Untamed Devotion by Danielle Stewart

Author:Danielle Stewart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random Acts Publishing

Chapter 19

One more round of drinks and the calm night erupted around them. Monroe noticed a small flashing in the distance. They were practically alone in their little corner of paradise with only a few stragglers and a waiter occasionally passing by, so the flash drew his attention.

“Did you see that?” he asked as a few more lights flashed and then closed in on them.

“James,” a man called urgently enough to have Monroe jumping to his feet and eyeing the newcomer. “James West, are you here for business or pleasure?”

“Pleasure,” James answered, also standing, but gesturing for Monroe not to worry. “I’m here on a vacation with my lovely wife, and I’d appreciate some privacy. You got your pictures. Now you can move along.”

Another man moved in even closer, and his camera flash nearly blinded Monroe. Paparazzi. He hated these people. Occasionally after a night at a club with a new girl or a particularly big business deal, he’d have these guys following him around. But he never expected them to know about this place.

“I’m sorry about this,” Libby whispered. “They did this silly piece on us and our marriage, and ever since it came out, we’ve been trying to shake these guys.”

“So you aren’t here working on a deal with Monroe Redson? And who is that with you Monroe?” The man turned his camera to the side and snapped a couple more shots.

With the commotion, he’d missed it at first. Aria was trembling in his arms as she squeezed down tightly on his bicep. “Monroe I can’t; they can’t take pictures of me.”

“What?” Libby asked, her eyes going wide as she stepped between the cameras and Aria. “Why not.”

“I just can’t,” Aria stuttered, and Monroe hesitated, bouncing between wanting to pummel these camera guys or lift Aria up and carry her out of here.

“James,” Libby said, snapping her fingers. “No pictures. She says no pictures.”

James, with quick understanding, ushered the men away and began making demands of them.

“Let’s go,” Monroe said, steadying Aria and getting ready to lead her away. “I didn’t expect any cameras.”

Libby patted Aria’s shaking shoulder and leaned in close. “James will get the film and those photographs won’t go anywhere. I can promise you that.”

“They’re not easily deterred,” Monroe groaned, knowing when something seemed disproportionally important to a rich man, it made these bloodsuckers more demanding. If James wanted the photographs, it meant there was a story. Leaving Aria in Libby’s care, Monroe clenched his jaw and made his way over to where James had wrangled the men. Giving it a second he listened to James’s case.

“Because if you don’t I’ll make your life a living nightmare,” James boomed, but Monroe could already tell by the expression on their faces they weren’t planning on making this cheap or easy.

“Don’t bother,” Monroe said, putting a hand on James’s shoulder. “These sharks smell blood and their tiny pea brains can’t process logic. You know who we are?” Monroe asked, and the three men grinned and nodded.

“You should,” Monroe replied coolly.

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