Thin Lies (Donati Bloodlines #1) by Bethany-Kris

Author:Bethany-Kris [Bethany-Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bethany-Kris
Published: 2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

Calisto woke to bright light, his back aching, and the shriek of the suite’s phone ringing in the background. Groaning, he shielded his eyes from the sunlight streaming in through the windows. On the end-table, he counted the six bottles of beer he’d downed during the two movies he’d watched with Emma before he realized she had fallen asleep on the other end of the couch.

Her cute little snores had been enough for him not to wake her. He must have fallen asleep, too, considering the television was flashing a blue screen to show the movie was over. Glancing to the side, Calisto found the couch empty and the blanket that Emma had been using was tossed over the arm.

“Shit,” he muttered.

Pushing up from the couch, Calisto went in search of the goddamn ringing phone. He checked his watch as he strolled into the kitchen with bleary eyes. Six in the morning.

Jesus.

In the last three weeks that Calisto had been watching Emma, he hadn’t known her to wake up earlier than eight. Maybe he should have woken her up the night before and gotten her back to her penthouse and into her bed.

Calisto found the cordless phone under a dish towel on the kitchen island. That confused him more than anything. He was ninety-nine percent sure that he had brought the phone into the living room the night before after talking to security, getting the popcorn set up, and turning the movie on. It shouldn’t have been in the kitchen, and it definitely shouldn’t have been covered by a dish towel.

He didn’t get a chance to answer the call before the ringing stopped. Calisto cursed under his breath again, noting it had been security calling. Quickly, Calisto hit the three digits for the fools downstairs and waited for someone to pick up.

“Good morning, Mr. Donati.”

“Morning,” Calisto grumbled.

It wasn’t a good morning. He was still tired, he probably shouldn’t have chugged six beers in a matter of a couple of hours, and his back still hurt from sleeping in an upright position on an uncomfortable couch.

Fuck the good morning.

“Someone called two seconds ago,” Calisto said. “What did they want?”

“Actually, we’ve called three times. Someone was just getting ready to come up and wake you.”

Calisto blinked and then rubbed at his eyes. “Sleeping off a rough night. Sorry about that. Is she up and around?”

“That’s part of the reason we were calling. We noticed about a half hour ago that your sensors were activating from room to room before Miss Sorrento entered the elevator and went into her own suite. Approximately ten minutes later, the emergency door exit in her pantry was activated. We assumed you were awake as well because of the sensors in your suite, sir.”

It took Calisto far too long to realize what the man was saying.

“Wait one goddamn second,” Calisto muttered. “Are you telling me that you didn’t begin calling me the moment she stepped into the elevator and then entered her penthouse, like you’re supposed to?”

“Well, sir

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