Fireball by Abbi Glines

Author:Abbi Glines
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Abbi Glines
Published: 2023-05-05T20:10:31+00:00

Fifteen

Blaise

Garrett was getting what he wanted. Simply because I couldn’t tell her no. She wanted a job, and this was all I could allow without losing my fucking mind, worrying about her. Garrett wanted Madeline as tied into the family as she could get. He was doing it for Eli, and I understood that. Eli would fucking love knowing his granddaughter was here. Working within the family.

She was right. I couldn’t keep her in the house, and she couldn’t go everywhere with me. There was shit she could never be a part of.

This morning, having Angel in the kitchen and then dealing with one of her fits hadn’t sat well with me. Once, it had made sense for Angel to live in my house, but I didn’t see how this was going to continue to work. Not with Madeline living there, and Madeline would be staying.

Now that we were at the ranch, I stood back and watched as Deidra showed Madeline the things that had changed since she’d been gone the past few weeks.

Deidra had worked for my father most of my life. She was older than him, and he moved her around in different areas when needed. He’d put her in this position until Madeline’s return. I knew he hadn’t planned on allowing her to be gone long. If she hadn’t come back with me, Garrett would have stepped in.

Things weren’t perfect, and we had shit to figure out, like the fact that she thought she needed money to live. I’d let her work, but I’d be damned if she spent her money on things she needed. She was mine, and I’d take care of her. What the fuck she thought she needed money for, I didn’t know.

“Maddy!” Trev’s voice called out from behind me.

I glared over my shoulder as my brother came walking into the office.

Trev gave me his smug, bright smile, then looked back at Madeline. “You’re back.” He clapped his hands together.

She smiled at him, and I fucking hated it. That smile was mine.

“I can see you are broken up about my leaving,” Deidra said to him teasingly.

Trev put his hand on his heart. “Oh, I’ll miss your beautiful face, Dee. But I’m sure you’ll be around.”

Deidra let out a bark of laughter. “You’re full of shit. My feelings aren’t hurt. I have eyes. I understand. You boys like the eye candy, and this one is beautiful.”

“Not his to look at,” I said.

Deidra cut her eyes at me, then smiled. “Eli sure would love to know his baby girl’s daughter was here. Where she belongs.”

Madeline’s gaze moved to meet mine. There were so many insecurities inside those blue eyes. Why? What more could I do to reassure her that she was all I wanted? Why did she look so damn haunted? Like at any moment, I was going to change my mind and walk away?

“She’s home now,” I agreed, keeping my eyes on Madeline’s.

There was a spark of hope there. It wasn’t what I wanted to see.

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