The Boss Vol. 5: A Hot Billionaire Romance by Cari Quinn & Taryn Elliott

Author:Cari Quinn & Taryn Elliott [Quinn, Cari & Elliott, Taryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rainbow Rage Publishing
Published: 2016-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

I peered up at Blake from the passenger seat of his Range Rover. “This was not what I had in mind.”

He held the door open. “Too bad.”

I started to slide out of the SUV when he scooped me up. “Blake.” I yelped—actually, squeaked was probably a better word for it. I gripped his shoulder.

“Hang onto me, dammit.”

“I am.” He jostled me until I saw stars, but I didn’t make a freaking sound. One peep and he’d have me back in the Rover and ensconced in the townhouse like he’d planned. As it was I’d had to argue my way out of the house after we’d showered and changed into warmer clothes.

“You’re supposed to be resting this ankle. No part of that includes you traipsing across a quarter mile of sand and rocks.”

“You can’t carry me that far.”

“I did the other night.”

Okay, so I didn’t really have anything to say about that. I’d been unconscious for most of it, so I really couldn’t say anything. If I had to saw off my damn tongue with my teeth to keep my mouth shut, I would.

I hated being helpless. Hated it more than a fifteen-hour cycle in the annealing room at a glass shop. And the fact that I had to rely on Blake just made it even more frustrating.

But I also knew that the only way I’d get to the cove was if I let him help me. I was cranky and each of his long strides reminded me how limited my movements were.

He set me down on one of the large boulders at the mouth of the cave. “I’ll go in and—”

Fuck, the rock was cold. Sea spray was already dampening my jacket. “No. I need to be in there.”

“What? So you can fall back into that rock fissure? I think not.”

“You don’t know what you’re looking for.”

He put his hands on his hips. “And you do?”

It wasn’t like I wanted to go back in there. “I know my grandmother.”

“I did too.” His chest heaved as he tipped his head back.

I frowned. “Just how well did you know her, Blake?”

His face blanked again. “Annabelle was one of the few people in Marblehead that was welcoming to me as a new resident.”

“You don’t even really live in Marblehead.”

“I do now.”

I jammed my cold fingers into my ski jacket. “Just had to go there.”

“Yes,” he growled. His hazel eyes were a little wild. “I’m fucking cold and I’m back at this godforsaken cave where I almost—”

Where he’d almost lost me. I reached for him. “It wasn’t that close.”

“You didn’t see it from my point of view.” He moved until we were toe-to-toe, him looming over me. “You were blue. Your skin was colder than marble—as cold as death. Don’t tell me how close it was, Grace.”

“I’m sorry.” I levered myself up, then pushed him back a step so I could put my hands on his chest. “I was stupid.”

“Yes, you were.”

“Sugarcoat it, why don’t you?”

“I am sugarcoating it.”

I slid my hands up until my fingers curled over his shoulders under his jacket.

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