Touched by You by Elle Wright

Author:Elle Wright [Wright, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Brooklyn paced her living room floor. She still couldn’t believe the mess she’d caused. She’d barged into her father’s office and dragged Carter into her drama. And now his job was in jeopardy. No matter what Parker had said, she knew it wouldn’t stop her father from exacting revenge on Carter for daring to even get involved in the first place. Now, she just had to get Carter to understand what was going on.

She rubbed a hand through her short curls. She hadn’t missed her father’s unappreciative glance at her short hairstyle. The man was a monster, worse than any boogeyman she’d ever been scared of. She didn’t doubt for minute that her father had done worse things than forcing her to marry a man like Sterling. He was a cold, unfeeling bastard.

“Are you going to stop pacing now?” Carter asked from his seat on her couch. He’d been sitting there quietly for the past thirty minutes, just watching her, an unreadable expression in his dark eyes.

“What possessed you to risk your job?” she yelled, her arms out at her sides in frustration. “He will destroy you.”

“I’m not scared of your father.” Carter folded his arms over his chest. “I’ve gone up against worse.”

Brooklyn plopped down on the couch and buried her face in her hands. Tired. She was so damn tired of everything. “You don’t know my father. You don’t know what he’s willing to do to get his way.”

“I have a pretty good idea,” Carter said.

“What is your deal?” she asked. “You’re so guarded. You don’t know me, not really. You didn’t even know I was a Wells before today. By all rights, you should be angry with me for keeping my last name from you. But instead, you’re all knight in shining armor, fighting for me. I didn’t ask you to put yourself on the line for me. Don’t you see that it only makes me feel even more shitty?”

“I’m sorry, Brooklyn. I don’t mean to make you feel shitty. I just want you to be okay. Your father basically strong-armed you, like you were a stranger on the street, to do his bidding. And he walked up on you like he was going to hurt you. What kind of man would I be if I let that happen? And I’m sure Martin would agree with me. I’m sure he already does, because he was in the room, and he heard everything.”

Brooklyn flinched, shaking her head. She had forgotten about the man on the television. They’d been having a video conference. “I shouldn’t have barged in like that. I didn’t think. I was just so angry, so damn pissed.”

Carter scooted closer to her and pulled her against his side. “I know. I’m sorry you have to go through this.”

Brooklyn relaxed into his arms. “You are wrong about one thing.”

“And that is?”

“Parker. He’s always protected me. He’s the reason I have a place to stay, the reason I have money in my pocket right now.”

“You have no money?”

“I do.

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