Endless Love: Novella (Elite Heirs of Manhattan Series Book 6) by Missy Walker

Author:Missy Walker [Walker, Missy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.authormissywalker.com
Published: 2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

6

LUCIAN

Ivy’s arms were still folded, her now steely eyes narrowed, and I was almost knocked sideways at how insanely hot she was. That no-nonsense, take-no-shit-from-anybody attitude was one of the things that had made me fall for her in the first place.

Miles dropped into a leather armchair while Ivy perched gracefully on the corner of Ari’s enormous desk as I closed the doors to Ari’s study, leaving the three of us in relative seclusion.

“Tell us,” I encouraged Miles, sitting in the chair facing him. He was miserable, slouching, one elbow propped on the chair’s arm so he could hold his head up on his palm. “What happened? What do you need?”

“As you know, Spencer and I have been working together to patent a new device,” he explained. I couldn’t help but notice how defeated he sounded now. There was relief there, too, like he was glad he could drop the act and admit there was a problem.

He sighed, raking his fingers through his blond hair, letting his hand drop. “We have a competitor in California, someone Spencer used to work with years ago when he first got into the tech field. Damian Fields. He’s a real piece of shit, the sort of guy who throws money at a team already on the verge of making a breakthrough, then claims that breakthrough as his own.”

“That’s a pretty common class of person,” Ivy pointed out.

“He’s also the kind of wanker who would stab a competitor in the back if it meant getting the jump on a patent, which is exactly what he’s doing now,” Miles continued with a snarl. “The son of a bitch has dug through my life, looking for something he can use to discredit me. And I’m afraid he’s found it.”

Now Ivy shifted slightly. She was uncomfortable, like me, and probably wished she hadn’t demanded an explanation.

“What is it?” I pressed.

“I’m not proud of a lot of what I did in my youth.” He let out a bitter laugh while his lip curled in a sneer. “That’s putting it mildly. I couldn’t have imagined where I would end up, let’s put it that way. I would have done a lot of things differently.”

Right away, my mind went back to the first night he’d hung out with us when we watched him beat the shit out of a guy for getting aggressive with Aria. He didn’t throw a punch like an amateur. I hadn’t given it much thought until now when I wondered how much fighting a guy had to do to become that efficiently brutal.

He looked Ivy’s way, frowning. “Like I said, I’m not proud. Aria knows about most of it, but not everything. I would appreciate it if you kept this from her, only sharing it when the time is right. I plan to tell her after the wedding.”

Ivy’s mouth fell open. “Hang on. That’s not fair. If this is the kind of thing you don’t want to tell her until after you’re married, maybe she deserves to know now.

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