Bad for the Billionaires: A Bad Boy Billionaire Bundle by Penelope Bloom

Author:Penelope Bloom [Bloom, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

9

Liam

A rustling outside the window wakes me in the middle of the night. I blink blearily and get off the couch in my room, moving to the window to look across the lawn. I see a dark shape dart past the pool and hear a clatter of breaking glass. One of my worries in having such a big house was how long it would take me to get to Sophie and my mother if there was ever a break-in, so I had a custom security system installed. I reach beneath my bed and press my finger against a digital scanner. I hear a soft beep to confirm it worked.

At the same time, Aubrey stirs in my bed, sitting up and pulling the sheets protectively to her chin. “What was that?”

“Just stay here,” I say. I pull down metal shutters on the window in my room and move to the door. “No one can get in here without the code. I’m just going to go make sure Sophie and my mother are okay.”

“No,” says Aubrey. “I’m coming with you.”

“Fine,” I say. In truth, I’ll feel better having her within arm’s reach until I figure out what is going on. “Let’s go.”

We sneak from my bedroom toward the living room. I signal for Aubrey to hang back while I survey the broken glass and look for an intruder. All I find is a brick with a note taped to it. I kneel, avoiding the broken glass to pull the note free and read it.

You should have just listened to what I had to say. I only wanted to talk. Let me convince you to take me back. You’re making a mistake being with that rich asshole. Talk to me, baby. I’ll never give up on us.

-Jake

I hand the note to Aubrey, letting her read. The look on her face says it all. Disgust, horror, sadness.

“I never knew he was capable of something like this,” she says quietly.

“Don’t worry about it,” I say, hugging her.

“My crazy ex-boyfriend is breaking your windows now and sneaking around your house at night. How can I not worry?”

“Let me do the worrying. I’m going to keep him from ever laying a hand on you again.”

“How?” she asks, head still nestled into my shoulder.

By removing his fucking hands. “I’ll think of something. C’mon, I just want to go make sure Sophie and my mother are okay. I think he’s gone. It’s just a broken window and a coward who is afraid to show his face.”

I enter the code to get through the locked doors to Sophie’s wing of the house and find her waiting just outside the door, eyes wide with panic.

“Daddy!” she says, rushing into me and hugging me. “What happened?”

I stroke her hair, hugging her back. “It’s nothing, Soph. Let’s get you back to bed.”

Sophie takes my hand and lets me lead her to bed. She may be growing more independent in a lot of ways, but my little girl has always had trouble with sleep. When she was a baby I spent hours and hours soothing her back to sleep some nights.

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