Billionaire's Fiery Love for the Enemy by Jenni Gray

Author:Jenni Gray [Gray, Jenni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

AVERY

As soon as my brain began working again, I realized what I had done. And this time, it was even worse because I didn’t have the alcohol to blame.

To my shock, he began gently helping me get into my clothes, his eyes poring over every inch of my body in the warm glowing light of the stairwell. The act was so odd and unexpected but very sweet. He was being of service, doing something so simple and essential for me. I wasn’t sure what to make of it, but it surely warmed my heart.

And when we were both back in our clothes, he led me to the master’s bedroom upstairs.

“I think it’s time for both of us to rest and sleep, don’t you think?”

I nodded, my heart pounding. Were we actually going to literally sleep together tonight?

As we approached the bedroom, I found myself recalling past events. I remembered the suffering this man had caused among the shop owners of Seaside Square. I wanted to get mad at him, to refuse to sleep in his room. But I just couldn’t, especially now that I knew about his tragic childhood experience.

I started to feel my exhaustion returning. I was so tired that I hardly noticed the bedroom's grandeur when we entered. All I wanted was to snuggle next to him on that huge king-sized bed with the plush bedding and soft pillows and fall asleep with my head on his shoulders and his arms around me.

And after changing into an oversized button-down shirt that he lent me, that’s exactly what happened.

The last thing on my mind before falling into slumber was the image of my computer with that folder containing all the files that could ruin Bistro Caldwell. I vowed never to divulge them. I had been wrong about Edward. He and Erin didn’t deserve that.

The next morning, I felt the warmth of sunlight on my face and the softness of the expensive sheets under my body. I knew then that I wasn’t on my own bed.

My eyes popped open, and I was momentarily blinded by the bright sunshine streaming through a small portion of the curtains. I turned my head to the side to avoid the sunlight from blinding my eyes, and that’s when I saw Edward still lying on the bed right beside me, one arm around my waist. He stirred when I moved.

“Mmmm…” he murmured, then he put one leg around my body like I was a long pillow. I tensed up and felt my heart racing.

What the hell did I get myself into?

Guilt began to gnaw at me. I did not want to dwell on the possibilities of what would happen if Leigh, Ria, and the others found out that I’d been intimate with Edward Caldwell and that I had even slept on his bed! Oh, my God!

Realizing it all was like a hammer suddenly pounding on my head, driving me hard into the floor like a helpless nail.

I need to go home now, I thought. Slowly I tried to lift Edward’s arm and leg while not waking him up.

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