Ruthless by HelenKay Dimon

Author:HelenKay Dimon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Sean walked down the long driveway and crept up to the gate. Trees lined the property, covering all but the smallest peak of the three-story stone house sitting back off the road. He’d grown up in the Virginia mansion, complete with gardeners and maids and a full-time staff. They’d belonged to country clubs, even a ski resort. His life once revolved around parties and private schools and a second home on the beach in Delaware.

That was before. Before the allegations. Before his parents’ violent outbursts and vicious fights. Before the police came and the money dried up. Before his mother threatened to walk out but died before she could get the house packed.

Before Kelsey refused to come back and help.

Things were supposed to be different now. Sean made it through the boredom of school and earned some recognition through the math department. He’d turned his love of video games into a real-life application by combining it with his natural ability at calculations.

He had a job and a life, or he did until a few weeks ago when it all turned upside down. He’d been tasked with a top-secret project and subjected to random drug tests and other unnecessary security measures.

The lie detector was the worse. Strapped to a chair and a machine and forced to answer moronic questions. It was all a waste of his time. He wanted to work, not get bogged down in stupid crap.

One day he signed in, fine-tuned the program, fixed the mistake and left without leaving a data footprint. Just as he was supposed to do. He’d been promised easy and unseen. Sneak the files out and act as if nothing happened.

He did everything he was told and didn’t tip off any alarms. But then men started following him and his studio apartment got turned upside down. The few possessions he owned and had taken with him that weren’t frozen in his father’s mess had been broken and destroyed.

He’d been on the run ever since. With a limited cash flow and few places to go, he’d ended up here. Amazing that no matter how hard he tried to break free, he ended up back here.

Bryce Kingston knew the truth and now someone wanted Sean dead, so even this house might not protect him.

He threw his bag over the top of the fence as he’d done hundreds of times as a kid. Back then beating the security system had been a game. Now it was a necessity. Using the metal rails of the gate, he grabbed on to the decorative knobs and wedged his sneakers in between the bars.

He’d spent most of the past few years sitting at a computer, but he wasn’t out of shape. With a grunt and a concentrated yank, he climbed. Swinging his leg over the top, he skipped the rest of the vault and jumped down.

The night’s hot air blew around him as he fell, but he misjudged the distance and dropped longer than expected. He hit the soft grass with a sickening thud.

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