Bared to the Billionaire: The Complete Series by Sylvia Pierce

Author:Sylvia Pierce [Pierce, Sylvia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Two nights. That was as long as Jared was willing—and able—to hold out before he made a move.

Despite his best efforts, he couldn’t shake Arianne. The taste of her wouldn’t leave his lips, her scent had invaded his apartment, and everywhere he looked he saw those beautiful, devious, enticing hazel eyes.

Arianne was haunting him, and he wanted her back. No matter what she was hiding, what lies she’d told him, what past she’d been outrunning.

Maybe he was a fool, or a complete idiot. But he was also madly, desperately in love with her, and he wanted to protect her. Right now, that trumped everything else. He wouldn’t—couldn’t—let her go without a fight.

He’d been running for half an hour already, not paying attention to his route, and now he slowed his pace, taking in his surroundings as his heart rate stabilized. When he looked up from the sidewalk, he wasn’t all that surprised to find himself on the Upper East Side, just fifteen blocks from her penthouse.

Without wasting another minute, he took off again in the direction of Arianne, his feet thudding against the wet pavement along Lexington. He made a dozen blocks in mere minutes, fueled entirely by his singular mission and the not-so-distant memory of her kiss, still lingering on his lips.

Despite his sweat- and rain-soaked appearance, the doorman phoned in his arrival, and Arianne’s sister invited him up.

“Jared!” Tasha grabbed his arm the moment the elevator doors opened into their home, practically yanking him into the foyer. “I’m so glad you’re here. She’s been a miserable wreck since you left.”

“Really?” Jared couldn’t hide his smile, one that Tasha warmly returned.

“Did you run here?” she asked. “From Tribeca?”

Jared looked down at his soaked clothes. “I didn’t plan it. I was thinking about her and… it just kind of happened.”

“Okay, that’s only the most romantic thing ever.”

Jared smiled again. “You think so?”

“It’s practically out of a movie.”

“Let’s hope it’s one with a happy ending.”

After giving him a towel to dry his hair and face, Tasha offered him a bottled water, and let him know that Arianne was in her suite. Before she sent him back down the long corridor that would lead to his utter salvation or utter ruin, Tasha gave his arm a reassuring squeeze.

“My sister can be super stubborn,” she said. “But she’s amazing, and she’s… she really cares about you, Jared. I’ve never seen her like this. Everything will work out—trust me. Just apologize and all will be forgiven.”

Jared hoped she was right.

Leaving his muddy shoes in the foyer, he crept into Arianne's suite, the sound of the shower alerting him to her presence.

Jared sat in the desk chair, wishing he could just climb into that shower with the woman he loved, wrap her in his arms, kiss away their arguments and everything that stood in their way.

He didn’t even care about that damn report anymore. In fact, he wished he’d never agreed to it. Evan had even offered to dig deeper. To have their guys

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