Rich Man's Vengeful Seduction by Laura Wright

Rich Man's Vengeful Seduction by Laura Wright

Author:Laura Wright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2007-01-14T16:00:00+00:00


Eight

“You know this is insane, right?”

As she sat on the bed, in the very spot that Damien had occupied not more than sixty seconds ago, Ms. Olivia Winston’s large brown eyes were filled with concern.

Tess’s business partner, chef extraordinaire and, after today, nearly a class-C felon, made no bones about what was to be done. “I’m taking you home right now.”

“I can’t go now,” Tess told her.

Olivia frowned. “Can’t? Is this guy keeping you here against your—”

“No, no, no. I hurt my foot during the renovation and he’s…helping me out.” She wondered where Damien was now. He’d been very polite to Olivia, the woman who had broken down his door, before leaving the room.

Olivia took a deep breath and blew it out. “Jeez, Tess. When the hospital called looking for you, I completely freaked out—”

“Wait…the hospital called you?”

“Called the office. It was the number you gave on the form in the emergency room.” She said the last two words with real feeling.

Tess leaned back against the pillows, cocked her head to one side. “I’m sorry you got scared. It’s just a cut. I had a few stitches, and I should be up and moving by tomorrow.”

Olivia took a moment to process the information, then seeming somewhat pacified, she asked, “So, are you okay here—I mean, barring the foot. This guy is cool?”

“He’s fine.”

“Yeah, he is fine,” Olivia said dryly, “gorgeous even—but is he treating you well?”

Tess laughed. “Very well. Don’t worry.”

“Come on, Tess. You’re in a client’s house, a guy who’s basically a stranger. It’s not right. I really think you should pack it in and come home.”

Tess chewed her lip. She didn’t want to go there, didn’t want to tell her partner the truth. But Olivia looked as though she wasn’t about to let up on the subject. “Listen, Liv, Damien Sauer isn’t just a client, and he’s definitely not a stranger.”

Olivia’s brows knit together. “Oh?”

“We used to be an item, back in my college days.”

Her brows relaxed. “Oh.”

“Yeah, he wanted me to renovate the house. It was the first house he bought back in the day when we were dating, and we spent a lot of time there…So I really know the ins and outs of the place.”

She shrugged. “Well then, it makes sense that he’d want to hire you.”

Tess gave Olivia a tight smile.

But Olivia wasn’t done with the questions. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

The reason was right there, on the tip of her tongue, and that’s where it remained. She shook her head. “I don’t know.”

The three partners of No Ring Required had secrets in their past and in their present, and each had done her very best to keep those secrets hidden. But as Tess knew, and Olivia and Mary as well, eventually those secrets had a way of coming out. Maybe knowledge of that was what kept Olivia from prying and pressing Tess for more. Whatever it was, Tess was thankful.

“So,” Olivia said, “do you at least want me to stay and help you



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