Fearless: A Surprise Pregnancy, Frenemies to Lovers Romantic Suspense (Quattro Security Book 3) by C.B. Noy
Author:C.B. Noy [Noy, C.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CB NOY
Published: 2024-02-28T18:30:00+00:00
CHAPTER 8
Allesandro
IâD NEVER BEEN a fan of olives. Didnât like them in drinks, unless they were garnishing a very spicy Bloody Mary, and I wouldnât eat them on pizza. But as I stood in the grocery store, staring at jar after jar of the green and black fruit, I was utterly mesmerized. Quin was ten weeks along and according to the latest book I was reading; our baby was the size ofâyou guessed itâan olive.
âWhat the hell are you doing? The girls will kick our asses if weâre late.â Luc was strolling down the aisle with purpose, his cart filled with cases of water, soda, and juice.
When I learned her birthday was so close, I enlisted the girlsâ help in orchestrating a surprise birthday party for Quin. Since her actual birthday was during the week and she refused to take the night off, I picked up her favorite meal from Boâsâa mushroom cheeseburgerâand we ate at the front counter of the hardware store.
Pete had not been joking when he said she would be their new cashier. To say Quin was pissed would be putting it mildly. She put on an award-worthy performance, spouting off about womenâs rights, but through it all he stood with his feet shoulder-width apart, pointing to the high-back cushioned stool heâd bought just for her. In the end, she stomped away from him, muttering under her breath about crazy old men, before plopping her fine ass in the comfortable-looking seat.
âI got sidetracked,â I responded.
âBy olives?â He shuddered. âLetâs go. We still have to pick up the cake and we only have an hour until your girl gets off work.â
Another change in Quinâs employment was the fact she no longer worked at Bliss, thank fuck. After the scene in the parking lot, I was able to convince her to quit. Okay, so I didnât exactly convince her to quit so much as I may have accidentallyâon purposeâlet it slip about the incident in front of her girls. They went positively nuclear. I would have laughed out loud at the scolding she got if I hadnât been in fear of losing my balls. River immediately gave her a raise, then proceeded to beg her to work at To A Tea full time.
Which led to why Luc and I were traipsing around the grocery store on a Saturday afternoon. Emory had kicked us out of my apartment with a list of last-minute items to pick up for the party while she decorated. The plan was for River to bring Quin over to my place after they closed the shop, under the guise weâd all be going out for a night on the town. Instead, weâd be celebrating my girl.
We quickly paid for our purchases then jumped in my car and headed down the street to the bakery. I kept the car idling while Luc ran in to grab the small strawberry shortcake Iâd ordered earlier in the week.
Heâd only been gone two minutes when I got the distinct impression of being watched again.
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