Escaping Vegas by Bourdon Danielle

Author:Bourdon, Danielle [Bourdon, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-05-19T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

The rain had waned to a drizzle, the thunder a distant growl. Madalina unlocked the gate with the key she’d stuffed into her pocket earlier and, after stowing it back under its usual rock, followed Cole through the trees onto the walkway. He wasted no time; breaking into a jog, he guided her along the snaking sidewalk, checking the area around them with relentless sweeps of his gaze.

She didn’t get too nervous until they had to break the cover of the trees. When the foliage fell away, leaving them exposed on the golf course, Madalina shuddered. She felt like a proverbial sitting duck. Fighting off uncomfortable aches and pains from the accident, from long jogs she wasn’t used to, and the debacle with scaling the fence, she picked up a little speed when Cole did, thankful to have had the foresight to change into sneakers.

Cole guided her to the edge of the golf course and into a parking lot provided for the golfers. His black Jaguar sat at an angle across two parking slots, indicating he’d left the vehicle in a hurry. He handed her into the passenger’s seat, then followed the curve of the hood to the driver’s side.

In moments, he sped away from the golf course.

“How in the world did you track down Lianne?” Madalina finally asked. She rubbed her thumb across her palm, missing the rough texture of his skin on her own.

“It took me a while. I didn’t know Lianne’s last name, so finding the information on the Internet was frustrating. I couldn’t locate any record of who owns the building you lease your shop out of, and all my attempts to find a Lianne in Whittier came up empty. I thought of looking on your phone, realizing you’d probably have her listed in your contacts, but it’s password protected. In the end, I had to access old newspaper articles, figuring you two would have had something in there about the grand opening of your store. Sure enough—after hours of flipping through scans, I might add—I came across it. Both your names were there, which made it a lot easier to track down Lianne’s address.” Cole navigated the dark street to the first intersection. The stoplights were blinking, indicating the obvious blip in the power supply. In the middle hours of the night, he had little traffic to contend with. He followed several main thoroughfares, checking the mirrors often.

“I wasn’t sure I’d see you again,” she admitted. “I had no idea how to find you. We looked, too, but there were too many Cole Wests and none in the places I thought you’d be.”

“I’m not listed in any online directories.” He drove until they came to a street where the darkness gave way to streetlights and lit-up buildings. “This is better,” he muttered half under his breath.

“Did you have to sign up with a company to block your number? Or use one of those do-not-call lists?” she asked, relieved to see lamplight flooding the streets and sidewalks.

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