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Authors: Lili Valente
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“My name is Dominic.”
“Hannah,” she said, then shook her head. “I’m sorry, you know that. I’m just… I’m a little flustered this morning. I can’t believe he left like this.”
“It might be for the best,” Dominic said, slowing as they reached the great room and turning back to face her. His almost black-brown eyes flicked to check the corners of the room before he added in a whisper. “I can have a plane here in an hour to get you out. I’ve got a pilot waiting on Moorea. All I have to do is make a phone call.”
Hannah blinked in surprise, but her mind quickly connected the dots. “You’re the one who sent the note saying that you would help me.”
Dominic nodded, continuing in a low voice, “I work for your father. He’s sent money to help you get resettled. As soon as we’re on board the plane, I’ll make contact with your aunt. She can meet us at the airport. That will give you about an hour to decide where you want to go next.”
“Where to go next,” Hannah repeated, her heart beating faster. “You mean where to hide next.”
“I can’t say for certain, but your enemies might already know where you are,” he said, confirming her fears. “And if they do, they will come for you. Soon.”
“So Jackson isn’t one of them,” she said, relief coursing through her when he shook his head. She hadn’t thought Jackson was one of the people hunting her family, but it was good to have confirmation of the fact.
“No,” Dominic said. “But that doesn’t mean he isn’t dangerous. The sooner you’re away from him, the better.”
“Do you know who wants to hurt my family?” she asked, ignoring his advice. “Who are they? And why do they—”
“Who and why doesn’t matter. All that matters is that they want you dead.” The matter-of-fact way he said the words made them even more chilling. “You and every other heir to your father’s fortune and they won’t stop until the job is finished.”
Hannah shook her head, the need to get to Jackson warring with her fear. And mistrust. That was there too, bubbling beneath the surface. Dominic was saying all the right things, but he could be lying. He could be a wolf in sheep’s clothing, pretending to be her friend until he had her isolated on a plane with nowhere to run.
“How do I know I can trust you?” she asked, eyes narrowing on his face.
“I’ve worked for your father for almost ten years,” he said, proving, if he were telling the truth, that he was much older than he looked. “I’ve been watching you for the past three years and you never knew I was there. If I’d wanted to hurt you, I could have done so a thousand times. I could have killed you while you were sleeping in your yellow canopy bed or while you hiked by the waterfalls behind your house or when you went to pick lemons with your friends at the grove up the side of the mountain.”
Hannah took a step back, his intimate knowledge of her life at the bed and breakfast making her skin crawl. He really had been watching her, but that didn’t prove he was one of the good guys, especially considering who he was working for here on the island.
No matter how much she cared about Jackson, or how much she believed he could change, she knew what he was. He was a criminal who had intended to do bad things to her and he had been careful to hire people he could trust not to interfere with his plans. People who wouldn’t lift a finger to help her when she screamed for help or begged for mercy and somehow Dominic had found his way onto that list.
“How did you get this job?” she asked. “You and your mother? If she is your mother.”
“She is,” Dominic said. “But I’m not at liberty to reveal more information.”
Hannah smiled, but she was far from amused. “So I’m just supposed to trust a man who’s working for an admitted criminal, no questions asked?”
“You trust him ,” he said, gaze hardening. “You’re ready to chase down the man who
“Hannah,” she said, then shook her head. “I’m sorry, you know that. I’m just… I’m a little flustered this morning. I can’t believe he left like this.”
“It might be for the best,” Dominic said, slowing as they reached the great room and turning back to face her. His almost black-brown eyes flicked to check the corners of the room before he added in a whisper. “I can have a plane here in an hour to get you out. I’ve got a pilot waiting on Moorea. All I have to do is make a phone call.”
Hannah blinked in surprise, but her mind quickly connected the dots. “You’re the one who sent the note saying that you would help me.”
Dominic nodded, continuing in a low voice, “I work for your father. He’s sent money to help you get resettled. As soon as we’re on board the plane, I’ll make contact with your aunt. She can meet us at the airport. That will give you about an hour to decide where you want to go next.”
“Where to go next,” Hannah repeated, her heart beating faster. “You mean where to hide next.”
“I can’t say for certain, but your enemies might already know where you are,” he said, confirming her fears. “And if they do, they will come for you. Soon.”
“So Jackson isn’t one of them,” she said, relief coursing through her when he shook his head. She hadn’t thought Jackson was one of the people hunting her family, but it was good to have confirmation of the fact.
“No,” Dominic said. “But that doesn’t mean he isn’t dangerous. The sooner you’re away from him, the better.”
“Do you know who wants to hurt my family?” she asked, ignoring his advice. “Who are they? And why do they—”
“Who and why doesn’t matter. All that matters is that they want you dead.” The matter-of-fact way he said the words made them even more chilling. “You and every other heir to your father’s fortune and they won’t stop until the job is finished.”
Hannah shook her head, the need to get to Jackson warring with her fear. And mistrust. That was there too, bubbling beneath the surface. Dominic was saying all the right things, but he could be lying. He could be a wolf in sheep’s clothing, pretending to be her friend until he had her isolated on a plane with nowhere to run.
“How do I know I can trust you?” she asked, eyes narrowing on his face.
“I’ve worked for your father for almost ten years,” he said, proving, if he were telling the truth, that he was much older than he looked. “I’ve been watching you for the past three years and you never knew I was there. If I’d wanted to hurt you, I could have done so a thousand times. I could have killed you while you were sleeping in your yellow canopy bed or while you hiked by the waterfalls behind your house or when you went to pick lemons with your friends at the grove up the side of the mountain.”
Hannah took a step back, his intimate knowledge of her life at the bed and breakfast making her skin crawl. He really had been watching her, but that didn’t prove he was one of the good guys, especially considering who he was working for here on the island.
No matter how much she cared about Jackson, or how much she believed he could change, she knew what he was. He was a criminal who had intended to do bad things to her and he had been careful to hire people he could trust not to interfere with his plans. People who wouldn’t lift a finger to help her when she screamed for help or begged for mercy and somehow Dominic had found his way onto that list.
“How did you get this job?” she asked. “You and your mother? If she is your mother.”
“She is,” Dominic said. “But I’m not at liberty to reveal more information.”
Hannah smiled, but she was far from amused. “So I’m just supposed to trust a man who’s working for an admitted criminal, no questions asked?”
“You trust him ,” he said, gaze hardening. “You’re ready to chase down the man who
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