Unbreakable Hearts (Broken Series #3) Read Free Page A

my baby girl, not wanting to leave without giving her
proper good-bye. "Night night sweet girl. Mommy loves you and will be back
in just a little bit. Sleep good." I placed a kiss to her cheek and she smiled
her adorable cheeky smile as I pulled back.
    Gray
handed me my purse and keys, and then practically pushed Hannah and I out the
door. I barely had time to grab my coat before they both were saying I love you
and shutting and locking the front door.
    "Like
I don't have the keys to come back in." I laughed.
    Hannah
just shook her head as she slid into the driver's seat of her brand new BMW.
"How do you like the new ride?"
    "It's
nice. Let me guess, a gift from Theo?"
    She
just simply nodded with a ridiculous grin on her face. "So you ready for
your big night out, little lady?"
    "I
guess." I murmured.
    ****
    We
pulled up to a big fancy restaurant with about a million and one cars gathered
outside. This wasn't just a new restaurant opening in town; this was a star-studded
event. We pulled up to the valet guy and Hannah quickly ran around the front to
help me out of my seat. As I righted my dress and gathered my belongings, we
made our way onto the faux red carpet as cameras flashed in all directions. I
found myself getting a little dizzy.
    "Hannah,
what is going on here tonight?"
    "Oh
some celebrity chef owns the restaurant. There's supposed to be a ton of famous
people coming tonight. You doing okay?"
    I
slipped my arm through hers and nodded as we snaked our way through the small
crowd and up to the hostess.
    "What's
the name?"
    "Hannah."
    "Yes,
I have you right here. For three?"
    My
headshot up and locked eyes with the hostess, and then back at Hannah.
"Three?" I could feel my heart rate elevating and my adrenaline
pumping. I slowly closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths.
    "No,
just two." I heard Hannah reply, but for some small reason, I didn't
believe her. This wasn't just some silly mistake.
    A
couple seconds later, Hannah had her phone out and was quickly typing out a
text message. I had no idea what was going on, but I was about two seconds away
from running out the door and all the way home.
    "Right
this way, ladies."
    Hannah's
hand latched onto my forearm, pulling me through the throng of people. When we
arrived at our table, I let out a sigh of relief that it was only us and slid into the booth before Hannah. The hostess gave
us our menus, and then turned and disappeared amongst the raging sea of people.
    "Are
you okay?" Hannah whispered.
    I
nodded my head in her direction. I didn't want to ask Hannah what the actual
story was tonight. I was determined to have a good time. "So whose
restaurant is this, do you know?"
    "Ryan
Ackerman. He's apparently the next best thing. This is his second restaurant in
two years. His food is supposed to be amazing, and word is, he is
gorgeous."
    I
glanced up at Hannah, instantly recognizing the enamored look on her face. It's
the same look she had when she first met Theo. "Hannah?"
    "Yeah."
    "Do
you know Ryan?" I knew she could sense the concern in my voice.
    "We
met last year, through one of my girlfriends at work. He catered one of our
office parties. I didn't know who he was then, but we kind of hit it off, as
friends. He invited us tonight."
    "Does
he know you're with someone?"
    "Oh
yeah. He knows all about Theo. We're just friends, Bennett."
    I
nodded my head in disapproval. I knew Hannah and her pattern when it came to
relationships. I could honestly say, that Theo has been her longest
relationship to date. Why she would want to throw all that away, I wasn't sure.
    Our
waiter came over to our table to take our order and leave a bottle of the
restaurant's finest champagne for Hannah and sparkling cider for me, courtesy
of Ryan himself. Yeah, just friends my ass. I took a small sip from my
champagne flute and almost choked on the bubbly liquid.
    Now
Gray was absolutely gorgeous in my eyes, but the man walking towards our table
was a completely different breed. He was nowhere