Grizzly Secret (Arcadian Bears Book 3) by Becca Jameson

Author:Becca Jameson [Jameson, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic paranormal romance
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2017-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Joselyn rolled onto her side, hugging her pillow against her chest, staring at her phone. She’d thumbed through the texts from Alton a hundred times. She’d listened to his messages several times also.

Something didn’t add up. His voice was strained, but he didn’t sound like he expected them to be over because of this.

She wasn’t ready to face him yet, not even by phone. She was exhausted and wrung out from stress and crying.

Even though she hadn’t come out of her office a single time that day, she’d heard all the news from her family as they scrambled around in meetings, trying to decide what to do. The biggest problem was that someone leaked information to the Tarbens. That wasn’t deniable. The question? Did they do it inadvertently or intentionally?

Joselyn certainly didn’t intentionally share company secrets. She could have done it accidentally if Alton snooped through her phone at some point while she wasn’t paying attention over the last few months, but that idea was so far-fetched that it meant her entire relationship was a farce and had been for years. She couldn’t swallow that anymore twelve hours later than she had this morning.

The passage of time had made her see reason. And her parents had talked her down over dinner, rationalizing that Alton wouldn’t be texting and calling if he truly meant her family harm.

Joselyn set her phone on the nightstand and tried to get comfortable in her bed. No position provided relief from her mental strain, and no amount of tossing and turning permitted sleep. It wasn’t until the early morning hours that she finally slipped into a fitful slumber, and then only to be yanked awake soon after by the same nightmare she always had.

Shaking violently and sweating as if she’d been for a run, she finally gave up and headed for the shower. At the ridiculous hour of eight o’clock, she wandered into the kitchen.

Her mother looked up from the table, shocked. “You’re up early.”

“Couldn’t sleep.”

Rosanne sighed. “Did you call him?”

“No.” Joselyn grabbed an apple from the counter and tossed it around in her hand, trying to decide if her stomach would tolerate it. Deciding against the plan, she set it back in the basket.

Hands still shaking, she headed for the coffee pot next, poured herself a mug, and added cream and sugar.

Her mother was staring at her when she joined her at the table. “Hon…”

“Don’t, Mom. I need to do this my way.”

“If he loves you, he didn’t do this. There are so many other possibilities. We employ fifty people, Jos. Any one of them could have caused the leak. We may never even know who it was if it wasn’t intentional. It happened. I don’t want to see you torturing yourself over it.”

Joselyn nodded slowly, twisting her mug around on the table and staring at the contents. “I think the key to everything is the big if. I’m afraid to ask the questions. I realize there’s no way in hell Alton maliciously plotted to destroy our company.

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