Vengeful Lover (Exit Strategy Book 2) by Jocelynn Drake

Author:Jocelynn Drake [Drake, Jocelynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

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Gabriel was a little disappointed that they weren’t going back to the hotel for sex, but Justin had managed to press his finger down on the one sore spot when it came to Nadia. He was like a fucking dentist with that damn metal hook on an exposed nerve. “Does this hurt?” Gabriel couldn’t help but snarl at him, “Yes, it hurts!”

Why couldn’t he have had a little sister who liked playing with dolls or pretending to be a princess or some other outdated female cliché? He didn’t mind her wanting to take over the world. It was the part where she wanted him dead.

Maybe she’d always wanted him dead. Just jealous that he’d been a firstborn son who would always be in her way.

The only problem was that he hadn’t stood in her way of taking over their father’s empire for a long time. He’d not wanted anything to do with their father, family, or her in over a decade.

But, as much as he didn’t want to admit it, Justin had a good point. Grunt’s description of his sister had stuck with him, filling him with nagging doubts. Was it possible for her to change? She had been an immovable force pointed in one direction for so long. She had one goal—to be their father’s right hand. What could have possibly changed her?

Not her husband. The poor man died a mere six years into their marriage. Gabriel had heard through the grapevine that it had been a heart attack, but he wouldn’t put it past Nadia to do away with her own husband.

There was one thing that it could be, but he wasn’t sure, and he’d not even brought up the possibility to Justin. That was a conversation he was not looking forward to having.

They drove across the island mostly in silence. The island was incredibly hilly with low scrub grass and bushes. They didn’t see many trees and nothing that looked to be dense forestland. Here and there they would pass clusters of white boxy homes with sparkling blue pools amid the brown of the surrounding land.

The sun was setting low on the horizon, lengthening shadows and painting the sky brilliant shades of orange and pink along the swirl of clouds. It was like the world was falling away, and they were the only two people left.

Gabriel wanted to reach across the console and take Justin’s hand, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. There was still too much tension hanging in the air from their conversation at the restaurant. The little nagging voice in his brain reminded him that this had been a bad idea from the start. He’d loved having Justin along to watch his back and plot his revenge, but at the end of the day, revenge was a private matter. That little voice had warned him that there would be a point where Justin wouldn’t approve of his plan and they’d argue.

Eventually, Justin would walk away from him because he couldn’t accept who Gabriel was.

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