Beast (Happily-Ever-After: The Illegitimates Book 1) by Grace Trisha

Author:Grace, Trisha [Grace, Trisha]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Helena smoothed down the peach dress she’d tried on in Liam’s study, then opened the door. The light in the hallway was switched on.

Liam was already outside, leaning against the wall in a black suit with a white shirt. “You look great,” she said.

Liam grinned when he saw her in the dress. “We’re burning that dress after tonight, because I’m not letting you wear it anywhere else.”

“Letting me?” She brushed invisible lint off her dress. “I’m going to wear this when I go grocery shopping.”

“Why go out when you can have groceries delivered?”

“I will now.” Her lips curled. “Not in these heels, though.” She walked over and hooked her hand in the crook of his elbow. “You’ll have to be my walking stick, just so I don’t end up tumbling down the stairs.”

“I got you,” he said, and they headed down the stairs together. “Can I ask you something?”

She nodded.

“How did you get to know the old man?” he asked as they moved toward the dark second floor. “I barely saw him when I was living in the mansion.” He looked over at her when she didn’t answer him. “Another complicated relationship?”

Again, the fact that her life was so entangled with the Eolenfelds worried her. The closer she grew to Liam, the more worried she got. She didn’t want to be another person who brought him pain; she would hate herself if she became that.

But how could she not when she was so tangled up with the Eolenfelds?

Helena pushed those thoughts aside. She didn’t know what would happen between her and Liam. She wasn’t sure where they would be a week or a month from now, but she was going to enjoy her date tonight. “Edward Eolenfeld was the one who destroyed my father’s business.”

Liam laughed in disbelief. “And you’re on good terms with him now?”

“I’m not trying to get my hands on his money.”

“That wasn’t what I was saying.”

“Do you want to know how this complicated relationship started?”

“How?”

“Bobby.”

“Why am I not surprised?”

Helena chuckled. “Right after I finished college, Bobby was bugging me to go on a round the world trip with him and Nigel. I said no, and we got into a really big fight. In his anger, he told me that I wasn’t really a good artist and no one would hire me. He told me the only reason I got my scholarship was because his grandfather set it up. I had no idea, and I was so angry. I didn’t want any of his money. He was indirectly the reason why my parents are dead and why Nigel is the way he is.”

With Liam leading her, Helena walked around with ease.

Though the mansion was largely empty, she was always worried she’d trip over or knock into something. There wasn’t anything to worry about now, not when Liam was holding her hand.

“I made a few calls and found out that Bobby was right. I drove over to the Eolenfeld mansion, ready to give Edward Eolenfeld a piece of my mind.

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