Seducing an Heiress (Cinderella Heiresses) by Teel Judy

Author:Teel, Judy [Teel, Judy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Golden Angel Press
Published: 2011-07-04T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Pacing back to his bed, Trey shut his new phone and massaged the bridge of his nose. His conversation with Jamison had not been pleasant. Even knowing Trey would be bringing Dakota with him, Jamison had begrudged the extra week of time before delivery.

His stomach knotted at the thought of subjecting Dakota to the man who was not her father in any way except biologically. In one of those strange twists that life had a fondness for, his own alcoholic dad had been a better parent than hers. Unlike Pop, Jamison at least had the means to give her every comfort and advantage, but instead he chose to use her for his own purposes. The man didn't deserve a daughter like her.

He glanced at his watch. Two AM. No wonder he was getting maudlin.

Tossing his phone onto the bedside table, he stripped off his sweat pants and got under the covers. He was just falling asleep when a low cry echoed through the wall from Dakota's apartment.

He sat up, his exhausted brain struggling to form a cohesive thought. A muffled 'no' followed and adrenaline shot through his blood stream.

Dakota was in trouble.

Trey was out of the apartment and pounding on her door before he'd even realized he'd left his bed. When she didn't answer, he sprinted back to his bedroom and grabbed the building keys. The screams had turned to pain-filled moaning sending panic shooting into his pounding heart.

Had Castella snuck back in to get some kind of revenge on her? Was a homicidal rapist on the loose? People didn't always lock their doors in small towns like this. Had she left herself vulnerable to attack?

He fumbled with the keys in her lock, finally getting the door open. Her apartment was laid out just like Suzette's but in reverse, which put her bedroom on the other side of the wall from the guest room where he was sleeping.

In less than a second he was across her living room and bursting through the door. Dakota sat straight up in bed and shrieked at the top of her lungs, her eyes wide in the glow of moonlight that seeped through the blinds on her window. Trey scanned the area for her assailant, ready to beat the man to a pulp.

The room was empty. She wasn't in danger. His heart rate slowed.

Dakota gulped in air, her eyes still as big as saucers. "I'm dreaming," she muttered, her gaze sweeping over him. "I'm still dreaming."

"Are you all right?" Trey asked, feeling like a complete idiot.

She lay down and pulled the covers over her shoulders. Then popped up, making him jump.

"You're naked."

Trey glanced down at himself and realized in his panic that he hadn't put his sweat pants back on. He shrugged, surprised that he felt a slight twinge of embarrassment. "I sleep better." She didn't react and he watched her warily, wondering if she were actually awake. "Did you have a nightmare?" he asked, carefully.

A slow, sultry smile lifted her mouth. "Not a nightmare.

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