Shrouded Passions by Faye Hall

Author:Faye Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944270186
Publisher: Beachwalk Press, Inc.
Published: 2016-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“The girl you asked for is waiting for you upstairs, Mr. Munroy.”

Devon glanced over his shoulder to see the brightly dressed madam standing behind him, her deep red hair hanging loosely around her shoulders. Standing, he reached into his trouser pocket and pulled forth a wad of money. Without a second thought, he threw all the notes on the counter.

“Devon, this is more than twice what you owe me,” Patrick exclaimed as he grabbed the money and began to count.

Devon shrugged. “It’s only money.”

“You may want to hand me the rest of your fortunes after you lay with the girl upstairs. You might just find the woman you’ve been grieving for all these years,” Patrick said.

“Follow me, Mr. Munroy,” Abby said, grabbing Devon’s hand and pulling him behind her.

“Enjoy your night, Devon.”

Devon nodded at the bartender’s words as he turned and followed the madam up the stairs. Part of him hoped Patrick was right and he would have a night unlike any other with the woman that was waiting for him. Part of him knew that, even whilst he laid with the woman waiting for him, he would continue to be haunted by memories from his past. But he had to go through with tonight. He had to try and find any woman who could fill the gap in his heart and in his bed.

“You’ve chosen a most excellent woman, Mr. Munroy,” the madam softly said, glancing over her shoulder back at him.

Devon smiled at her words. “I appreciate what you and Patrick are trying to do for me, Abby. But we all know this woman won’t be who I truly want. She won’t be Lotte Higgins.”

The madam stalled. “I can guarantee you, the woman I’ve readied for you will give you so much more than just memories of your lost love.”

Devon studied the madam, wondering about her remark.

“The girl is waiting for you,” Abby said. Turning around, she continued up the stairs.

Stopping behind the madam outside the door to the room, Devon felt his nerves getting the better of him. He didn’t want to be there for this reason, still he knew he had to be. The young woman he saw with the red hair out on the hotel floor was the first woman that had managed to stir even the slightest of emotions in him in years, emotions he thought were long dead.

Though Devon dreaded the kind of woman he would find behind this door, part of him also welcomed it, hoping the woman inside would be the one he needed to help replace the memories of his dead lover that continued haunting him. Nervously, he straightened his shirt.

“She doesn’t care what you’re wearing, Devon,” Abby muttered as she turned away from him and went to walk back down the stairs. “The girl inside just wants you. She even asked for you by name.”

Devon struggled to make sense of what the madam had just said.

“How did she know my name?” he asked, confused. “I don’t know any of the women here.

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