The Devil of Downtown (Uptown Girls, #3)

by Joanna Shupe

“I don’t want to leave and run a maple syrup farm.” He wanted to run a national brewery, but not anonymously and not under an assumed name. That dream, however, felt further away than ever. “Then what are you going to do?” “Get rid of O’Shaughnessy, I suppose.” More blood on his hands. More violence in his head. He definitely couldn’t go back to her after that. He’d tainted her enough. Please, Jack. Do not kill him. Do not be that man. You are better than that. He had no choice. Couldn’t she understand? It was why he’d cut her loose. She was better off without him. “Can’t imagine Justine would approve of that,” Clayton said. “She asked me to promise I wouldn’t.” “And did you?” Jack’s brows pinched. “Why would I do that? There’s no other way to deal with O’Shaughnessy, Clayton.” “Isn’t there? Stop thinking about this like Jack Mulligan. Think about it as an outsider would, someone who doesn’t know our rules and practices. That’s what I had to do when I lost everything.” “How does that help me?” “It might just solve your problem. It also might help you win the girl. Shall we switch you to coffee?”