What He Plans (What He Wants, Book Twenty-Two) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) Page 10

  Where did you go?

  I follow his gaze out the passenger side window of the car. I see a man standing at the entrance to his building. He’s similarly tall and broad, though nearly three decades older. His hair is gray and buzzed close to his head in a military style. He’s wearing a navy suit and standing with his hands clasped behind his back, his feet slightly apart, like he’s standing sentry at the building.

  I turn back to Jared, but his face is a mask, his eyes narrowed, the little muscle in his jaw jumping as he tenses. I open my mouth to say something — I don’t know what — but he cuts me off with a quick shake of his head.

  “The car will take you home,” he says, and then nothing more, because he’s already out of the car. I hear a thump on the roof, and then we’re pulling away. I didn’t even say goodbye, but then again, neither did he.

  I turn in my seat, watching out the rear window of the limo as Jared steps up onto the curb, standing face-to-face with the man as if to square off. Jared pulls keys from his pocket and unlocks the door, holding it open for the gray-haired man as he strides through it like he’s walking the deck of a naval war ship.

  I’m still in shock as I lose sight of them.

  What happened? Who was that man in front of Jared’s building and why did everything suddenly change?

  My body is still excited, revved up from what it’s been through, and needing even more. But my mind is reeling, and the disconnect is jarring.

  I feel a little sick. What just happened? I ask myself again.

  And then I realize.

  Jared King has toyed with me, and I’ve fallen for it.

  THE END OF BOOK ONE

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