Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65039 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 325(@200wpm)___ 260(@250wpm)___ 217(@300wpm)
"Sir, how may I be of service, Mr. Lyon is rather busy at the moment..."
"Listen girly..."
"No you listen, I don't know who you are and quite frankly I don't care, but your telephone manner leaves much to be desired.
Now either you speak to me in a civil tone or I'll be hanging up on the count of five, one, two three, four..."
"I'm almost there little missy, we'll just see about this."
He hung up the phone.
Oh shit, my first day and I'm gonna get canned, who the hell was that?
Damn, when will I learn to keep my big mouth shut, Jared was going to be so pissed.
Not long after I heard the same gruff voice outside the door followed by a few others, namely Colton's.
My stomach was in knots and I had to throw up.
"Marcus what the hell?"
"Fight's not with you Lyon."
"You have a beef with anyone on my staff on my property, the fights with me Grimaldi."
"I want to talk to little missy with the big mouth."
"What's this about Grimaldi?"
"You learn how to build a decent bike yet?"
"Listen we've been going back and forth with this for the last year, if you don't like my work there's nothing I can do for you, but you're not going to come here and harass my people."
Maybe I should get out there before things get out of hand, Colton was beginning to sound frustrated.
I took a deep breath and walked to the door, I had to fortify myself before opening it.
I opened the door to Colton, Jared and a couple of the guys, Tommy and Pete among them.
"Hey, you the one I spoke to?"
Okay, he did not look anything like his voice sounded, he was dressed like a refined gentleman while he spoke like a ruffian.
What was it with the men in this town not being what they seem?
I wasn't quite sure what I'd done to set him off so I decided to play it safe.
"Yes sir I think I am."
He looked me up and down with a sneer.
"Well now, you're just a little itty-bitty thing, not much to you at all."
Watch it old man with the short jokes.
Instead of actually answering his obnoxious observation I just straightened my shoulders and stood a little taller.
"Was there something I could help you with?"
"There it is, that same snooty tone she used on the phone, that how you running your business these days Lyon?"
Colton started to answer him but for some strange reason I felt the need to defend myself, especially since the old reprobate was smirking at me like a three year old tattletale who'd gotten me in trouble.
Chances are I was going to be fired anyway so what the hell.
"Fact of the matter is you were obnoxiously rude Mr. Grumpy, if you want respect you first have to give it."
"Excuse me young lady, do you have any idea who I am?"
"Marc..."
Again Colton tried to intervene but I beat him to it, enough is enough.
For the past three months or so I've been playing the coward, just because life had thrown me a curveball didn't mean I had to roll over and play dead, and I'd be damned if I was going to play the coward here like I had in Arizona.
"Listen Dragon heart, I don't really much care who you are, from the looks of you you have money and maybe that's why you think you can get away with treating people just any old way, but your money doesn't mean squat to me, so why don't you take your money and your pompous attitude and go fu..."
"Kat..."
"Sloan..."
Jared and Colton cut into my resignation speech before I could get to the good part.
Suddenly there was a burst of raucous laughter as Mr. Grumpy bent double in laughter.
"You've got the contract Lyon." He held his hand out to Colton as he almost choked on his laughter.
Colton looked from him to me and back again before shaking his head and taking the hand.
I had no idea what the hell had just happened.
"Back to work, show's over, that means you too Sloan."
I turned and escaped back into the office.
I waited 'til only Jared and I were left in the hallway, and Marcus had gone off to the showroom with the guys.
"She's not at all what she seems is she?"
"Nope!"
"What the fuck is going on Jared?"
"You'll just have to wait to find out."
Shit, she'd just landed me what could be my most lucrative deal, a contract I'd been after for a year now, a deal that will have my bikes all over the world.
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Chapter 4
"Tell me something Jared, is she going to turn my place upside down?"
"Nah...well not in a bad way anyhow."
I looked at him full on with the do not fuck with me glare.
"What am I in for?"
"All I will say is that it's good to see some of the old Kat again, after what those fucks did to her..."