Best Friend...Future Wife
"PLEASE don't let it be Tom," Della Davis muttered when her mobile phone rang.
She reached into her handbag with one hand and skilfully steered the car around the corner with the other. She didn't need another call from Tom Dermont, client from hell. She'd spent most of the day dealing with him, and he'd turned her mind to mush.
After coming to a standstill in the side street, she delved deeper into the large leather bag. Retrieving the phone from the very bottom, she steeled herself to see the caller's ID. If it was Tom again, she'd scream. Better yet, she'd resign.
The phone stopped ringing as she flipped it open. Great. She closed it with a snap and dropped it into her lap, sorely tempted to switch it off. But her conscience wouldn't let her. Nor would she resign. She had too much to lose, including the promotion she'd worked so hard for.
Still, she'd had enough of Tom for one day—her least favourite person at the best of times and, in a PR crisis like today's, her worst nightmare.
"Remind me why I love my job," she said out loud. Silence was the only response, and she shrugged, wincing at the stiffness in her shoulde ... read full excerpt from Best Friend...Future Wife ebook
