The Virgin's Guardian by Fiona Davenport

Author:Fiona Davenport [Davenport, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fiona Davenport
Published: 2017-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Harrison

After hanging up with Felicity, I pressed the Bluetooth button on my steering wheel and called my head of security.

“Frank, I need you to send the files on Felicity’s last foster family to my email,” I commanded when he answered. “Then dig up anything we might have missed. Particularly anything I can use as leverage.”

“Will do, boss,” he responded, followed by a click, ending the call.

I reached Felicity’s school and swung into the empty space nearest to the entrance. I dashed inside and straight to the front office where I showed my ID so they could confirm my guardian status before sending me to the nurse’s office.

It took everything in me not to scoop her up into my arms when I arrived. But, I knew I needed to keep an appropriate distance until we were well away from the premises. The school reported to the county foster program regularly. Especially the nurses.

Calmly, I strode into the office. Felicity jumped to her feet and rushed towards me. At the last second, she thought better of it and stopped short in front of me.

“Thanks for coming to get me. I”—she glanced at the woman sitting behind a desk off to the side, watching us with avid interest—“I think I may have food poisoning from the—um—shrimp we ate last night.”

“Not a problem.” The woman’s eyes were staring at me far too intently. When they swept up and down my body, I glared at her, causing her to turn away and busy herself with paperwork on her desk. “Let’s go.”

Felicity and I walked out to my sleek, black Mercedes, and I got her settled before loping around to the driver’s side. Once inside, I started the car and grabbed her hand as I pulled out of the parking lot.

“How are you feeling, honey?” I glanced over at her and gave her hand a squeeze when I saw the worry in her deep violet pools. “Trust me, Felicity.”

She nodded and straightened her head so she was staring out the front. “I do. It’s just…I can’t help it. I’m still scared.”

I sped up a little, anxious to get her home. When we arrived, I went around the car, unbuckled her, and lifted her into my arms. I carried her to our room and laid her on the bed. I grabbed a shirt from the long dressers on the back wall, then helped her take off her school clothes and change.

“Get some rest, honey,” I urged as I tucked her in. “I’m going to do some work. Call me on the house intercom if you need anything.”

I brushed some of her long, dark hair away from her face and softly kissed her lips. It was interrupted when she yawned and smiled at me sheepishly. “Sorry.”

I chuckled and kissed her again. “Rest.”

My office was on the first floor at the back of the house. I was hesitant to be so far from her, but she’d fallen asleep by the time I reached the bedroom door. The house was wired with a speaker and panel in every room, so I knew she could reach me if she needed me.

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