Sweetest Secret by Lucy Darling

Author:Lucy Darling [Darling, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-02T18:30:00+00:00

11

Chase

“What do you mean you don’t know who she was with?” I try to keep the irritation out of my voice. I’m starting to unravel, and I know it. It’s getting hard to do my job. Thankfully, I have a solid team around me to pick up my slack.

I had no clue that the distance I’d kept from Emily over the years helped keep me together. Now that I can taste how close she is, everything inside of me is changing. The waiting is eating me alive at this point. I’ve always been protective and jealous over others who got her attention. Even a bit obsessive, but this is something else altogether.

“Sir, it was only a blond woman. They had tea and hugged and left.” Okay, that’s not too bad. Still doesn’t stop my jealousy. Why can’t she be having tea with me? I’ll take her little ass to London and get her the best damn tea of her life. I make myself calm down before I do something irrational. I’m sure she went out with a friend. She did get out early today. “The woman seemed older, but it was hard to tell and still keep my distance.”

Of course. I’d told her that after I got Emily’s last text to not get too close. Emily had noticed me talking to Riley. Is that why she’d up and disappeared from the party the other night? This hot and cold game she is playing with me is driving me insane.

“Thanks. Just let me know where she’s headed.” I’m guessing home. She stopped responding to my texts. Either she was being a brat to me, which is deserved, or she’d put her phone away while she hung out with this friend.

“Sir, I actually think she’s headed to your place.” I push back from my chair to stand up. It slams into the bookcase behind it. Not that I keep shit on it, so nothing falls off. I don’t keep anything around here but bare necessities. This place isn’t home. Wherever my forever starts with Emily will be my home.

“Are you sure?” I glance down at myself like a sixteen-year-old boy about to go on a date, wanting to make sure I look okay. I’m in jeans and a simple black shirt.

“Yeah, I’m more than sure.”

“All right.” I end the call quickly to call downstairs and tell them to not only let her in but to scan her through the private elevator.

I want to go down and meet her myself, but that would give away that I knew she was on her way here. I doublecheck my texts to see if she mentioned coming here, but there is only the last text I’d sent her. I want Emily to know that I haven’t been pushing her away, I've only been waiting, but I also don’t want to freak her the hell out because I’ve become some psycho stalker. This is a very fine line I’m walking right now.

Before I know it, I’m pacing in front of my entryway.

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