Dangerous Deception (The BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES Series) Read Free

drink, after all.  She didn’t blame him. 
At least that would shut her up, which was a great deal more bearable than
listening to her irritating giggles the whole time.
    The brief silence was broken when Storm spoke.  “Make
a detour onto Kenilworth Avenue so I can drop Lola off.”
    Before Dani could respond the woman’s voice came out
in a wail.  “But Storm, I thought we were going to your place.”
    “No, Lola, I'm going to my place.”  His brusque
tone should have been enough to cool any woman’s ardor, but apparently not
Lola’s.  Dani heard her shifting on the seat, the fabric of her dress ruffling as
if she were sliding closer to her traveling companion.
    “Storm, the night’s still young and I’m not ready to
go home yet.  Don’t make me go home.  Please.”  She dragged out the last word
like a child trying to wheedle a treat from her mother.  From her, a grown
woman, it sounded desperate.
    Dani gritted her teeth.  God, she felt like slapping
the woman upside the head.  All she could think was, Have some pride, woman .  Don’t go begging a man for his company .  But again, she had to catch
herself.  This was absolutely none of her business and she’d better learn to
remain unaffected and uninvolved.  Just because she’d never be a doormat to any
man didn’t mean other women didn’t enjoy that kind of thing.  Although why they
would, Dani could never understand.
    Storm totally ignored the woman’s plea.  He gave Dani
the address and remained silent even when Lola commenced to sigh heavily and
lament how lonely she would be without his company.  It was only when she
dissolved into soft sobs that he spoke.
    “Spare me the dramatics,” he said coolly.  “I’m tired
and I’ll be leaving on an early flight tomorrow.  You know I have a busy
schedule this week so stop acting the victim.”
    “But I am, I am,” she said through her sobs.  “You
treat me so harshly even though you know I love you.  Why do you torture me so
much?”
    “Save that drivel for somebody who actually believes
it,” he responded, his tone unapologetic.  “You’re drunk.  Now be quiet and
rest your head on my shoulder.  I’ll wake you when you’re home.”
    “You…you don’t hate me do you, Storm?”  Lola said, her
voice wavering then ending in a hiccup.
    He gave a deep, tired-sounding sigh.  “I don’t hate
you, Lola.  I just need you to get home safely.  Now come.”
    Dani couldn’t resist a glance and this time,
thankfully, both her passengers were too preoccupied to look in her direction. 
She saw Lola curl up close to Storm then he put up a gentle hand and pressed
her head to his shoulder.  The woman sighed and closed her eyes and seemed to
fall asleep in seconds.
    Storm’s gentleness surprised her.  Was this the same
man who had been so unmoved just minutes before?  She’d thought him a selfish
brute and had silently cursed the woman for being so weak.  Now, though, his
hushed whisper into Lola’s ear and his gentle hand supporting her against his
shoulder made Dani wonder.
    It didn’t take long to get to Lola’s home.  Dani drove
up the winding driveway and went around a circular garden to pull up in front
of a stately mansion.  The place looked and smelled of money.  Dani could see
that Lola was not a woman to scoff at, which made it all the more bewildering
as to why she seemed to have so little self- esteem.  Storm Hunter might be
rich, sure, but this woman obviously had money dripping out of her pores, too. 
So why did she act like she had to take anything Storm was dishing out?  Okay,
so he was cute.  Not just cute, breathtakingly handsome with dark, enigmatic
looks.  But that didn’t make him a god on earth, did it?
    All Dani knew was that she’d never take that kind of
treatment from any man, no matter how rich he was.  If that was what it took to
satisfy a man, he’d have a heck of a long wait.
    She hopped out of the car and went around to open