The Sinner by Marni Mann
Author:Marni Mann [Mann, Marni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00+00:00
TWENTY-FOUR
Lily
Inever understood or could relate to the saying, You canât teach an old dog new tricks.
Until now.
Because even though Brady had promised me that David wouldnât have access to me at the Beverly Hills location of the Cole and Spade Hotel, where I had just moved, I still scanned the lobby every time I walked in. And I inventoried all the faces around me after I stepped inside the elevator, prior to pressing the button to my floor, doing it again before I opened the door to my room.
The same was true this morning when I walked down the tarmac toward the Daltonsâ private plane, wondering if David would somehow pull up out of nowhere. Or when I climbed the steps and entered the cabin, I questioned if he would be sitting in one of the seats or couches. Or when I walked toward the galley, would he be there in the back, waiting for me?
When it came to David, I never knew what to expect.
So, Iâd learned to anticipate him wherever I went.
Would that habit ever die? I couldnât imagine it would. Nor could I fathom a day when I wouldnât fear his capabilities.
But the past two days, since the flowers had been delivered to Bradyâs house, my brain had taken a slight mental pause from David. Because, during those two days, Iâd been completely wrapped up in Brady.
Spoiled.
Lavished.
And devoured.
That man was something special. Something perfect. Something I wanted and needed. And for as long as Iâd fought this relationship, terrified that I was getting him involved in my mess, heâd assured me it was his choice.
And he chose me.
Before I left his house to move into his hotel, he promised I had nothing to worry about. That there was no reason to panic. The home I kept calling a palace had been built by him and heâd told me it was impenetrable. David had been able to reach the doorstep, where the flowers had been delivered, but he couldnât get through the walls. That also applied to his hotels and anytime I traveled with the Daltons or on my own.
According to Brady, I would be completely protected from here on out.
I didnât know how.
But I believed him, and I trusted him.
And as my guests boarded the jet and I greeted them in the cabin, Bradyâs promise began to make sense, and I understood just how he was going to make that happen from afar.
That insurance came in the form of Diesel, Dominickâs passenger, the two going to Las Vegas, where weâd have a one-night layover and fly back to LA tomorrow. Although Dominick was tall and broad, like Brady, Diesel looked almost twice their size. He didnât have the body of a linebacker. More like a pro wrestler with muscles protruding from every part of him, a neck that was thicker than a tree trunk with tight, veiny skin, and hands like a catcherâs mitt.
I hadnât worked for the Daltons for that long. I didnât know them as well as Aubrey.
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