Avenging Christa: A Billionaire Romance (Irresistibly Mine Book 2) by Tracie Delaney & M. A. Comley

Author:Tracie Delaney & M. A. Comley
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Firefly Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-05-19T23:00:00+00:00

15

CHRISTA

CAN you come up to my office?

I grinned. Dayton was back safe and sound. I got up from my desk and tapped on Greg’s door, then poked my head inside. “Been summoned. Won’t be long.”

Greg smiled. “When the boss calls…”

I waggled my finger at his teasing. “I’ve uploaded the presentation for Friday to the shared site for your review.”

“Great. I’ll take a look today.”

I rode the elevator up to Dayton’s floor. Flashing my badge at the access-controlled glass door, I padded down the thickly carpeted hallway, smiling as I approached Angie’s desk. She was on the phone but indicated for me to go straight in. I tapped on the door, then entered.

Dayton’s head came up, and then he rose from his chair and strolled across to greet me.

“Hey, angel.” He slipped his arms around my waist and kissed me on the lips. “Missed you.”

“Missed you, too.”

He led me over to the conference table and pulled out a chair for me to sit. “We need to talk.”

“What about?”

He took a deep breath. “I need your help.”

I frowned. “With what?”

“For a few weeks now, I’ve had Draven poking around in Atwood’s life, seeing if he can dig up anything in his background that he wouldn’t want us knowing about.”

I nodded. I wasn’t surprised. Francesca had suggested getting a private investigator, but when Dayton hadn’t mentioned it, I thought he’d decided to let the legal system play out instead.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Because I didn’t want to worry you or get your hopes up if it all came to nothing. Call it intuition, instinct, whatever, but a guy like that, who would mandate such a vicious attack on you, had to have something in his past, something he’d rather remained buried. If shit was there, I wanted it found.” He clasped my hand. “And we have.”

My lips parted. “What?”

Dayton swept a hand over his face, then rubbed his lips. “Draven has discovered a woman called Kathy Johnson. That name mean anything to you?”

I shook my head. “Never heard of her.”

“Well, Atwood knows her. Eleven years ago, she worked at a private members club. His father was a member, as was Atwood. He took a liking to Miss Johnson, but she wasn’t interested. He followed her one night and…” Dayton bit his lip.

“Go on,” I said, even though my skin prickled and a terrible unease crept over every single vertebra in my spine, one by one. I found myself sitting straighter, leaning in, wanting, but at the same time dreading for him to continue.

“He attacked her.”

I narrowed my eyes. “What do you mean, attacked?”

“He raped her in every way a man can rape a woman. Then he beat her and left her lying in her own blood. A stranger found her the next morning. Got her to the hospital.”

I gasped, my hand flying to my mouth. “Oh God.” I closed my eyes and tried to control my escalating breathing. That poor woman. Poor, poor woman. “Is she… okay?”

A muscle in his jaw ticked. “I really don’t think she is, no.

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