Tycoon Takedown by Cardello Ruth

Author:Cardello, Ruth [Cardello, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-03-10T04:00:00+00:00

Charles strode from room to room in his apartment. Melanie had taken all her things with her. No note. No good-bye. Just gone.

He called her hotel, but she hadn’t checked back in.

Stomach churning with emotions he didn’t want to begin to try to label, he showered and dressed in a suit.

Well isn’t that a punch in the stomach . . . The first woman I ask to live with me takes off like I offered her the mumps.

I could have probably worded the invitation better.

But I said she could bring her son.

What more does she want?

He thought back to how she’d looked, blindfolded and tied to his bed. He’d never tied a woman up before and was chastising himself for not researching a little before attempting it. It had been a spontaneous decision and one that he regretted now. He and Melanie had made a sort of pact to escape their normal lives together. He’d wanted to show her that she could trust him in and out of their fantasy time. Had he gone too far?

He called her cell phone, but it rang through to voice mail. He didn’t leave a message.

He was angry.

He was sorry.

He couldn’t understand how she could leave without at least saying good-bye. He called for his car to be brought around and slammed the door of his apartment as he left. He phoned his assistant to tell her they’d be working through the weekend. He needed to clear his head.

He drove to his office, grinding the gears of his Mercedes-Benz along the way. I refuse to chase her. I was perfectly happy before I met her. By next week I won’t even remember her name.

Charles walked past June without greeting her and slammed the door to his office. A moment later the phone on his desk rang on her line. He hit the speakerphone button impatiently. “What is it?”

“You told me to hold all of your calls and I have, but there are some that are urgent and one I think you need to know about. I was up all night wondering if I should have called you instead of waiting to see you today.”

“I would hope by now you’d have the sense to know if you should have.”

There was a long and awkward silence on the line. In a thick voice, she finally answered, “Sorry, Mr. Dery. These calls fell outside of what you normally receive.”

Charles paced in front of his desk, running both hands over his face roughly. He wasn’t known for being open to topics that weren’t work related, but he also wasn’t normally an ass to his staff. “June, I’m in a foul mood this morning. Who called?” It was as close to an apology as he had within him, but it proved to be enough.

Sounding more like her normally upbeat self, June said, “Almost every morning news show out there and some cable channels. They’d like to interview you and a woman they are calling the Takedown Cowgirl.”

“Has Javits called yet?”

“Your lawyer? Twice yesterday.

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