Dangerous Bet - Troy's Revenge by Marie Rochelle

Author:Marie Rochelle
Format: epub

Chapter Eight

Relaxing against the wall, Troy blocked out the smell of floor cleaner and day old coffee as he watched Healey at her father’s bedside.

He admired how strong she was trying to be, however he could see that the woman he was in love with was hurting. Why didn’t he just tell her to forget about the money and let her go? It wasn’t doing either of them any good going back and forth like they were.

She was taking so much onto her small shoulders with Douglas’ money problems, trying to find a way to pay him back and now fighting not to fall into his bed at any second. Headley thought she was doing a good job at hiding her feelings for him, but he knew she wanted him.

He fought down the urge to wrap her up in his arms, to promise that everything would be okay, but he couldn’t do it. Douglas wasn’t looking too good to him. His breathing was shallow, and before they came in, the nurse told them, he had had a bad night.

Headley wouldn’t be able to handle it if her father died. He remembered how hard she took it when her mother and baby brother died. She put on a strong show at the funerals, but he had seen the tears glistening in her brown eyes.

Right then, he almost told her how he felt, but decided it wasn’t the correct time. She would have been shocked by his confession.

“Daddy, can you hear me? It’s me, Headley. I’m here with you,” she whispered, holding her father’s hand.

His heart clenched in his chest at the sight of her using her free hand to brush away her tears. There was nothing he could do to help Headley with this. Maybe if he had found Douglas sooner, he wouldn’t be in this bed.

Was he really the one to blame for the heart attack? Douglas had lost a lot of his workers because he didn’t have the money to pay them. That was the reason he was out repairing the fence instead of someone else. Could Headley really see him for the man that he was and not the man who had put her father in this room?

“Daddy, I just want you to know that I’m here for you and I’m not going to leave until you get better.”

Troy couldn’t take it anymore. The pain in Headley’s voice was about to break him and make him say something that he shouldn’t. He couldn’t let Headley out of the bet because that was the only way he would get his ring on her finger.

The thought barely crossed his mind before another one followed. He had to get out of here to be alone with his thoughts for a few minutes.

Moving away from his spot, he made his way across the room and leaned down to whisper in Headley’s ear. “Darling, I’m going into the hallway so you can have some private time with your father.”

“Okay,” Headley answered without looking at him.

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