The Billionaire Master by Christa Wick & C.M. Wick

Author:Christa Wick & C.M. Wick [Wick, Christa & Wick, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

"Alexa!"

Hearing the rough bark of Jake's voice and an open palm hitting against the door, I clawed my way out of sleep.

"Wait!" I cried out, certain he was about to tackle the barrier between us.

Racing toward the door, I cast two quick glances. The first, at the clock beside the bed, told me it was well past midnight. The second was at the bed in search of my traitorous cell phone. It had shifted more than a foot from where I had placed it and rested facedown in the very spot I had just vacated.

The cell phone hadn't betrayed me. My fluffy body and the mattress beneath me had conspired to muffle the alarm's sound and I had been too exhausted to feel the vibrations.

"Let me in," Jake ordered, the shift in tone causing me to hesitate another second.

"Now, Alexa."

His frustration oozed around the edges of the door. But I didn't hear any anger. I forced my muscles to obey me long enough to drag the chair half a foot from the door. Jake barreled through, his worried gaze scanning the room before he seized my shoulders.

Still holding me, he twisted to look back at Victor.

"I'll be in the hall if you need me," Victor said, his gaze on me and not his employer.

Ignoring Jake's growl, I nodded. With Victor returning to his post in the hall, I curled my hands around my lover's wrists but didn't try to remove myself from his grip.

"I didn't bar the door against you," I soothed. Telling Jake about Dylan's visit seemed unavoidable now that he was worked up, but I would worry about the fallout later.

"You barred it against Dylan." His gaze bore into me, cutting away little chunks of my confidence as it traveled over me from head to toe. "Victor told me he had dropped by."

"He didn't touch me," I assured him. "Not in any way."

"He wouldn't," Jake bit out. "What did he say?"

Not sure why he was so positive Dylan wouldn't lay so much as a finger on me, I moved to push Jake's hands from my shoulders, but he wouldn't permit my escape. He dropped them to my waist and cinched me closer.

"Answer me, Alexa. What did my brother say to you?"

"That you forced me on the company." I started slowly, his entire reaction confusing me. If he was certain Dylan wouldn't touch me in anger or arousal, why had he been ready to break the door down? And since he knew Dylan was my reason for blocking entrance into the bedroom, why had he looked around the room as if searching for someone, or something?

"And?" he asked, angling his head to get a better look at me.

I didn't care if he wanted to watch my expression. I had no intention of lying to him and I didn't want to see his face as I elaborated on my conversation with his brother.

"He wants me gone." I answered flatly.

I started shaking. I couldn't stop that particular reaction, but I promised myself I would not cry.

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