My Ghostly Valentine: A Haunting Paranormal Romantic Comedy (Banshee Creek Book 4) by Gonzalez Ani

Author:Gonzalez, Ani [Gonzalez, Ani]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: FAC Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-02-09T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

SEVERAL HOT, sweaty, and unforgettable hours later, a familiar buzzing sound rang out, jerking Zach into wakefulness.

He was in his bed, on the barn loft, covered by a patchwork quilt and two down comforters. That part, at least, was familiar. His barn was spacious and comfortable, but it was a pain to heat in the winter, hence his reliance on the Little House on the Prairie school of bedding.

But Canadian goose fluff wasn't the only thing keeping him warm.

Patricia was curled up around him, wearing one of PRoVE's purple "Virginia is for GHOST Lovers" t-shirts and nothing else. She was fast asleep. Her hair was spread out over one of his white pillowcases, and the purple fabric draped around her bottom enticingly.

It was a good, if unbearably early, way to wake up. The sky was still dark, which meant they still had a couple of hours before the bakery opened for business, and he had a long list of things they could do to pass the time. Sleeping wasn't on the list.

Answering his brother's phone call wasn't on it either.

But the phone kept buzzing like an angry hornet. He sighed and got up, grabbing a flannel robe to stave off the cold. Might as well find out what Gabe had to say.

Although he had a feeling that he already knew.

He picked up the phone. Gabe's text was terse. "Check your e-mail and call me." Zach pulled up the e-mail and winced. Gabe had sent him a document, a very long document that took forever to download onto his phone.

What the hell was Gabe sending him? Another offer?

He scrolled through dozens of pages in inscrutable legalese. The gist, though, was fairly clear. This was no offer, it was something far worse. Infringement, violations, seizure...blah, blah, blah. The document was clearly marked as "draft," and the email indicated that it had been sent to Gabe as a "courtesy."

But the threat behind it was real. Gabe's clients had given up on carrots and had picked up some pretty hefty sticks.

The phone buzzed as Gabe sent one frantic text message after another. His cold-as-ice, hard-as-nails, corporate android of a brother was freaking out.

He grabbed the loft ladder and climbed down. He turned on the gas fireplace, regretted, for the umpteenth time, not putting in a wood one, and walked to the kitchen. In general, his barn wasn't big on amenities, it was hard to find luxury items, like wood fireplaces, that would fit in such a space. The kitchen, however, was an exception. He'd given Sebastian's designer girlfriend, Lily -- the one who'd helped him fix up the pizzeria -- free rein. Liam Hagen turned some old barn boards into kitchen cabinets and Lily found a slab of overstock gray granite, and together they came up with something rustic and barn-like that was still functional. Lily had even found a high-end espresso maker for him.

The coffee maker was his favorite. He grabbed a Pepe's Pizza mug, some Café Bustelo, and started the espresso maker.

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