Captivated by Her: A Steamy Billionaire Romantic Suspense Novel (Cedar Hill Duet Book 1) by VM Rheault

Author:VM Rheault [Rheault, VM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Coffee & Kisses Press
Published: 2022-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Rick

I don’t take it out on Beau. I could yell, and I could scream, but it’s my own damned fault Devyn was in danger today. The second Beau told me she was in Cedar Hill, I should have gone too, but I still didn’t believe that the candy store sweetheart who’s worth millions of dollars from selling licorice and jaw breakers would care that much about a woman who was in town doing business that didn’t concern her.

I was wrong.

The pilot has the Cessna ready to go when I reach the airport. I’m not wasting time driving, and I’m too shaken to fly myself though I have thousands of hours in the air and I’ve had my license for years. He greets me, and we waste no time boarding the plane. I don’t have a bag.

I choose to sit in a passenger’s seat instead of in the cockpit, and as I fasten my buckle and fidget, he does a quick pre-flight check. We’re in the air ten minutes later.

The flight doesn’t last forty-five minutes before he’s descending into the Cedar Hill airport. I barely say thank you and goodbye before I’m trotting across the tarmac and jumping into an SUV Beau has waiting for me. The drive from the airport to Beau’s building is almost as long as the flight, and I’m shaking with anger, anxiety, and fear by the time Mack lets me off onto the sidewalk. I need to get Devyn out of Cedar Hill, but that’s not where the fear comes in. She won’t come with me if I ask. She’ll stay in the city until she’s done what she’s come here to do, and not a second sooner.

The concierge tips his head at me. I’m the only one on Beau’s guest list allowed to go up without him calling ahead.

Sweat drips down my back as I wait for the elevator to carry me up to the top floor, and I burst through the doors before they glide fully open.

Devyn’s sitting on the couch wearing what she had when she stayed with me. Pajama bottoms, a matching tank top, the cardigan that looks more like a robe than sweater. A young blonde woman is sitting next to her, looking, I bet, like Devyn had at that age. Beau hovers near them still wearing his suit.

When Devyn’s eyes meet mine, she tentatively stands from the couch, and I don’t give her a second to say one damned word. I pull her to my chest, twist my fingers in her hair, and press my lips against the top of her head. I don’t care Talia and Beau are watching. I don’t care about anything but that she’s okay.

She melts into me and wraps her arms around my waist.

“I’m sorry, Rick,” Beau says. “I had men with us. They were knocked out, both of them.”

I unclench my jaw to speak. “Did you report it?”

He shakes his head. “Didn’t bother. If Stevie Johansson is after Devyn, getting the cops involved will only rile her up.

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