Runaway Heiress by Jennifer Morey

Author:Jennifer Morey [Morey, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488016639
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Published: 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Sadie couldn’t stop thinking about everything she and Jasper had talked about yesterday. She finally gave in to them and reclined on the sofa, facing the darkened window and listening to the rain patter.

She never talked about Darien with anyone. Not only did that bring up too many bad memories, it was dangerous talking about him. Talking about him could lead down a slippery path. But what stayed with her long after they had left the park was all he’d revealed about the woman he’d once loved. He’d wanted to save her and couldn’t. That touched a soft spot inside her and made her think of Steven.

She’d never told anyone, but he had feelings for her and that’s what made him help her. She’d told him she wasn’t interested, though. At the time she hadn’t thought she would be interested in any man for a very long time, and she hadn’t been, not until Jasper came along. He’d awakened something in her, something she couldn’t shake, and now she felt drawn to him more than ever.

He felt responsible for Kaelyn killing herself. Sadie had thought about that all night. That poor woman had lived in an abusive marriage and then had met a man like Jasper, a chivalrous man, a strong man with a righteous mind. She must have been in awe, maybe full of disbelief that a man like him would love her. And then when he’d turned her down she must have been crushed. She must have envisioned a life doomed to never being free of her horrible husband. Sadie had felt that way with Darien.

Sadie could well understand why Jasper felt guilty. But Kaelyn taking her own life was not his fault. He’d cared about her and would have helped her. He just couldn’t give her his heart. What would it take to capture his heart? The adventurer, the thrill seeker. The lawman. The Good Samaritan.

When her core tickled with imagination, Sadie forced herself to stop.

Hearing a phone ring, she twisted on the sofa to see Jasper still sitting at the kitchen island where he’d been working on his laptop. He answered and after a few seconds he turned sharply to Sadie.

“When?” he asked the caller, and then listened for a longer period of time. “We’re on our way.”

She stood as he did, alarmed and full of apprehension. “What is it?”

“Eddy Anderson has been kidnapped. A ransom note was left in his apartment.”

Sadie sucked in a breath. “He was taken from his apartment?”

“It appears that way.”

Wouldn’t that mean he knew whoever had taken him? Or had he been accosted outside and forced at gunpoint from then on.

“The ransom letter demands one million and the abductor will call the Revive Center one hour from now with instructions on where to make the drop.”

“Ransom?” That made no sense. First murder, then the attack and now this?

“The letter contained a threat not to involve police.”

“Or the kidnapper will kill Eddy?”

Jasper nodded soberly.

Sadie put her hand to her mouth.

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