Break the Rules (The Flanagan Sisters Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

at the paperwork?”
    She
grabbed her hat and safety glasses. “Sure. Lead the way.”
    * * *
    Bridget
arrived home from work and poured herself a glass of white wine, before
flopping on the couch.
    What
a day! After the meeting with Jack she’d spent the rest of her time fighting
fires – not literally, thank goodness, but figuratively. She was still
wrestling to get her capital project approved so she could do some of the
urgent safety repairs the audit required. Every time she checked its status she
was told it had been moved to the next person. There were just too many people
in the line who needed to sign off on it. Currently it was sitting at head
office, probably invisible in the mass of emails in someone’s inbox. But she
wasn’t allowed to contact any of the people directly. She could only speak to
the accountant on site who would follow it up. It was so damned inefficient.
    Tanya
breezed into the living room. “You’re home finally!” She poured herself a glass
of wine and sat on the sofa next to Bridget. “I’ve been dying to tell you about
my weekend.”
    When
Bridget had arrived home from her mother’s yesterday Tanya was out, and there
was no way she would have been up this morning before the sun like Bridget.
    Pleased
her friend was excited about something, she settled in for the tale. “All right. Regale me.”
    Tanya
clenched her hands together and squeezed her eyes shut. “Hal is an absolute
sweetie. I think he might be the one.”
    Bridget
smiled. She’d heard that before. “So you had a good time?”
    Tanya
rolled her eyes. “ So good. And he has stamina.”
    Bridget
held up a hand. “I don’t need to know any more.”
    “All right. So anyway, on Sunday he called and took me out to dinner. We talked for hours
and just gelled, you know? He’s busy tonight, but tomorrow we’re going to the
movies.”
    Bridget
raised her eyebrows. That was unusual. Generally by this stage Tanya had scared
off any guy with her enthusiasm. It appeared Hal was as into her as she was
into him. It was nice.
    “Sounds
great,” Bridget said. “I’m happy for you.”
    Tanya
grinned and took a sip of her wine. “So, what happened with his brother – what
was his name again?”
    “Jack.
He insisted on seeing me home and I broke my first rule.”
    Tanya
grinned. “You go, girl!”
    Bridget
shook her head. “Not so good,” she said. “Turns out, he’s my new boss.”
    Tanya
had her wine glass halfway to her mouth and she stopped, mouth agape, wine
splashing on to her top. “You’re kidding?”
    “I
wish I was.”
    She
brushed at the wine. “He’s the schmuck who stole your job?”
    “He
didn’t steal it.”
    Tanya
waved away her protest. “When did you find out?”
    “This morning when the HR manager brought him into my office to
introduce him.”
    “Oh,
that sucks. How did you take it? How did he?”
    “It
was a shock to us both but I handled myself all right.”
    “I’m
sure you did. Nothing shakes you, Miss Unflappable.”
    She
grimaced at the nickname Tanya had given to her at college.
    “So
are you going to see him again?”
    “I’m
pretty sure I’ll see him every day at work.”
    Tanya
gave her the look. “You know what I mean.”
    Bridget
took a sip of her wine. “Rule number two.”
    Tanya
placed her glass of wine down on the coffee table. “You can not let the Lionel affair affect every potential new relationship. He was a
jackass, he treated you badly, but not all men are Lionel.”
    “He
almost ruined my career,” Bridget reminded her. “I could have handled breaking
up and still working with him, but he blamed the whole incident on me. I lost
my job and my reputation. I’m lucky Jeremy convinced Dionysus to give me a
chance.” Jeremy was the fire officer at Dionysus but had worked with her and
Lionel previously. It had been a horrible six months and she’d had to cope with
a broken heart, betrayal and a potential lawsuit all at once. She was not going
through that