A Kiss to the Rescue: A BWWM Contemporary Romance by Erin St. Charles

Author:Erin St. Charles [St. Charles, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Erin Martin
Published: 2020-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

"Are they still out there?" Keisha asked.

"Yes, but there aren't as many," Tandy answered.

"Really?" Keisha asked, hope swelling in her breast. Maybe they'd found more interesting people to stalk.

"Definitely less," Tandy said with a frown. "Or is that fewer?"

"It's fewer," said Keisha, who had been an English major. Keisha looked up at her cousin, who peeked out the living room window from between the curtains. Keisha was on the floor, leaning against the wall with her knees drawn up to her chin. She got to her feet and cautiously peered out the window to see the front of the house. The obnoxious paparazzi were no longer on the lawn, but were behind the white picket fence around their front yard, gathering on the sidewalk.

When she'd told the news vultures to get lost earlier, a couple of them cited their First Amendment rights and challenged her to make them leave. She’d pointed out that since she wasn't part of the government, she could restrict their rights all she wanted, especially if they were going to trample her grass. The hot blond cop who lived a few doors down from them, and was also sweet on Tandy, stepped in and succeeded in getting the vultures behind her fence. Keisha was grateful to have friends in law enforcement at times like these.

Keisha had already called into work for the next few days, hoping this episode would blow over. She didn't feel right about going to work with her very own intrusive, obnoxious, unasked-for, entourage trailing her, camping out in front of her place of business, and generally making a nuisance of themselves. Her manager, a fiftyish woman with a mother hen-like demeanor, seemed a little thrilled that someone working for her had snagged a rich boyfriend.

Her mother had already called to accuse Keisha of holding out on her for not sharing she was dating Richard Alvin Brantley, III, Eligible Billionaire Bachelor. Sometimes being the youngest of five daughters had significant downsides. One of which was her mother felt it was her business to make sure Keisha was happily partnered up, like the rest of her daughters.

Keisha hadn't thought about RA III — Rick — as boyfriend material, not even when she'd found herself in a lip lock with him. Not even when he'd been flirting with her. People sometimes flirted with her when in stressful situations. As a rule, she avoided reading too much into it. Now, she felt herself wondering whether Rick went through this all the time, having the press following him and invading his privacy.

Keisha was at loose ends with no job to go to, at least in her immediate future, and no way to even go for a walk around the block to clear her head. No wonder Rick had disguised himself with the ball cap and mirrored sunglasses in the middle of the night. Although the disguise hadn't really helped after all, had it?

As if thinking about him conjured him from thin air, her iPhone warbled, and

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