Desire (Doms of Club Eden Book 2) by LK Shaw

Author:LK Shaw [Shaw, LK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-16T18:30:00+00:00

I stared at the three of them with hate-filled eyes. This was all her fault. I walked away, making plans to take care of business any way I had to.

Chapter 19

I didn’t typically work on the weekends, but I was so far behind on my inventory that I needed to get caught up. I also figured it was a great way to keep my mind busy after meeting Alex today. Even Gina made mention of how neglectful I’d been with it lately. Between worry about Alex and my frustration with Connor, my focus was constantly elsewhere. I was glad I had great employees like Gina to pick up my slack. The customers loved her, and she had an eclectic sense of style that surprised most people, considering the borderline frumpy clothes she wore outside of Eden. For a woman in her mid-twenties, she more often than not dressed like someone’s grandmother.

I worked at the boutique much later than I had planned, and it was dark by the time I finished my task and locked up. I didn’t worry about walking home alone this late, even being this close to downtown. While we had the occasional break-in and car theft, there wasn’t as much crime as you’d think for a town our size. I enjoyed the crisp, night air as I took in the smells of the city. I could faintly hear the thumping beat of music coming from the bar-lined street a few blocks away.

I thought about the college kids who were just starting their lives and had no worries beyond partying and having to get up early for a class. They had no idea about real life. It must be wonderful to be that free. Shaking off my melancholy, I opened the front door of my building and headed up the flights of stairs to my condo on the third floor. I could have taken the elevator, but I liked the exercise.

With my mind elsewhere, I didn’t notice my front door was slightly ajar until I reached out to stick my key in the lock. I knew I’d closed it tightly and locked it before I left, so my senses were now on alert. I cautiously opened the door further and peeked my head in before stepping inside, not sure what to expect. I flipped the light switch next to the door, but the room remained dark. I attempted it again, but still nothing. Slowly my eyes adjusted to the darkness. As I warily walked inside and headed toward the kitchen to see if another light would work, I dug out my phone and dialed 9-1-1. All was quiet, but my hair stood on end. I couldn’t tell if anything was out of place until I tripped over something and fell to my hands and knees with an oomph just as the operator answered. My phone skidded across the hardwood to the other side of the room.

“Shit,” I muttered, as I picked myself up off the floor, my knees burning from the impact.

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