The Bailey Brothers Box Set- the Complete Trilogy by Melissa Devenport

Author:Melissa Devenport
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Perfect Harmony Publications
Published: 2019-11-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

RED

The phone trilled through the morning silence, and Red mumbled as he reached across to his nightstand. He slapped the wood a couple of times, fumbling for his mobile without sight. Once reached he ripped it from its charging cord and hit the answer button, still blurry-eyed and unable to read the caller ID.

“Are you alone?” the voice was instantly recognizable with its grating undertone.

“Pearl, it’s too early for this. What do you want?” he mumbled.

“Answer the question, Red.”

Where’s the usual flirting? Fuck, something must be wrong.

Red rubbed at his eyes as he sat up, propping himself against the pillow. He yawned once more before replying.

“Yes, I’m by myself. Hard to believe, but sometimes I do actually sleep by myself.”

“I haven’t got time for games today, Red. You have a job.”

Red perked up at the thought of something to take his mind away from the woman, who had been racing through it lately. Why couldn’t he stop thinking about her?

“What’s the job?”

“Rachel Evans.”

Fuck, fuck, fuck. Of all the people that could pop up in my life again, it had to be the one I was trying to avoid. What do I have to do with this woman now? Hopefully I won’t have to spend too much time with her.

“What about her?”

“She’s going to be moving in with you for a while.”

This just gets better and better. Is life just toying around with me now? It’s almost ridiculous how this woman keeps bouncing in and out of my life. I’m getting too old for this shit.

“Why? I’m not really in the mood for entertaining, Pearl.”

Her voice was bitingly sharp as she responded, “I don’t give a fuck what mood you’re in. She’s in this mess because of you and the least you can do is protect her?”

Red’s resistance came to a standstill.

“Protect her from what? What’s happened Pearl? Has someone threatened her?”

“None other than Valentino Martinez, himself. He paid a visit to your attorney last night and left her with a lot of bad memories. I’m not entirely sure what happened, but she was practically naked when her friend found her and she looks like she’s been through the wars. I let her stay at home with her friend last night, but she agreed to a bodyguard. I don’t think it’s wise to keep her where she is, so I’d like her to move in with you. Van is out on a mission for just over a week or so, but I know he comes to check in on you occasionally. That doubles the presence in the house. Plus I know you have a spare bedroom after Ace moved out. Can you pick her up?”

Red tried to process the information.

Something has happened to Rachel? The Martinez are behind all of it? Shit. It’s all my fault. If it wasn’t for that stupid bar fight. The woman must hate me. Pearl is right, the least I can do is protect her.

“Sure. I’ll leave the house in five minutes.”

“Don’t you need her address?”

“…sure.

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