Summer Heat by Sanders Jill

Author:Sanders, Jill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“Liam, your father is . . . my godfather,” Elle finally admitted. “It wasn’t a well-known fact. Only my grandfather and . . . well, your father knew about it.”

“What?” He shook his head. “I . . . don’t understand.” His hands were resting on the table, but she watched them slowly curl into fists.

“Leo Costa and my mother were . . . had . . . a history together. Or so Joe said.” Her eyes moved back to the table as tears started to burn them. “According to my grandfather, Leo was the man my mother should have married instead of . . . my father.”

“Did your mother have an affair with my father?” His words came out almost as a whisper, but she felt them as if he’d slapped her across the face.

Is that what he’d thought all along? First he accused her of sleeping with his father; now he was accusing her mother? Is that why he’d gotten close to her? To use her as he believed his father had?

“There was something in one of the news articles . . .” he started.

“As you said, you shouldn’t always believe everything in print.” She jerked her words out as if they stung.

She stood up slowly and braced herself on the table. As her eyes met his, she knew she projected anger, but damn it, he’d just accused her and her mother of . . . of . . .

“No, Liam. Neither my mother nor I, to the best of my or my grandfather’s knowledge, ever had an affair with your father.” She turned to go, but he was there, holding her in place.

“I told you, I never thought . . .” He dropped his hands when she glared at them. Then he ran his hands through his hair and tugged on the long locks. “I know your father was and is a . . . killer. There’s no excuse for what he did to your mother, but after finding out . . . there has to be a reason . . .” He groaned. “God, I’m fucking this up. Big time. Take a walk with me.”

“I can’t.” She raised her chin. “I have work.” She picked up her tablet, which she would have forgotten on the table, and turned to go.

“Elle.” The tone in his voice stopped her. “Meet me somewhere for lunch. We need to finish this.”

She dipped her chin slightly. “I can’t. I have work.”

“Then, meet me in your office. We need to be alone,” he suggested.

“Fine. Noon,” she said and then left.

She held it together until a breeze that was warm and filled with salt air hit her face. Glancing around, she realized she’d walked to the small beach area without noticing. Seeing that the beach wasn’t deserted, she found the shade of a tree and sat down underneath it.

She pulled up her iPad and tried to focus on the numbers on the screen, but when everything turned wavy, she gave up and tucked her head to her knees and cried.

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