South (Billionaire Ranch Book 2) by Vanessa Vale

Author:Vanessa Vale [Vale, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-06T18:30:00+00:00

12

MAISEY

The pounding on the door woke me. I popped up in bed and blinked, confused. Where was I? God, the crappy hotel. There was no clock in the room, but it was still dark out. Only the orange glow from the parking lot lights seeped through the cracks in the tired curtains.

The knock came again, and I jumped. “Maisey. Open the door.”

South.

My heart was already in my throat from being woken, but now I panicked. Why was South here? I was over three hours from his house.

Slipping from bed, I grabbed my glasses and put them on, then pulled the curtain aside and peeked out. The rooms of this old motel exited directly onto the parking lot. My old car was right in front.

There was South, staring at the door. The light hit him harshly, but with his Stetson on, his face was in complete shadow. I’d know him anywhere though.

“I’m not going away,” he called.

While the banging had been loud, his voice was tempered down. Was it to let the others staying at the motel sleep or to keep from scaring me?

Either way, it was too late.

I heard someone shout through the wall to shut up.

I opened the door and South pushed his way in, forcing me to step back. I shut it behind him, the cold air making me shiver.

“What… what are you doing here?”

I hadn’t seen him in person since I left his studio. Since he’d said he’d come to Billionaire Ranch to see me. My stomach flip flopped. I wanted to jump into his arms and have him hold me again. To tell me everything was going to be all right. Except he hadn’t wanted me. Except—

He reached out, took a hold of my wrist and turned it as if he was looking for something.

I yanked against his hold.

It was barely light enough to make out his face. He flipped on a switch and the lamp—which had been put in this room in the late seventies based on the brass and orange shade—brightened the room.

I squinted, needing time to let my eyes adjust.

“Maisey,” he said, running a finger over the cut that was slowly healing.

“What?” I asked, confused, yanking against his hold. This time, he let me go.

“Just want to make sure I’m talking to the right woman,” he said, taking off his hat.

Oh.

He found out. Of course he found out. It was his family’s house that had been robbed.

Realizing I was standing before him in just my panties and t-shirt, I grabbed the jeans I’d had on earlier, then sat on the edge of the bed to put them on.

“Don’t do that for me,” he said, his voice holding none of the warmth I’d heard until now. “I’ve seen it all. So have the guys at the bar.”

I had one foot in my pants and looked up at him. I didn’t like his tone, or his words. “What guys at the bar?”

He huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. “The two who used you as part of their tequila shots, then went with you to the bathroom to fuck.

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