Free Forever the Boss: Billionaire Romance ~ Hot and Steamy (Managing the Bosses Series Book 10) by Lexy Timms

listened to everything I had to say. Really listened. Like he cared. I can't tell you how many guys haven't done that.”
    It was Jamie's turn to laugh. “Oh, believe me. I know exactly what that's like.”
    “Dinner was really good, too. The place he picked was just right. And afterward we went to this park across from it, with a little pond, and we walked for a while. All the lights were reflecting off the water. It was gorgeous.”
    Trust Paul to get a first date exactly right. Jamie couldn’t hold back the giddy little flutter of happiness she felt for Christine. Her sister had been through so much; she really deserved a happy ending. And if that happy ending was with Paul, Jamie really wasn’t going to complain. He was a good guy.
    Alex had been happier since Paul came back to the company. It had definitely taken some of the stress off his shoulders, and Jamie was grateful for that. She was also enjoying having him actually be able to come home at a reasonable time some nights. They’d been planning it for months, but having it finally be real was just as wonderful as she’d expected that it would be. The twins liked having their daddy home more, too, and not having to watch them while she did the dishes was a bit of a plus. She could hear them, giggling away in the living room while Alex’s low voice said something that she couldn’t quite make out.
    “I'm so glad that you had a good first date,” Jamie said into the phone before Christine could feel like she was being ignored. “Are you going to have a second one?”
    The answer had better be yes, after how the first one had gone.
    “We are,” Christine said, and Jamie could hear the excitement in her voice. “He has tickets to a show that he's going to take me to. On Broadway.”
    That was more than Jamie had expected. She wondered if Paul maybe was moving a little bit fast, but then again he did have a great salary. Show tickets weren't exactly out of his league. And Christine would love it.
    “Wow. That's quite a second date.”
    The laughter that spilled over the phone line was a little self-conscious. “I told him that he didn't have to spend so much money on me, but he seemed really set on it, so I thought I would just let him.”
    “Hey, if he wants to spend money, let him spend it,” Jamie said. “That's one of the nice things about dating Fortune 500 guys: You don't have to worry that they're giving up their grocery money to take you out.”
    “True,” Christine agreed, laughing.
    There was a knock on the door, and Jamie paused with a dish still in one hand, the phone caught between her ear and her shoulder. Who was knocking this late at night?
    “Christine, I think someone’s at the door.”
    “At eight? Without any kind of warning?” Christine was silent for a moment on the other end of the line. “Are you sure that you should answer it? What if it's someone trying to rob you or something?”
    That thought had occurred to Jamie. But Alex was there, and they had security cameras. “Well, last time someone tried that they didn't knock on the door,” she pointed out.
    “It's rude, though. I mean, unless it's someone you wouldn't mind dropping in so late.”
    The knocking came again, louder, and Jamie knew that if she didn't get the door Alex would. “I've got it,” she said over her shoulder, putting the dish in the washer and drying her hands before she headed for the front door, still holding the phone.
    “Do you need to hang up?” Christine asked.
    “No. Not unless it's Mark out there or something, but he would have called first. Whoever it is, I'm sure I'll be able to send them on their way pretty quickly.”
    Whoever was on the other side of the door was still knocking, the gesture taking on a sharp tone. Jamie sighed and reached for the handle, swinging the door open. Her eyes widened when she saw who was standing there.
    “Mom?”
    “Yes,” her mother snapped, forcing her way past Jamie and into the house without so