Marked (Tortured Heroes Book 3) by Jayne Blue

Author:Jayne Blue [Blue, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nokay Press, LLC
Published: 2016-10-01T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jillian

“Of course, Mr. President. Thank you. Thank you so much. I look forward to seeing you again soon too.”

Huck’s eyes stayed with mine, tracking me like a laser beam. In some ways, I felt more uncomfortable having him witness this phone conversation than I did seeing those pictures of Ross and me. This felt just as exposed.

I clicked off the phone and set it on the kitchen counter. When I turned to face him, Huck remained taciturn, leaning against the wall near the front door. Only a tiny flicker of his left eyebrow belied whatever turmoil he had going on inside that brain of his.

My life was a mess. Most of it of my own making. My spine prickled as I caught a glimpse of the wreckage I’d made of the living room. Huck was right. They were just things. That particular genie could be put back in the bottle. The pictures and videos of me having sex with Ross would be harder.

God. I felt the icy fingers of panic start to crawl up my neck. But one look into Huck’s steady gaze and it started to subside. Shit. He was good for me. He might also be the worst thing in the world for me. As it was, I’d just spent five minutes lying to the President of the United States.

I’d only met President Vance a handful of times. He was from Grand City, Michigan. During his campaign I was President of the State Bar. We’d attended a luncheon together and he was nice to me. He had a roving eye, that was the rumor. He was young, virile, blond, blue-eyed, and handsome. He had Viking ancestry written all over his chiseled Nordic features and I knew how rumors got started. But I didn’t fuck my way to the federal bench and I wouldn’t stand for Huck’s jealousy even if a part of it turned me on.

“He’s a friend,” I said, crossing my arms in front of me. “Actually barely more than an acquaintance. He was worried about me. I’m sure he called all of the other judges as well. That’s the kind of guy he is.”

Huck raised an infuriating brow. “I didn’t say a word.”

“You didn’t have to. I know what people say.”

“I’m not people, Jillian. And if I have a question for you about anything, you can be damn sure I’m just going to come straight out and ask it.”

I squared off with him. Maybe it was the stress of the day. I was trying to take back some semblance of control over my life. Maybe it wasn’t fair. But Huck was the one standing in front of me so he got the full force of my rage.

“So ask me. I know you want to. Everyone does.”

“Ask you what?”

“Ask me whether I fucked President Matt Vance to get this job.”

Huck looked toward the ceiling and shook his head. He jutted his chin and looked back at me. “None of my business.”

“Don’t do that. I let you in.

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