Filthy Cowboy

by Amy Brent

  As per usual, I didn’t respond to her cheerful a greeting. There was no reason for me to dislike her other than the fact that Fletcher preferred her company over my own. Rationally, I understood that she was closer to him in every way. She was rich, gorgeous, in her late thirties and, most importantly, not his employee. It made sense for them to be whatever they were. Still, I hated her with every fiber of my being.

  “Mr. Cox asked me to contact you on his behalf. He was working late, but he’s now collecting his things and will be leaving the office shortly.”

  She chuckled like she had expected this. “Thank you for calling, Grace.”

  I put the phone down without saying goodbye and collected my things. With a final glance at Fletcher’s door, I switched off the lamp on my desk and left the office.

  As I rode down the elevator, I did my best not to think of Fletcher, but it was damn near impossible. Yes, he was an asshole most of the time. He also had a mistress and, probably, a drinking problem. But despite all of that, I could see a vulnerable and genuinely nice man underneath. It was with that man I had fallen in love; the only problem was that finding him underneath all the crap was becoming an increasingly harder task.

  “Can I call you a cab, Grace?” Phil, the night security guard, asked as I walked down the lobby. He stood alone by the door; all the receptionists already gone for the evening.

  I smiled and nodded. “Thank you, Phil.”

  He walked out with me and hailed a cab. Once a car stopped, he opened the door and stood out on the curb until the car was moving away. The kindness in his gesture warmed my heart. I really needed to go for a man like Phil—not Phil himself, of course, he was married—but someone who had manners like and knew how to treat a woman right.

  The only problem was that I didn’t want that. I didn’t want a gentleman, I wanted the man I couldn’t have. Life was screwed up like that sometimes. At least, it was for me.

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