Page 38 of Heartless

Biting on her bottom lip, she tilted a little frown up.“It’s only for two nights, right?”

My jaw clenched.Fuck.I pulled her into a kiss, and when she peered up at me, her expression abated some of the tension in my neck.

“Thank you for this weekend, Jake.It’s very special to me, and I know it’s going to be wonderful.”She touched my chest.“Jake...there’s something you need to know.Two...two things, actually.I have uh...I’m...My body’s—”

“Sweetheart, don’t make me think of your naked body when we’re about to be on the road for the next three hours.”

Her face flushed before she beamed.“All right.”

She hurried toward the couch to grab her shoes.Great tits, exceptional ass and legs.Shame about those fucking peepers.

In the elevator, her cell beeped.Her thumbs flew over the screen before she dropped the phone back into her purse.Her face was pinched.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s Nigel,” she said quietly.

My hand clenched around the handle of her bag.I needed to get her out of the house.“Is everything okay?”

After I’d loaded her luggage in the trunk, she shifted to face me.“Can I share something with you?”

“Let’s talk in the car.”I opened the passenger door.Once we were on the road, I said, “Talk to me, sweetheart.”

She tucked a wayward curl behind her ear.“I’m not his only illegitimate child.A woman came to my house and told me how Nigel paid her and her family to never disclose his affiliation with them.”

Roe worked fast.“What did she say to you?”

“She warned me off Nigel.”She cleared her throat.“There’s something else...He’s...When I told him about you, he got really mad.Are you two deadly enemies or something?”

I kept my tone easy.“Nothing that dramatic.We’ve been competitors in business.”

She nibbled on her bottom lip.“And that’s it?”

“Sweetheart, we can have this break later if you want to clear things up with your father.”

When she shook her head, I loosened my grip on the wheel.“Oh God no.I’m so excited, I barely slept, and I couldn’t eat.It’s my first weekend getaway.I know it’s not technically the weekend yet, but...”

She kept talking, and I half switched off the white noise of her ramblings.After droning on about books and more inane stuff, she finally fell asleep.

Sile texted her shit had been moved into the house.