Page 44 of High Rise Secrets
“My dad knew Vince, and the fire wasn’t an accident. It was arson.”
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“Is thereanything you can uncover about why Vince had my house destroyed?”
Mr. Greene shakes his head, a grim look on his face. “This is over ten years old. Unless we had records from Vince, there’s really no way of knowing what was going on.”
I look around the room at my friends, and everyone looks at me with sorrow.How the hell did this happen?
I wrap my arms around myself, wishing Ethan was here. “Was me coming here all part of a master plan he had? Meeting you all?” I ask more to myself than anyone.
“Vince was a bastard, but I honestly don’t know.” Eden reaches out to touch my arm, and I pull back from her a bit.
“I’ll see if I can find anything, maybe make a few phone calls up to Virginia. In the meantime, don’t mention this to anyone. You need to keep this to yourself, Addison,” Kieran warns.
I nod in understanding. “Okay.”
I hand the documents over to Kieran and hesitate before letting go. “Addy…”
“Don’t fuck me over, Kieran. I need these answers if you can get them.”
He nods as I give him all the documents. “I’ll try to get some answers for you.”
Chapter 28
Ethan
The rest of the weekend went by too quickly. It was nice to get away, but with the new projects we are working on, I still felt like I was at work. Addison seems happier by the time we get home though, and the thought that I had a helping hand in that, makes me smile.
She steps into my office, puts a coffee down on my desk, and sits in the chair opposite of me. My gaze lands on her heel-clad foot and slowly travels up the length of her body, admiring her strong legs and slim waist. My gaze travels higher until I’m admiring her beautiful face.
She pops an eyebrow at me. “See anything you like, Mr. Freeman?”
“Everything,” I all but growl.
She pushes her legs apart enough for me to see up her skirt and notice she has no panties on under her fitted dress.God damn this woman is going to kill me.I lick my lips and hum deep in my throat in appreciation.
“Lia and Landry are having a cookout this weekend and invited the girls and their men. I hoped you’d come with me so I can show you off.”
“Sure, sounds fun. I’d like to be able to spend more time with your friends, get to know them.”Maybe try to uncover some of the mystery that still surrounds you.
Addison’s opened up to me so much since our visit to Virginia, but I still feel like she’s hiding something from me. I know I said her past is her past, and I meant it; I just wish she felt comfortable enough to tell me about it. Maybe I can help her sort through what’s bothering her. Remind her she’s not that same girl anymore.
“Great, I’ll pick you up at one on Saturday so we can head over together. It’ll be nice to get together with everyone. It doesn’t happen as much now that Lia and Everleigh are married with kids.” She stands and smooths the skirt of her dress out.
She heads for the door, and I stand, leaning over my desk. “Lock the door, Addy.” She takes a shuddering breath and does as I ask. She stands there, chin tucked toward her chest, waiting for my next command. “You can’t come in here with no panties on and not expect to get fucked over my desk.”
She smirks as she turns to me. “Guess my master plan is working then.” She saunters over to my desk and stands in front of me, dragging her finger down my chest. I hiss when she stops at the bulge in my pants and gives a little squeeze. “Always so hard for me, Ethan.”
She turns, places her hands on my desk, and presses her chest down. God, seeing her in this position is a wet dream. She’s so fucking sexy, and she’s all mine. After our trip to Virginia, things between us have been even hotter, if that’s possible. Neither of us can keep our hands off each other. She’s even started sleeping at my place fairly regularly.
With the exception of last night. She had a shift atRISEand told me she had to go. I understand it’s her other job, and I understand she is part owner, but I don’t want anyone else looking at or touching her. She doesn’t need to be dancing for other men. I know it’s more than that for her, but it’s still a hard pill to swallow.
I’m sure that’s what some of this is all about. She’s trying to make it up to me because I all but begged her not to go. She promised it would be a slow night and said she only had one set, but she also needed to check on the books and do some paperwork. It took everything in me not to drive my ass down there to make sure no one was giving her problems.
Instead, I teased her all night by sending her dirty text messages, hoping to drive her insane so she would come back home where I could give her a fucking like no one else can. I missed having her in my bed when I woke up this morning. I’ve gotten used to being curled around her, so my big bed felt cold and empty.
She looks over her shoulder as she pulls the bottom of her dress up over her hips, her pretty pinky pussy and ass on full display for me. “Please, Ethan,” she moans, adjusting her stance to allow me between her legs.