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She didn’t believe that for one second

Chapter Fourteen

The following night Gregori paced across his office at Rous and Ro well Luckily Phineas had backed hihters had been a great success

Bullshit He gave the ball another squeeze He’d co his e an alliance with the US government and prevent the Vampire Apocalypse And what did he do? Molest the president’s daughter in front of an audience In front of a Secret Service man!

"Stupid, stupid," he muttered to himself At least Gordon had erased the video so Corky Courrant couldn’t get her evil hands on it and post it on YouTube

But he couldn’t erase his actions The whole alliance could have fallen apart if Abigail hadn’t stepped in She’d saved his ass Not because of any affection she felt for him She’d saved him out of desperation to save her mother

Just as he had suspected, the secret trip to China was connected to her mother No doubt her PhD in biocheail did was due to her determination to save her mother

Such love Such dedication She was incredible Brilliant, beautiful, and capable of so much love

But not for hi in his mind

An accident

The stress ball exploded in his hand

"Shit" He threw it away and grabbed another one

An accident Had she felt nothing at all? Had she stood there, bored and rocery list, while he spiraled completely out of control?

He’d never felt an attraction like this before Romance was supposed to be fun He loved the thrill of the chase, the giving and taking of pleasure Si siail

She was impossible, but it didn’t deter hi A desperate desire had dug its claws into his heart and was threatening to consu to hiotten he was in the studio

He could have sworn she’d felt so Her heart had definitely raced But then, her heart rate always sped up whenever he came near It could mean that she was afraid Or worse Repulsed

Vamp women didn’t care if he was a Vamp But it could be a deal breaker for a lovely ail She’d fallen on the couch in the Oval Office, trying to escape his handshake She’d fainted when she saw hi And she’d scooted halfway around the booth at the nightclub to get away from him

Could it be that she didn’t even like him? So many Vamp women had chased him over the years,rejected

What a joke The womanizer falls for the one woainst the wall, and it burst in a cloud of white powder He was crazy to fall for Abigail The president wasn’t going to allow his daughter to get romantically involved with a vaori had teleported hoo to put on a fresh suit, he’d discovered that his condo had been searched Probably Josh and Charles, looking for soative to report to the president so the alliance could be broken Or maybe they had hoped to find him asleep and vulnerable to attack

Thank God he’d slept at Roo to keep Abigail safe from the evil clutches of a vampire

And he still wasn’t sure how she felt That alone was enough to drive hi, and he picked it up "Yes?"

"She’s here," Eh the front gate"

He picked up another stress ball "I’ll meet her at the front entrance Can you tell Roman she’s here?"

"I’m afraid not," Eori squeezed the stress ball "He agreed to meet her He kno important this is"

"Don’t worry," Emma reassured him "Rooing on right now He and Angus had to teleport to the school to bring Shanna and Caitlyn back"

"Why? What’s wrong?" Gregori felt a twinge of worry for the women Shanna had only recently been transforone the painful transfor twins "Are they all right?"

"They’re fine, but their mother isn’t," Emma explained "She called Caitlyn, and apparently, she was screaht!" Sean Whelan shouted in the background "She’s always perfectly calori, Ro theirup, wondering rong with Sean Whelan’s wife Maybe she’d finally figured out what a jerk he was

He stuffed the stress ball in his pocket, and strode to the ht shift at Roe nu the day, but he had warned the the facility The marble floors had been polished, the offices and laboratories tidied up He’d arranged for the cafeteria to be kept open late, and a gourht in to cook a few of his specialties

Phineas had requested the night off, so he could return to DVN with Madison He’d called earlier to report Josh atching hi with Abigail

He punched the code on the security pad by the front door to unlock it, then stepped outside to wait A light rain had left the black-topped parking lot wet and gleaaze drifted to the spot where his life as a o Casi on the dark asphalt

Then there was the other spot where he’d been caught in the blast of a car bomb set by the Malcontents There’d been a church service that night in the Romatech chapel, led by Father Andrew The chapel was a sad and empty place now, just a vase of flowers on the altar in memory of the ori sighed Everyone was glad Casiaze wandered back to the first spot where he’d been transfor lot You’re not immortal, you fool He could die as easily as Father Andrew He should stop playing at life and ?

Father Andreould have said love

Headlights flashed in the distance, pulsating like a strobe light as a liail

She was co

The limo came to a stop under the porte cochere While Charles cliori opened the back door

"Step back, please" Charles gave hiori moved back Apparently Charles had been warned that the lusty va

Unfortunately, the et his paws on her He had to s hard to keep fro And it wasn’t like she was dressed in a sexy outfit She earing jeans, a navy and green plaid blouse, and a green raincoat