Ridin' Nerdy by Annelise Reynolds

Author:Annelise Reynolds [Reynolds, Annelise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Annelise Reynolds
Published: 2017-05-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Will

I wanted to follow her, but she was right. What right did I have? I was lying to her, and using her the same way Striker had. I was being every bit as manipulative as her ex and her dad. Right now, she hated them both. She would hate me too.

“What the hell happened?” Leah’s mom’s voice was hoarse as tears filled her eyes. I didn’t want to feel anything for her, but I did. “Who are you?” She looked at me, confusion in her eyes.

“Will Carver,” I said. Her face drained of color as she connected the name. I held her stare, letting her know I knew exactly who she was. More tears filled her eyes, and I turned away from her to look at her dad. “Was all of that necessary? You could have gotten her or me both hurt or worse.”

“Nothing would have happened to either of you.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“Because Striker may no longer be in my club, but he will always protect Leah.”

He had a point. Striker had been pissed that the Gimp guy had touched Leah. “And had he known about Leah and me, what would he have done to me?”

“He knew. I told him.”

I raked my fingers through my hair in frustration. “He loves her.”

“Yes.”

That single confirmation angered the hell out of me. I turned and left the house not sparing her mom another glance. Things had gotten so complicated, and my plan was falling apart at the seams, all because of Leah.

~**~

I hated for any of the assholes to win that bet at the gym, but I needed space and time to think. Leah had changed everything. She was the one thing I hadn’t planned on, and the one thing I couldn’t resist.

My receptionist rang my phone. “Mr. Carver, you have someone here to see you. A Ms. Slate.”

“Send her in, Elaine.” I sat back in my chair wondering why the hell Leah was in my office. She had made it clear she had no interest in seeing me again, so what the hell would she be here for?

The door to my office opened, and it wasn’t Leah in front of me.

“What are you doing here?” My jaw clenched at seeing Leah’s mom standing in front of me.

“I could ask you the same question, Will. What are you doing with my daughter and how the hell did you find me?” Her eyes were burning bright with anger and fear. She had no clue how close I’d come to outing her right there in front of her husband and daughter, effectively ruining her family like she had mine.

“It wasn’t that hard, actually.” I sat back in my chair. I relaxed into the comfortable leather and tried to keep my anger and resentment at bay. She’d seen my hand a lot earlier than I had intended, and there was still the factor of Leah that ate at me.

“Dad is meticulous about records, but all records regarding a Mrs. Smith from six years ago are thin.

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