Paying Their Piper with Passion and Love [Loving in Silver 6] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) Read Free

go out in a second. Just let me change.”
    The pets were used to the routine. They waited patiently as she stripped down to her skin and pulled on a pair of worn shorts and a bright pink T-shirt.
    Sparkle the pig trotted after her. Mindy the toy poodle snuggled in her arms and Charm the cat ran ahead. It didn’t take long to get to the backyard. She wasn’t surprised to see Jace standing on the stone patio waiting for her.
    It irritated her as it always did. Other than the time in her bedroom, she was never alone. Piper didn’t bother asking him if he would give her time alone. He wouldn’t. He had orders to watch her at all times.
    Walking across the lush carpet of grass she waited as Mindy and Sparkle relieved themselves. She almost smiled as she recalled the man’s astonishment when he discovered her tiny pig was housebroken. She had her own litter to use in the house, but she rarely did so. Piper was never gone long enough for the animals to get that desperate.
    Once they were finished the three oddball pets played as she watched. As Piper did so, she wondered just how much more of this she could take. There was a whole world out there to be explored. While she had traveled the same world extensively with her parents, she wanted the freedom to just hop in a car and go. She wanted to be able to stop for fries whenever the mood struck her. She wanted to eat a TV dinner on her couch while in her pajamas without worrying how she looked in the eyes of her parents and their guests. She wanted to do so many things without having to ask for permission, without a bodyguard, without feeling like she was going to be crushed by the weight of the chains binding her mentally.
    Sitting cross-legged on the ground, she smiled as Sparkle began running circles around her. “You’re a funny pig,” Piper laughed, reaching out to tickle the pig’s back. Sparkle grunted and ran off as fast as her little legs could carry her, made a wide arc, before returning. Mindy barked at the pig from her lap, poking at her with a tiny paw. Sparkle gave her a piggy kiss before running off again. Charm sat beside her, bushy tail swishing, waiting for the right moment to pounce.
    As Piper sat there playing with her pets her mind was going a mile-a-minute. Though she recognized every advantage she possessed as the daughter of a very wealthy man, and was not ungrateful for what she had, she knew she couldn’t go on like she was for much longer. Being at the mercy of a furious bull had made her start looking at everything from a new perspective. While she had simply been going along with her father’s every whim, she now questioned why she did so. She was a grown woman. She was educated.
    She had choices. She wasn’t a prisoner.
    Well, she was, but if she gave it enough thought, she should be able to plan an escape.
    Piper could feel her spirit die a little more with each passing day she remained under her father’s thumb. Tears burned her eyes suddenly. Tears? A Barrows never cried. They didn’t feel sorry for themselves.
    “You forgot the treats,” a deep voice said from above her.
    Tilting her head back Piper looked up the length of Jace’s big body. She wondered idly if he would strip down if she asked him to. She laughed humorously as she took the small box from his hand and thanked him. She couldn’t even get the guy to stop for fries. She really doubted he would strip down to his skin so she could admire what she suspected was a gloriously sculpted male body.
    There was no surprise when Sparkle ran up, wanting a treat. Piper smiled and shook the box, which about made the tiny pig lose her mind. Piggy lips smacked as treats were crunched noisily.
    As she got Sparkle to do one trick after another, she wished Jace would talk to her. But he had made it clear the first day that his job description didn’t include conversation with the boss’s daughter. It was rather disappointing to learn the man didn’t have enough balls to ignore one