Reckless Billionaire by Cheryl Phipps

Author:Cheryl Phipps [Phipps, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780994144294
Publisher: Cheryl Phipps
Published: 2017-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Matt could feel his strength returning. He hadn’t felt like doing any exercise before and would have been hampered by the casts. Now he had the all clear, he was determined to get his skinnier limbs back to where they’d been and to get fit again.

“That’s great, Matt. Just a little further.”

He winced as she pushed his knee straighter then bent it. This was not fun, yet the urge to please her had become a drug he was addicted to.

“I was thinking, now that the scars are healed over, we could go swimming.”

She nodded. “Swimming would be good for your joints. You should go.”

“I said ‘we’.”

She frowned. “You know I don’t swim.”

“I could teach you.”

“No thanks.”

“I hear it’s great exercise.”

“No—thanks,” she said, a little firmer.

“Okay. I get it.” He went to his room to get changed.

When he went out to the pool, Aimee was there, but she’d changed from her jeans and shirt into shorts and a singlet. Her long legs were graceful as she walked the length of the pool, as if she were searching for sea monsters.

“What are you doing?”

She glanced up, teetering near the edge. Her arms waved like a windmill and he thought she was going in. He was prepared to follow her in when she righted herself.

She was flushed and shaken. “Don’t sneak up on a person.”

“I was coming to have a swim. That could hardly be called sneaking.”

He was pretty sure she was counting to ten.

“So, what are you doing here?”

“I have to watch you, don’t I?”

“Hey, I’m not an invalid anymore and I’m not forcing you into the water, so you don’t have to look like you’ve being sent to the gallows.”

She crossed her arms under her breasts. “Maybe not, but I have to make sure you don’t drown, so I was trying to figure out how deep it got.”

“You’ll jump in and save me?”

She paled. “That wouldn’t work for either of us. But I can yell for help.”

“I see. The pool is a long way from anyone who might be around.”

“Your mom’s here.”

“Sure, but she’ll be glued to her computer or on the phone.”

Aimee’s demeanor went from annoyance to Dr. Phil. “Does that make you feel like she doesn’t care?”

“Oh, hell no. You will not psychoanalyze me.”

Guilty as charged, she came closer. “Sorry, but if I’m here to help you rethink the reckless lifestyle you’ve been living, then I need to understand why you feel the need to be an adrenaline junkie.” Her hand went to her mouth.

He was astounded. “You think you’re here to cure me of something?”

“I wouldn’t put it quite that way, but you and I both know that I could have gone ages ago. I’m here for reasons even I’m not sure of. What about you? Why do you think I’m here?”

“I’ve said this so many times—I might have some issues, but I’m not sick. I haven’t done anything reckless for nearly two months, so I guess we can thank you and Mom for that, can’t we? I hope that’s what everyone wants to hear.

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