Beneath Your Beautiful by Adaline Winters
Author:Adaline Winters [Winters, Adaline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-20T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 25
FOX
A moral compass is tested when someone who isnât playing by the same rules as you tries to decimate your world.
Thereâs a driving need in me to uncover her secrets. The notion that she is here to hurt or take advantage of my grandmother is shattered into dust. As stated, Cleo Williams isnât hiding because she did something wrong, sheâs hiding from someone who has done her wrong. That person has had such a profound impact on her psyche that she canât let go to accept the touch of another.
She needs to listen to her bodyâs response to touch, to relearn what makes her sink into the pleasure of the here and now, not the pain of the past. Which is why Iâm scrolling on my laptop as I wait for Larry to call with an update.
Her first gift should be here before lunchtime as I ordered that yesterday. The rest will arrive tomorrow. My eyebrows rise at the plethora of options available. Since when did they make stuff that needed a video instruction to use? Where does that⦠oh, I see. Yup, one of those. All the options for Cleo. I switch departments and grin at the extra things Iâm about to add.
Her shower switches on. Thatâs my cue. I move into her bedroom and have no shame as I lift the outfit sheâs selected for herself off the bed. I turn it over in my hands as an idea forms in my mind, a sly smile spreading across my face. A woman as beautiful as Cleo needs to feel gorgeous inside and out.
My laptop announces Larryâs call just as I select rush delivery from the menu. I quickly close the page and click on accept, and his face fills the screen. He squints at me.
âWhere are you?â he asks.
âPool house.â
âI see. Keeping yourself out of the public eye?â
âRed Lake is only interested in local gossip, not national. Itâs both a blessing and a curse.â
âWell, make sure you stay out of both.â
I resist the urge to roll my eyes. âDo you have an update for me?â
âYes and no.â
âEver the lawyerâs answer.â
He arches a brow and leans forward. âI canât locate the mystery woman that is your alibi. But, I had a thought.â
âGod forbid.â
His lips twitch. Will wonders never cease? Larry has a sense of humor. âIf we canât prove who you were with, letâs prove who you werenât with.â
I narrow my eyes. âWhy havenât we done that before?â
âBecause to do that means picking around in her life, which you said you didnât want to do. Something about your moral code.â
âItâs difficult to alter my perspective when Iâm employed to protect.â
âShe ditched the moral code when she leveled this accusation against you, Fox. Itâs time to play dirty to get to the truth. They wonât hesitate to use everything they have if we end up in court, and I know you want to avoid that at all costs. So let me dig where you arenât willing to go.â
I swipe a hand down my face.
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