Beautiful Betrayal (Scandalous Billionaires Book 3) by Lisa Renee Jones

Author:Lisa Renee Jones [Jones, Lisa Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
Published: 2024-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter forty-two

Grayson

On the ride to our apartment, we meet Smith, our driver and one of Blake’s men, while Mia and I clean up as much of the blood we’re wearing as possible. The clean-up is successful with the exception of my white shirt splattered with blood and there’s no hiding it. “My father is going to freak out when he sees the blood,” Mia worries. “What was I thinking having him come here?”

I stroke her hair. “You were thinking that he’s going to hear all of this on the news if he doesn’t hear it from you first. You did the right thing.”

“Right,” she says. “I’m glad one of us remembers what I was thinking.”

“We’re here,” Smith announces, pulling us to the front of our building and I toss all the wipes we used in a trash bag at the back of his seat. “We’ll have men here at your building indefinitely,” he adds, glancing back at us. “Just in case you have trouble with the press. I can also drive your father home Ms. Cavanaugh.”

“Thank you,” Mia says. “And call me Mia. I doubt he’ll leave once he finds out what happened.”

“I’ll text you my number in case,” Smith says. “I’ll be here all night.” He eyes me. “Would you like an escort to your door, sir?”

“A bodyguard will only freak out Mia’s father,” I say, “so unless you think we need one, we’ll pass.”

“Not until the press finds you,” he says. “And right now, they’re focused on the crime scene. You should be fine tonight.”

I open the door. “Thank you, Smith.”

“Yes, thank you,” Mia says, and I’m encouraged by how much stronger she sounds, right up until the moment I help her out of the SUV and her knees give out.

She collapses against me and I hold onto her, the way I plan to hold onto her forever. “I got you, baby.”

“I know you do,” she says. “I know you do, and I can’t believe I forgot that. You charged at him.” Her voice cracks. “You tried to get him to point the gun at you. You knew he might shoot you.”

“We protect each other, remember?”

“Don’t ever risk your life like that again,” she scolds, her voice suddenly strong, a crackle of anger beneath the surface. “Every time I think of you running at him, of what might have happened, I start to shake all over again.”

I don’t promise her I won’t risk my life for her, because I would, I will, and I’d do it all over again to protect her. Instead, I maneuver her around me and shut the SUV door before setting us in motion toward the entrance to our building. The doorman, an older gentleman with white hair, is a new guy I don’t know well. His eyes rocket to my shirt like it’s a damn magnet, but he’ll most likely assume I was in a fight, which isn’t inaccurate. I stop and talk to him. “The press will be all over us in the morning.

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