Ruthless: Book 2 of the Shattered Chronicles by Ciana Stone

Author:Ciana Stone [Stone, Ciana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Rockridge, Texas

The salad sat untouched on the table. Morgan twirled her index finger around in the droplets left by the melting ice in her drink glass. Her appetite was as depressed as the rest of her. She didn’t know why she was even still sitting there except for the fact that she could not think of anywhere else to go. Home didn’t feel very welcome with all the phone calls and nothing to do but think about the mess she was in; and wonder if she would ever hear from Cord again. Not to mention the fact that she’d had three drinks and wasn’t sure she could drive.

Her assistant had told her about this place, a hotel just outside of Rockridge that had become popular thanks to its restaurant and lounge. Morgan didn’t think she’d run into anyone she knew there, so selected it as her place of escape.

“Can I get you anything?” The waiter’s voice caused her to look up.

“No, thanks. Just the check.” She leaned back in her chair as the waiter removed her dinner.

He gave her a smile, removed the artfully arranged salad, and walked away. She returned to drawing circles in the dampness on the table. When someone stopped beside her a few moments later, she looked up, expecting to see the waiter with her ticket.

Instead, Victor Vinsetti looked down at her. “What a coincidence.” He gave her a tentative smile. “Are you dining alone?”

“Yes.” Morgan dried her finger and let her hands fall into her lap.

“May I join you?”

Her eyebrows drew together. “Look, Mr. Vinsetti, I appreciate the offer, but I really don’t think I’m up to another rundown of your relationship with−with the− “Unable to finish the sentence, she dropped her eyes.

Victor slid into the seat next to her. “Neither am I, as a matter of fact.”

Morgan cut her eyes at him. She couldn’t imagine why he would want to sit with her. It wasn’t as if she was someone who moved in his circle. What was he even doing in Cotton Creek? Everything she had ever heard about him led her to believe that he spent most of his time jumping from one continent and one famous woman to another, never long in one place. And Cray County, Texas certainly wasn’t one of the cultural centers of the country.

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