Open Wounds (Damaged Souls Book 2) by Twyla Turner

Author:Twyla Turner
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: Twylite Publishing
Published: 2015-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Criminal

Lexi turned away before she could see Sloan’s eyes wandering around the crowd of wedding guests in search of her. He looked into the house and saw the tail end of the sheer material of her red dress, as she rounded the corner. He let Victoria finish the rest of her sentence, before excusing himself to see where Lexi had run off to.

He strode through the house in the direction that he had seen her disappear in. He stuck his head into every room, but there was no sign of her. Sloan started to panic. He knew that if there was anyone that could find trouble in the most unexpected places, it would be Alexis Bolden.

He walked to the end of the hallway and heard muffled voices coming from the last room. Sloan opened the door to what looked like a huge masculine office. The classic and typical home office that one would imagine a lawyer would have. Dark wood and leather, dark colors and heavy furniture. And in the center of the room, facing an empty wall was Lexi and Aaron.

Sloan instantly started to rile up, in anger. Until he realized that they were talking about paintings to go on the wall. Sloan’s ire started to wane as he walked into the room, towards them. But then Aaron lifted his hand to Lexi’s face and stroked a finger down her cheek. She looked at him like a deer in headlights.

“If things don’t work out between you and-” Aaron started.

“That will never happen. Now get your fucking hands off of her.” Sloan growled unnecessarily, having already grabbed Aaron’s roaming hand and putting it in a crushing hold. Bones popping and creaking in warning.

“Sloan, stop!” Lexi shouted at him. “You’re gonna break his hand.”

Sloan released Aaron’s hand and flung it away. Aaron shook and flexed his hand, before stepping up to Sloan. He got in his face until they were nose to nose.

“You think you can assault me, in my fucking house? Do you know who I am? I could fucking sue you for everything you’ve got.” Aaron snarled in Sloan’s face.

“Well, it wouldn’t be much. So go ahead and try you arrogant prick.” Sloan baited him, not willing to back down.

“Guys, stop! That’s enough!” Lexi yelled at them, squeezing in between the two angry men by shoving them as hard as she could.

Both men stepped back. Lexi stood in the middle with either hand on their chests, trying to put much-needed distance between them.

“Sloan, I think it’s time to go.” Lexi looked at him in warning. “Thank you, Aaron, for hosting such a wonderful party. I’ll be in contact with you about the paintings you want done. Think about what you’d like and let me know. And I’ll tell you if I can do them or not.” Lexi said looking at Aaron in apology.

She dropped her hands from their chests and then grabbed Sloan’s hand, and started pulling him down the hall. They remained quiet as they walked through the house to the front door.

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