The Billionaire Bull Rider by Pearce Kate

Author:Pearce, Kate
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Yvonne unlocked her hotel door and turned to Rio, who was standing right behind her. He’d been unusually quiet on the taxi ride back, and she wasn’t quite sure why.

“Would you like to come in for coffee, or are you heading out?” Yvonne asked.

He looked at her as if he’d never seen her before. “Coffee? Yeah, that would be great, thanks.”

He followed her into the room, where she immediately kicked off her shoes. “I’ve just got to text Avery, and make sure everything’s going okay in the café, so make yourself at home.”

“Will do.”

He removed his jacket and walked over to stare out over the city while she texted away, and received all the reassurance she required from Avery and her very efficient sister, Marley, who was basically running the place.

“Seems like everything is going well.” Yvonne breathed out a huge sigh of relief. “Even Tom’s behaving himself.”

“Good to hear.”

She walked over to where Rio was standing and put a tentative hand on his rigid shoulder.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m . . .” He sighed. “I’m sorry, I’ve got a lot to think about. I’m not the best company right now, am I? Do you want me to leave?”

“How about we have that coffee, and you can tell me what’s up?”

“I’m not sure—”

Yvonne poked him in the chest. “Don’t go all male on me.”

He almost smiled. “I am male.”

“Yes, but you shouldn’t clam up when you have something on your mind, and think that jamming it down inside you will make it go away.”

“Men do that?”

“You know they do.” She looked him right in the eye. “We’re supposed to be friends. Friends share things.”

He shoved a hand through his hair. “Okay, let’s start with the coffee and see how it goes from there.”

She went to the bathroom, and then tended to the coffee Rio had started while he did the same. She decided to leave the drapes open, as the city view was quite spectacular, and curled up on the couch.

“Thanks for this.” He set his cup on the coffee table beside hers, and took up position on the other end of the couch.

“Where do you want to start?” Yvonne asked, sitting forward, her hands wrapped around her mug. “I assume this has something to do with your father, who, by the way, was quite charming to me.”

“He’s always charming, and he never loses his temper.”

“Really? Mind, you don’t lose your temper either, do you?”

“I learned early on that he wouldn’t tolerate it.” A shadow darkened his eyes and was quickly replaced with a smile. “Trust me, he can still do damage with a smile.”

“I suspect he’s used to getting his own way,” Yvonne said cautiously. “And he probably hates that you’re independent of him.”

“Yeah, that about sums it up.” He took a sip of coffee and stared off into space again until Yvonne sighed.

“You’re not very good at this.”

He raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”

“You’re supposed to be sharing with me, remember?”

“I am.”

“No, you’re prevaricating.”

“That’s not allowed?”

“Nope.” She waved him on.

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