Bend: Bend & Break Duet Book 1 (Shaken 5) by Grahame Claire

Author:Grahame Claire [Claire, Grahame]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781951878177
Publisher: Grahame Claire
Published: 2021-09-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Beau

He’d seen Cal’s truck.

I rolled over. Who was I kidding? He already knew it. If not from me, then from following Teague.

But I’d always been careful to keep Cal off my father’s radar.

After the way Cal had tried to lose him, I wouldn’t be able to explain that away. Not like I could have if he’d just driven me home like a normal person. It was just Teague’s friend giving me a lift.

I turned again, adjusting the pillow.

I was a grown woman at the helm of a multi-billion-dollar company. And my father dictated my life.

In London, it was easier to keep the illusion that I was in control. That my decisions were my own.

But they weren’t. And they never had been.

Time was running out or Father wouldn’t be the only one controlling my life. Alex Davenport would be too.

What if I went back to London?

I could leave now. Make them follow me if they wanted me to do as they said.

What about Teague and Pepper’s wedding?

I promised I wouldn’t miss it. I didn’t want to miss it.

And it was another thing my father was trying to steal from me.

I threw the duvet off. Three in the morning. Sleep was a lost cause. My hand hurt. And if I had to be alone with my thoughts one more second, I’d go mad.

I wanted Cal. I wanted him to make me forget all of it.

“Argh.” I switched on the bedside lamp.

No. I hated . . . I hated what he’d done. Hated how he made me feel. Hated that I needed him. But I didn't hate him anymore. How could I after he so fiercely defended me tonight?

It wasn’t supposed to go that way.

It was only physical.

You think you are so tough, Beau. But you’re a fool. Did you really believe you could let him touch you and come out unscathed?

Yes. Yes I had.

And then he’d opened up about his dad. For Cal to say anything was the equivalent of him spilling his guts. The man had meant everything to him. The hurt that radiated from him had done something to me. Made me feel something other than anger toward him.

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