Angel's Trap : Book 1 of The Secret of the Oxpen's Angel : Read One Of The Most Gripping Women's Crime Fiction Novels Here! by Lei R. Tasker

Author:Lei R. Tasker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Psychological Thriller, Best Seller, Recommendation read, Suspense book, Best new author
Publisher: THE WORLD IS SO BIG PUBLISHING
Published: 2020-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“HI!” SHE MANAGED TO stutter out. She hadn’t seen him come in, but the surprise of seeing him pulled her from the murky thoughts of Ella’s death and the mystery texts. She realised she was pleased to see him – he was really the only friend she’d made since coming back to Oxford.

“My dad told me about Tom – please give your mum my best wishes,” Leo said with an earnest half-smile.

“Thank you,” she replied, unable to return the half-smile.

“Would you like another drink? Or some cake?” He seemed sincere in his condolences, but he still had his signature smirk as he gestured towards the cake.

“Yes, please, it has been the most surreal couple of days,” Paige said, “I would really like some cake,” she said, standing up to follow Leo to the counter, “But, I owe you a drink from last time - I’ll get these.”

“Thank you, but given what you’ve been through, I think you can owe me for the time being,” Leo said, ordering some brownies. Paige didn’t argue, she was happy to accept his generosity, especially as she hadn’t received her first month’s payment from Eckland yet; her bank account was already looking a little sad.

They brought their brownies over to an empty table, “Do you mind me asking what happened?” Leo said, somewhat more tentatively than he usually approached difficult subjects.

“Rufus,” Paige said bluntly, her throat catching as she tried to elaborate more. She made herself trace her eyes over every inch of her brownie so that she didn’t have to meet Leo’s eyes. His sympathy was overwhelming, even if it was well-meaning.

“Rufus...” Leo said, his breath halting for a moment. She looked up, somewhat surprised at how taken aback he was. Noticing her looking at him, he added, “Sorry, I just was expecting you to say it was an accident.”

“Well, it was, I suppose,” Paige said, “They fought.”

“They fought?” Leo said, surprise still tinging his voice.

“Yes. Tom wouldn’t let Rufus talk to me, and they fought. Rufus pushed Tom and he hit his head,” Paige said, getting it out quickly and hoping Leo would move away from the subject.

“I’m so sorry, that sounds awful,” Leo said, clearly sensing the desire to change subjects. He paused to take a bite of brownie and then added, “I hope my dad didn’t make a fuss about you having time off?”

“No, he has been very understanding,” Paige said, “I have been enjoying working for him.”

“That’s good to hear.” He paused again, words seemingly alluding him as she struggled to change the subject.

“Yeah,” Paige added in a perfunctory reply.

Leo thought for a moment and added, “You seem a good match. He’s been looking for someone for a while.”

“Really?” Paige said, chewing her brownie and thinking over her next words. She ran back through Eckland’s weird remarks in her head, trying to summon any inkling that he had previously had help. He had never mentioned anyone, let alone named Ella as his research assistant.

Although cautious of their new friendship,

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