De Lucci’s Obsession by Victoria Paige EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Victoria Paige
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AVA
“Are you sure, Ava?”
Mom’s scratchy voice came through the receiver I had cradled between
my neck and shoulder while my fingers fiddled with the coffee machine.
“I’m so sorry to—”
“Mom,” I stopped her apology. “You sound awful this morning. You
had no business working yesterday either.”
“Our last intern quit. Tommy needed help in the kitchen.”
Thomas “Tommy” O’Connell was a long-time chef at Eamonn’s, our
family-owned Irish pub. He learned to be a chef from the school of hardknocks and had no patience for the interns from culinary schools.
I chuckled, my mood starting to improve as the aroma of life-saving
brew teased my nose. Life-saving for other people around me that was.
Admittedly, I was an ornery person first thing in the morning. After
studying for my midterms until midnight and then getting jarred awake at
four, a challenging day was, no doubt, in my future.
“Yes, he’s old school,” I answered. “Anyway, I have to hop in the
shower if I’m to make it to the pub in time for deliveries.”
After ending the call, I trudged back to the bedroom with my mug of
coffee. I lived in a brownstone belonging to a group of properties owned by
the McGrath clan. This one had been renovated into two-household living. I
dwelt on the third floor, while my brother Robert and his family occupied
the first and second. We shared one staircase with convenient landings
leading to the entrance of each floor.
While in the shower, I mentally sorted my attire for the day. It was a nobrainer: jeans, Keds, and a flannel shirt with a tank underneath. The thick
material and long sleeves should protect me from any unwanted burns. I
could shed the layer if it got too hot in the kitchen as long as I wasn’t
working the stove.
Sufficiently awakened by the shower and after mainlining eight ounces
of caffeine, I filled up my travel mug from the fancy coffee maker that I
confiscated from my ex-boyfriend when he and his rock band left for the
Pandora Resort in Vegas. The breakup caught me by surprise. I wasn’t
bitter, or so I told myself. I was telling myself a lie. Because here I was, five
months later, depending on this coffee machine to get me through the day at
the same time it reminded me I was a disposable girlfriend.
On my way out the door, I grabbed my leather jacket, my pity-party
squashed by a smugness that at four-thirty, I was on the road, thirty-five
minutes after Mom called me. I wasn’t an au naturel girl by any stretch. I
knew when to primp up and when to dress down. No use letting sweat bleed
over my foundation with only good old Tommy as a witness. If I was
waitressing, I’d put on make-up and probably stuff tissues in my bra. My
brothers frowned when I did this, but I’d proven that considering all
services being equal, bigger boobs and a winsome smile scored better tips.
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