Roulette by C.D. Bradley

Author:C.D. Bradley [Bradley, C.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: CD BRADLEY
Published: 2017-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

THEY REACHED THE parking lot and Dominic insisted on walking her to her car. “I will be fine,” she argued. “I’m just going home to get some work done.”

“That’s great. I’m just going to make sure you make it safely. That guy at the restaurant was not playing around and I’m not taking any chances.” His voice was as firm as the grip he had with his arm around her waist.

They have valet parking. I’ll just wait here while they bring it around,” she countered.

“I’ll wait with you then.” He showed no signs of letting her go even as she handed her ticket to the valet.

They stood together in the darkness under the canopy and waited. Dominic looked down at her and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “Do you have any idea how exquisitely beautiful you are?”

“Laying this on a little thick, aren’t you?” she asked raising her eyebrow. “We both know this little fling is over when the—”

“Ma’am.” The valet came running back up without her car. “I’m afraid we have a problem.”

“What do you mean? Where’s my car?” Olivia asked, alarm raising her voice a full octave. Olivia didn’t have any close family, she didn’t even have a cat. What she did have was a spotless midnight blue Audi.

“Ma’am, calm down. Your tires are flat. We can call a tow truck for you if you would like,” he offered.

“Wait, you’re saying more than one tire is flat?” Dominic asked his tone darkened. “Olivia, that sounds intentional. We need to call the police and file a report.”

“Or I ran over something on our little trip to the swamp.” She couldn’t believe that anyone would deliberately try to destroy her car.

They called a tow truck and followed the attendant to her poor car. The Audi reminded her of a seventy-year-old boob tattoo all sad and deflated. All four tires were completely flat.

“Unless you were driving in a parking lot full of razor blades I would say someone slashed your tires.” Dominic was seething. “Do you have cameras for this lot?” he demanded. “We are going to need to see the tapes.”

“I’m sorry, sir, this part of the lot doesn’t have cameras.” The attendant took a step back.

“We better call this in.” Olivia shook her head. She had never been the victim of vandalism before. She wondered if it had to do with a case or if it was random. Dominic waited with her while until the police and the tow truck arrived.

“Let me take you home,” he offered when she had finished the paperwork.

“On that?” she said motioning to his bike. “You’ve got to be fucking kidding. I can just call a taxi or fucking Uber.” Olivia pulled out her cell to make the call. Dominic put his hand over hers and pushed the phone down.

“Trust me, Olivia,” he said low and pulled her close. “For once just let go of all that pain you hold inside and trust me.”

Olivia had never been on a motorcycle. Until that moment she had no desire to ever be on one.

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