The Billionaire's Hideaway by Jenna Brandt

Author:Jenna Brandt [Brandt, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-05T05:00:00+00:00

Nicole entered the Angel Island Grocery and worked her way through the aisles, gathering up the ingredients that Ethan asked for.

“Hey there, Nicole, you got a minute to talk?”

Nicole turned around to find Cindy standing behind her. Cindy gave her a hug, saying, “It feels like forever since I’ve seen you. Where have you been?”

“I’ve just been busy trying to find a way to get the money to save the lighthouse.”

“Have you gotten anywhere?” Cindy asked with a hopeful tone. “I’ve been so worried how you were going to handle losing the lighthouse when the deadline changed.”

“You don’t have to worry about me. I’m going to have the full amount by the end of the month.”

“How did you manage that? You got some rich, secret admirer I don’t know about?”

Nicole averted her eyes, not liking how close to the truth Cindy was getting.

“I need to go,” Nicole stated, brushing her hair behind her ear before turning around to head to the checkout counter.

“Wait a minute, what’s that?” Cindy asked, grabbing Nicole’s hand and pulling it towards her. “Why are you wearing a massive engagement and wedding ring on your left finger?”

Nicole released a heavy sigh, then glanced around the store to make sure no one was nearby. “Look, you can’t say anything. I’m not allowed to talk about it yet.”

“What do you mean? What aren’t you allowed to talk about?”

“I got married over the weekend,” Nicole confessed.

“To whom? You haven’t been dating anyone that I know of,” Cindy inquired in confusion.

“His name is Ethan Winthrop, and his family has the new estate at the west end of the island.”

“Wait, you’re telling me that not only does the Winthrop family have a place here, but you met and married the youngest son, Ethan?”

“You know who he is?” Nicole inquired with surprise. “Geez, I must be like the only person in the whole world who doesn’t.”

“Probably,” Cindy agreed. “His family has billions, and he has billions of his own, and he uses it to party all over the world. He’s dating that socialite, Tinley Bradford, or at least he was. I guess if you’re married to him, that can’t be the case anymore. You know what’s going on with him, right? He dropped off the face of the earth because he got into a fight over that woman. Pictures surfaced of her covered in bruises. People are accusing him of domestic violence, Nicole. Are you safe with him?”

Nicole felt like an idiot. Why hadn’t she looked into Ethan’s background before she agreed to marry him? She was sure he had done it with her, so why hadn’t she done the bare minimum of an internet search? The lighthouse, that’s why. She was so focused on saving it, she didn’t think about anything else. Now she was tied to a man that might have abused his last girlfriend.

“He hasn’t shown me anything that would make me think that was true,” Nicole said, trying to defend Ethan.

“Not yet, but it sounds like it’s early.

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