The Price of Winning: London Calling Book Four by Kat Faitour

Author:Kat Faitour [Faitour, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kat Faitour
Published: 2016-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

BACK AT PAYNE Manor, Madeleine sat on the side of her bed, tying her shoes. She checked the time; she was meeting Bas in the gymnasium in less than ten.

They hadn’t had a training session this week, and she knew it was down to his busy work schedule. Already, it was late July, which meant bustling crowds for London’s favorable weather. Weeks had passed since her trip to Moscow with Sebastian. Summer was officially in full swing.

And so were they.

She looked around at her room. The bed was made, untouched since her return. She slept in his now, where they made love every night.

Or in the morning.

He’d taken to keeping late hours at the casino. Some nights he returned barely before dawn, where he’d fall into bed, exhausted and asleep within minutes. Even so, he would be awake within hours, arousing her with lazy kisses while his naked body pressed against hers.

Madeleine sat up, hands braced on her knees. Bas was an incredible lover.

He was generous in bed, always putting her needs first. And his gallantry didn’t stop there. Everywhere else he was considerate and kind, chivalrous to a fault. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d opened a door for herself if he was nearby.

He bought her flowers. They were always white, never lilies, as he didn’t want her to remember the man who’d stalked her. Sebastian said his intentions were to spoil, never smother.

He hadn’t put up a single protest when she’d deferred his offer to move her things to his rooms. He never argued with her, never pushed.

Madeleine sighed.

And that was the problem. He treated her like spun glass, as if she might break. And she didn’t want him to see her that way. If they were going to make it, she wanted to stand at his side as an equal, not someone he picked up off a bloody, glass-littered floor in Chicago.

Her eyes drifted to the letter lying next to her on the bed. Her assailant’s parole hearing was fast approaching.

She wasn’t sure what to do. As a victim of his crimes, she was invited to speak. Her attorney had been adamant that parole hearings could swing either way based on the testimonials of both victims and prisoner advocates.

Madeleine knew very well that Jeremy would have plenty of people present, ready to speak on his behalf. His family had money and influence. He’d attacked her at a highly publicized event with hundreds of onlookers. If it hadn’t been for all those eyewitness accounts, she wondered if he’d ever have been convicted.

On the one hand, Madeleine believed wholeheartedly in a person’s ability to change. That belief extended to those convicted of crimes. Once they’d served their sentence, their debt was paid to society as far as she was concerned.

But Jeremy Green hadn’t served his full sentence. This hearing was an attempt to secure early parole because of good behavior. And a part of her, the deepest and surest part, simply knew he couldn’t change.

He was evil.

She’d seen it in his eyes, just the same as the man who’d murdered her parents.

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