Bought by the SEAL by Zoe York

Author:Zoe York [York, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Twelve

Daphne was fuming. She didn’t really know why—liar, yes you do—and she didn’t know what to do about it.

That second part wasn’t a lie. Gill was Will’s lawyer. Rhyming names, business deals…Daphne had no reason to be jealous. Surely Will and Gill could never be a thing.

Except Gill had shiny red lips and right now, her hand was curled possessively around Will’s arm as they talked on the dock.

Plus there was the way he’d forgotten to explain his lawyer was a hot chick.

“That’s some guy named Gill?”

“It’s short for Gillian.”

The way Will had said that had given Daphne the worst feeling in the pit of her something. Like at some point, Gill had been something more to Will than just his lawyer.

And Daphne didn’t like that feeling at all. Not one little bit. She didn’t want to be jealous. They’d literally just talked about that on the boat, while kissing.

She wanted to head back out on the open ocean, but right now, that wasn’t an option, because Gill needed to talk to Will urgently.

In private.

Right now, they were having a terse back and forth on the dock while Daphne pretended not to listen.

She was totally, absolutely listening.

“I got your email, and I flew right here—”

“From San Diego? You got here mighty fast.”

“I was already in Miami.”

“Gill—”

“I’ve taken another look at the estate documents—”

“That doesn’t matter. This is—”

“Can we go somewhere else to discuss this?” Gill threw a concerned look in Daphne’s direction.

Daphne wanted to throw something heavy right back at her. Like the anchor.

Will took a deep breath, and Daphne’s stomach plummeted. Fuck. But then he stepped back and shook his head. “We can talk tomorrow. Are you at a hotel? Do you need me to call ahead to Villa Sucre for you?”

Daphne missed Gill’s mumbled response, but whatever it was, it was some kind of acceptance, because she swept around Will and headed up toward the marina buildings.

He hung his head and cursed.

Daphne knew she should busy herself before he got back on the boat, pretend she hadn’t been eavesdropping, but she couldn’t do it. She was frozen to the spot, overcome by the weird, helpless feeling in the pit of her stomach.

So, she stood there, and when he stepped onto the boat, the look on his face matched how she felt—like the day spent on the water, like the weird kind of rightness about the night before and their secret vows, had all been an illusion.

Reality was crashing down around them. Reality was a lawyer pointing out that they didn’t need to get married—stupid kids, what a ridiculous plan, that’s not how wills work, duh—and now they’d gone and gotten all tangled up in each other’s feelings for absolutely no reason.

“Daph…”

She swallowed hard. “It’s fine.”

He nodded slowly. “It is. Really.”

“Why is she here?”

“To talk me out of getting married. Which isn’t going to work. We just need a new plan.”

Oh no. No, no, no. Daphne laughed out loud, not caring that it sounded a bit manic. After the last seventy-two hours, maybe a bit of mania was deserved.

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