More Than Everything by Rachel Kane

Author:Rachel Kane [Kane, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

18

Noah

“I just assumed you’d been kidnapped,” said Judah over the phone. “I’ve been checking my email for the ransom note.”

Noah peered into the gigantic fridge, looking for something for breakfast. “Let me tell you, I haven’t woken up in a strange bed in a long, long time. I almost didn’t wake up. All I wanted to do was sleep. Dalton—”

“If you’re about to tell me details of your billionaire sexscapade, I’m going to ask you not to.”

He pulled a bottle of orange juice from the fridge, as well as a bottle of champagne from a lower shelf. “Ooh, he has morels. I wonder if they’re still good. Do you know how to tell?”

“Did you say he has morals? Then why—”

“No, morels, like the mushroom. I’m thinking I could make an omelet. Eggs, does he have eggs? He has no eggs, Judah. What kind of billionaire can’t afford eggs?”

“The kind who kidnaps you from your home, and then leaves before you wake up?”

“I think he just didn’t want to disturb me. I was out cold. Besides, he’s busy. He left me a nice note. There’s prosciutto. There’s cheese. Damn it, why are there no eggs? Am I going to have to go to the store? I don’t even know where the stores are in this part of town! I’m adrift in a city no longer my own!”

“Speaking of, when are you coming home?”

“Um…I guess whenever I’m released from Dalton’s gilded cage?”

During the pause that followed, he could hear Judah saying something with the phone covered, and laughter from the background. Liam and Mason, probably.

Then suddenly Liam picked up. “All right, spill it. What did you do to him?”

“To Judah?”

“To Dalton. We got the news this morning, his offer has been rescinded. That Marcia lady sounded pretty steamed. So are we back on track with the grant application?”

He looked at the phone like it was speaking gibberish. Dalton decided not to try to buy Superbia Springs…but didn’t tell Noah about it?

I’ve always called my ass magical, but I didn’t realize just how magical it was!

“I haven’t spoken to him this morning,” he said. “I don’t even know what time he left. I’m going to wander around his apartment and snoop. Who knows what secrets lurk within his sock drawer?”

“Please don’t do anything to piss him off,” Liam said.

“You missed the part where he’s not here. He won’t know I’m snooping.”

“If he’s giving us a second chance at the grant, you cannot do anything wrong!”

“Like I did in my speech to the town council?”

“Noah… I can hear the tone in your voice. Please stop messing with me. We need that grant.”

He sighed into the phone. “Why do you automatically assume I’m going to wreck something? We slept together, okay? It was great. Fantastic, in fact. I’m not going to ruin that.”

“You don’t have the greatest record with men,” Liam pointed out. “They often end up mad at you.”

“Your faith in me is touching. See you soon.”

“Wait, promise me—”

He tapped the button and made the call go away, then set the phone on the counter.

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