Immortal Hearts (The Hearts Series, #3) by Muffy Wilson

Author:Muffy Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Paranormal Romance, PNR Vampire Romance, Romantic Collections & Anthologies, Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Immortality, Bloodlust
Publisher: Muffy Wilson Books
Published: 2016-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

In a distant dream, I smelled coffee brewing.

When I woke it was early morning but still dark and you were pacing the floor, clearly perplexed and doing what comes naturally to you—problem-solving. You smiled at me and left the room after opening the drapes. The moon, still hanging in the dark sky, poured in over me. The moonlight was cleansing. Even at this hour, I felt refreshed, ready to start anew.

My heart was wrapped in hope.

You returned with a steaming cup of coffee for each of us and, after sliding it closer to the bed, sat in the wing-back armchair facing me. Holding your hot cup of coffee with both hands, you leaned over, resting your elbows on your knees. You were very intense and serious.

“How did you sleep, darling?”

“I slept beautifully, Damien. It was peaceful, and recuperative. I feel restored and energized for the first time in months.”

“That makes me happy, darling. I’ve been up most of the night thinking... and watching you sleep. I think I have a plan that will work, Lisbet.”

“I knew you would, Damien. I never doubted for one second that we would have options.”

“The plan that works the best for me is this: what if we just keep things as they are? I will stay hidden to the world. You return to the company and do whatever you must. You will resume authority and become the presumptive CEO until the board of directors confirms your position. You will be free to make either of the following decisions: you can put the business up for sale and manage it until it sells. I have the names of business associates who have approached me in the past and were interested, so it shouldn’t take very long to wrap up a deal. Or, you can set up a management team we trust to run the company, and bank the proceeds in my off-shore account indefinitely. We can disappear together for the length of your lifetime after you sell the company. People would think you wanted to change your life—move—after my death, because it was too painful to remain. No one need know you are carrying our child. Our problem is that, either way, I must continue in hiding and can never return. If I do, Detective French will kill me sooner or later.

“Or...”

“Or what, darling?” I mewed, sipping the hot black nectar.

“I can lure the Detective to a neutral site unrelated to us in any way, kill him, and our life will return to normal. He’ll be found and his murder never solved. I will reappear. We’ll concoct a story about hitting my head when I was thrown from the boat after it exploded off the coast of Nova Scotia. I was then rescued and nursed back to health by a well-meaning fisherman’s wife and family. We will explain my not remembering a thing for months. Something like that. I think it could work. I can go back to the company, you can have our son, and our life will resume the rhythm of our destiny.

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