Fake Dating the Unsuspecting Heiress by Dallen Maggie

Author:Dallen, Maggie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

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“Addison?” He wasn’t sure why he said her name. Mainly because he wanted to know that she was okay. Her eyes had grown distant for a moment there, and he had no idea where she’d gone. All he knew was…he wanted her to talk to him. It felt crucial that she open up to him. And that need? That desire to know everything about her?

It had nothing to do with his job.

Warning bells went off somewhere in the dark recesses of his mind, but when she took a step closer to him, her hand still trustingly tucked in his, it was all too easy to stop thinking about that. Her father, this assignment—it faded into nothingness as her sweet, floral scent wrapped around him and those endless dark eyes hypnotized him.

“Let me walk you inside,” he said.

Bad idea. This is a terrible idea.

The warning bells grew louder, but he couldn’t bring himself to heed the voice that told him he was making a mistake.

She nodded, leading the way up her steps, his hand still wrapped around hers.

“Do you want some tea?” she asked when they stepped inside.

“No. Thanks.” He shouldn’t be here at all, let alone making himself at home. “It’s late, I should let you get some rest.”

And yet he didn’t make a move toward the door.

She let out a loud exhale and words seemed to tumble out of her. “I never went to school. Not really. I mean, not as a kid…not full time.” Her sudden statement took him by surprise. He watched with wide eyes as she clasped her hands in front of her and bit her lip as if waiting for a reaction.

He wasn’t even sure what she meant. “Oh, okay.”

“I mean, I graduated high school and then I went to college, but I didn’t have the typical upbringing because…” She cleared her throat and he found himself tensing. He just knew that she didn’t tell many people whatever she was about to say to him.

“I was sick when I was a kid. I had leukemia and I…I…” She shook her head, closed her eyes tight and let out a short laugh. “And I have no idea why I’m telling you all of this.”

He crossed the few feet that separated them and drew her into his arms.

The crazy thing was…she let him. She rested her weight against him and laid her head against his chest, and he felt like…like…

He felt like a king. Like a conqueror or a Viking or a chest-pounding warrior who’d just slayed every dragon and saved the world.

Okay, maybe that was an overreaction, but that was how he felt.

Triumphant.

This woman—this kind, sweet, loving woman had trusted him. She’d opened up to him, of all people. Him.

Her voice was slightly muffled against his chest and he tightened his arms around her. “I was in and out of the hospital so much as a kid that I never really had a chance to make friends. When I did go to school, I made the other kids uncomfortable because I looked sick.

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