Devotion - Billionaire Contemporary Romance Novel by Hawthorne Aria

Author:Hawthorne, Aria [Hawthorne, Aria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: French Kiss Press LLC
Published: 2015-01-26T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

It had been a long hard day before Isabel finally reached her house and settled in for the night. She had attempted to shake off Eliot Watercross’ conversation and move forward with the final preparation for Saturday’s gala. But his searing eyes and masculine touch looped in her mind like an unsettling revelation. He had always been so flirtatious in his interactions with her that it seemed easy to dismiss his public advances as nothing more than a disingenuous display of power. Eliot was Phillip’s rival and she was Phillip’s assistant. Plus, everybody knew that Eliot Watercross was invigorated by a good challenge. But within the inexplicable moments of magnetic attraction between them, it was hard to deny his insistence that she was worth more to him than she realized—or that she allowed herself to admit—and his assertion that she had mistakenly accepted her role as Phillip’s submissive servant rather than his equal partner weighed heavy on her heart.

Could Eliot offer her something even more? For the past five years, she had been given more responsibility under Phillip’s mentoring than she had ever dreamed possible…but now, was it no longer enough?

She shook her head and tried hard not to let her mind dwell on it during her dinnertime with Aidan.

“Mommy, did you know that police officers came to school today to talk to us during circle time?”

“No, honey, I didn’t know that.” Isabel aimlessly picked at the peas on her dinner plate.

“They showed us their pincher things that they use to catch the bad guys.” Aidan clapped his hands, like he was squashing a bug in the air.

“Pincher things?” Isabel asked with a strained spark of curiosity.

“These silver metal pinchers.”

“You mean, handcuffs?”

“Yeah, to catch the bad guys and throw them in jail.”

“Did the police officers tell you that?”

Aidan lowered his chin, bashful. “No, that’s what Jeremiah said.”

“Ohhhhhh, I see…Jeremiah.” Isabel nodded to her mother, who was listening from the kitchen counter while preparing the salad. Aidan had told both Isabel and Mrs. Alvarez on several occasions that Jeremiah knew everything because he was five.

“The police officers just showed us their handcuffs and their big black flashlights and their guns,” Aidan whispered, his eyes widening.

“They. Did. Not,” Isabel punctuated.

“Okay, it’s true. They didn’t.” Aidan stuffed his mouth with his pizza. “But they did tell us they don’t have to shoot anything very often. Mommy? Did you know what? The police boss man is called the chief…”

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Mrs. Alvarez dropped her knife onto the cutting board and wiped her hands on her apron.

“Cómo piensas que está allí…” she said to Isabel before passing out of the kitchen’s swinging door.

“Mommy, mommy…” Aidan tugged on his mother with excitement. “Maybe it’s a policeman.”

“A policeman? Why would they be here?”

“Because they think we’re hiding the bad guys.”

“Or maybe they’re here to check to see if you’ve eaten all your dinner,” Isabel teased, nudging Aidan to take another bite of his pizza.

“Isabel—” Mrs. Alvarez suddenly called out from the living room with the same threatening tone that she used to use whenever Isabel was a disobedient child.

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