Just One More Dare by Carly Phillips

Author:Carly Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher: CP Publishing
Published: 2024-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Now that Raven was safe in Remy’s apartment, she’d calmed down, certain she’d overreacted to seeing Lance at the coffee shop. After all, she’d been safe, surrounded by people, and he couldn’t have hurt her even if he’d wanted to. But the moment she’d seen him for the first time, her gaze meeting eyes that were so similar to Caleb’s but lacked the warmth and humanity of the brother she loved, she’d panicked. As Remy said, she’d fed his need to scare her. But she was safe. At least for a while.

“Raven, I need you to pack your things.” Remy entered the room, a large suitcase in hand. “We’re leaving town.”

She blinked, stunned. “What? No. I have work. You have work.”

“I’ve got that covered. I put Stevie in charge of the bar and we have Pamela for the restaurant,” he said of the sub-manager under Raven.

She blew out a breath and did her best not to engage Remy in an argument when he obviously had a plan she wasn’t aware of. So she’d talk rationally, then she’d engage. Hadn’t she said she didn’t want to run but live her life? But she couldn’t deny she was scared of Lance, worried he was escalating or planned to. Remy might be a detective but she’d watched enough television shows and real true crime documentaries to know Remy was right.

“Where are we going?” she asked, as he lifted the empty but large piece of luggage, placing it on the bed.

“My family has a compound on Cape Cod.”

“Of course they do,” she muttered. The Kanes had money and were wealthy in their world but the Sterling financial situation was beyond her wildest imaginings. Maybe when she’d lived in Cassandra and her father’s home in Chappaqua she might have felt a little more comfortable at the idea of going to a compound but now? She’d been supporting herself on her salary and pinching pennies like the average New Yorker for so long, Remy’s type of money intimidated her.

Still… “I really want to argue with you. A part of me says I should stay and make a stand but the part of me that panicked when I saw Lance tells me to pack up and go. No more questions asked.”

He strode over and cupped her cheek in his hand. “I couldn’t handle it if anything happened to you. So if you’re waffling on your decision, can you do this for me?”

She swallowed hard. Put that way, how could she resist? She’d never had anyone worry or care about her the way Remy did except Caleb and Cara. But Caleb was her brother with a child to be concerned about, and Cara was still, for most purposes, a teenager who focused only on herself.

Except, her sister had called this morning because she’d heard about their mother’s visit and public spectacle. She was worried and wanted her to know she was Team Raven. Raven smiled at the thought of her caring sibling. They were the two reasons being adopted by the Kanes had been a good thing.

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