The Billionaire's Redemption (The Billionaire's Kiss, Book Five): (A Billionaire Alpha Romance) by Olivia Thorne

Author:Olivia Thorne [Thorne, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Perihelion Publishing
Published: 2016-05-16T22:00:00+00:00

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So starts an epic round of ‘catch me if you can.’ Two more times we drive to a location and watch through the telescope as Mailin makes a fool of himself; two more times Grant discards a burner cell phone and we drive to a new vantage point.

“Dude, are you going to wise up at some point?” Grant asks on the final try. “‘Cause I can do this all day.”

By this point I’ve started listening to Mailin’s voice over the phone. My insides roil with rage every time I hear him speak.

“Look, I could lie to you again, but you know what’s going to happen,” Mailin says. “They’re never going to let me meet you alone, no matter how much I want to.”

Grant ponders for a moment. “Alright… since the FBI doesn’t have jurisdiction in France and can’t do shit without the local authorities, you can bring one FBI guy other than yourself. Understand?”

“Understood. And thank you. Where do you want to meet?”

Twenty minutes later, Grant and I are in the Tuileries, a giant public garden near the Louvre. The gardens used to adjoin a palace that French royalty used for centuries until it was torched by radicals in the late 1800’s.

The major advantage of meeting here is that the gardens are right next to the Seine River. If Mailin tries anything funny – or if Epicurus’s men show up again – we can run to the river and jump into the smuggler’s boat, which is waiting at a predetermined spot. The smuggler is basically our getaway driver in case of emergency.

As we stroll amongst immaculately sculpted greenery, Grant keeps his suit jacket draped over his forearm. Beneath it is the pistol, hidden from view.

“You planned this all out from the very beginning,” I say, shocked. “You knew what would happen at the Eiffel Tower, and you planned this all down to the last detail.”

“Yup,” Grant agrees.

“How did you know?”

“I don’t know serial killers, which is why I can’t figure out what Epicurus is going to do next… but I know cops. And they all think alike.”

“He’s FBI.”

“Same thing.”

We walk along in silence for a few seconds when Grant clears his throat. “So… exactly how close were you with this guy in high school?”

I stare at him, then laugh. “You are jealous!”

“NO, I’m NOT,” Grant says, so unconvincingly.

“Yes you are!”

“You just didn’t mention anything about him being so…”

“So what?”

Grant grimaces. “He’s a lot better looking than you led me to believe, is all.”

“Well, he wasn’t that good-looking in high school.”

“Oh?” Grant asks, a neutral look on his face.

“No. He was pretty scrawny back then.”

“Huh,” Grant says noncommittally.

This whole thing is freaking hilarious. Mailin is super cute now, sure, but he’s nowhere near Grant’s league. And Grant is acting like he’s got a serious rival for his affections.

I’m enjoying it. After all, I’ve had to put up with snotty Miss French Movie Star for the last couple of days. The least Grant can do is sweat a little over my former platonic friend.

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