrain himself from landing a punch right on Jolyon's pudgy jaw.

He took a purposeful step towards the cowering man and leaned one strong arm on the jamb above Jolyon's head, forming a formidable six-foot-three enclosure of angry, powerful man around him.

‘I want you to keep your hands off my wife!'

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ISBN-13: 9781488003240

A Mistletoe Kiss with the Boss

Copyright © 2016 by Linda Susan Meier

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