Against His Will by Lindsey Hart

Author:Lindsey Hart [Hart, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Passion House Publishing
Published: 2017-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Star hated playing cat and mouse in her own home. At least, that’s what she felt like she was doing, trying to avoid Lukas in the kitchen at all costs.

Of course she’d seen him around, she’d just made sure that she was never in the same room alone with him. She pointedly ignored him and spoke kindly to anyone else. If he was in the kitchen she was helping to serve with Cassie. If he was helping Jed with maintenance, she was in the kitchen helping Connie with prep or cooking.

The arrangement suited her just fine. She was surprised how life could return to some form of normalcy after the showdown in her office. She’d seen Annie twice since then but had carefully avoided mentioning Lukas at all. She didn’t know what to think. There were two sides to every story but who was she going to trust? A snake like Lukas who made his living helping guilty people escape justice or her best friend who was sweet and kind and caring?

Star was in the supply room taking inventory before she put in an order when Cassie surprised her by coming up right behind her.

Star nearly jumped out of her skin when the older woman tapped her on the shoulder. “Oh goodness, Cassie. You nearly gave me a heart attack.” Star smiled and relaxed her death grip on the pad of paper and pen in her hand.

“Sorry. I wanted to catch you alone. I had to ask if you know.”

“If I know what?”

Cassie glanced behind her but the hall was empty. “If you know what Lukas is doing?”

“No! What is he doing?” It must be pretty bad if Cassie had actually sought her out for a private conversation.

Cassie lowered her voice to little more than a whisper. Star had to lean forward and strain just so she could hear the quietly spoken words. “He’s been serving dinners for a couple weeks now.”

“Yes, I know that. It’s alright, I gave him the go ahead on that.”

“It’s not that.” Cassie leaned in like she was getting ready to divulge some wild secret. Star braced herself for it. If Lukas was concerned, she knew anything was possible.

Anything at all including the fact that she hadn’t slept properly since that kiss. That her dreams were haunted. That her lips still tingled. That secretly, she burned for even the briefest touch. She was utterly ashamed of herself.

“What is it then?”

“He’s helping people with their legal matters. You know, tickets, fines. You know that some people get arrested for begging? Others have outstanding issues. Some need pardons. I don’t even know the whole scope of it. I guess it started when Mr. Wilde came in complaining about being arrested for being drunk in public. He had to appear in court. He had no idea what that meant. You know Mr. Wilde isn’t really… in the right frame of mind most of the time.”

“And?” Star leaned forward, suddenly far too anxious to hear what happened next.

“Well Lukas went with him as his representative.

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