Concede (The Diamond Empire Book 1) by Kathy Coopmans

Author:Kathy Coopmans [Coopmans, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathy Coopmans
Published: 2021-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Victoria

“Are you kidding me?” I mutter to myself, momentarily trying to comprehend that what I’m seeing is even remotely possible as I gawk at the screen on the laptop confirming the letter I’m holding in my hands. The one I threw on top of the desk weeks ago, assuming it was my monthly reminder that payments on my student loans were due.

I shake my head in dumbfounded disbelief, reading the letter for the umpteenth time and the screen as some of the shock begins to wear off.

Every last one of my student loans shows a zero balance—nearly seventy-five thousand dollars. The date of the payoffs is three days after the murders.

Unbelievable.

He never said a word this morning when I woke with a new attitude. Telling him how the guilt I felt the past few days about paying them off with money from the bakery was long gone. He just sat there eating breakfast and listening to me ramble on about how my mother would want me to get this debt out from under me. She has way too much money in the checking account, plus an emergency stash. More money than I know what to do with, and now I have more.

More to honor my sister’s name by adding on the coffee area she’d talked about. Danika wanted to hire a couple of women from Roan’s shelter to work as a barista. She had it all planned out. Not to mention the fact the only overhead bills the business has is payroll, supplies, and utilities.

My heart stops beating. Or maybe it’s pounding out of my chest from the dizziness in my brain as I try convincing myself that this is real.

There’s only one person who would do this for me. I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or kick his ass.

Seth.

He’s been slowly chipping away at the last chunks of ice around my heart, and he just took a scraper, turned them into slush. Catching me off guard once again.

The man is fire, and I’m the kindling burning for him.

Incinerated.

Normally, I’d be angry at him for going behind my back and doing something like this. Surprisingly, I’m not.

And I know why.

I’m falling in love for the first time in my life. With the attention, Seth has shown me and the emotional warmth these past couple of days. I can clearly see the way he cares for me now that I’ve opened my heart. The way he listens to the ramblings that pour out of me.

He’s overwhelming me with affection, slipping into my soul. I’m confident our connection is the greatest thing I’ve ever felt.

And God, when he fucks me, every ounce of breath seeps out of my lungs and floats into the air like smoke. Promising the most sensual kind of sin and delivering in ways unlike anything I’ve ever known—demanding to take what he gives and giving it in return.

Not that all there is between us was sex. Seth listens to every word I say. He’s always touching me, kissing my knuckles, holding me when I sleep.

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