Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 181

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When Briar’s eyes found the porch, she went from Badass to absolutely terrified in a matter of

a heartbeat. The next thing I knew she was grabbing her bag and taking off towards her bike.

All I could think was that she was running and as I jumped in my truck with Lana and Mazzie

trying to convince me to stop as they yelled after me but all I could think about was losing the

one thing that meant any and everything to me. She was going too fast, I slowed in the cloud

of dusk. She kicked up not wanting to hit or run her over if she wiped out. Instead I heard her

gun it down the road opening the throttle. I followed her as the dust cleared at a distance.

That’s when she did something surprising; she made a left down my drive.

I slowed the truck, the panic that had been washing over me in waves now clung to me

waiting for whatever storm Briar was about to unleash. For her I’d weather it, withstand

whatever anguish, anger, or other turmoil she needed to throw at me. Safety had allowed her

to start to heal. That was now gone.

Her bike was parked and she was nowhere in sight. My legs carried me around the back of the

house on instinct, and when I saw her staring down at the valley on the edge of the yard the

sun in front of her bathing her silhouette with the harsh late morning sun. I slowed to a stop

several feet away. Her arms were wrapped around her, her bag discarded several yards away.

“I thought you were running away from me,” I said tentatively.

“I couldn’t be there another second, I haven’t decided yet, but it wouldn’t be you I’d be

running from if I did.” She held out a sealed envelope.

“I need to know what it says Carter, I can’t bring myself to open it, could you read it to me?”

she asked. Her voice was solid, but this close to her I could feel the undertones of her anxiety

like prickly knives of doubt and unknown threatening to cut off her resolve.

“Of course,” I said and as I took the letter I began to feel shards of her uncertainty as if they

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were my own, maybe it was. Jake had hidden everything from me too. Whatever lay within the

contents could change us both. I looked down at the envelope. “Dragonfly” was written across

the white surface in Jake’s handwriting; I’d ask her about that later, in the top right corner

was Briar’s given name. Adelaide Briar Anderson. I untucked the flap before pausing and

taking a steading breath. My hands shook a little, these words could have so many

ramifications. I pulled the letter out of the envelope tucking the envelope behind the papers

as I unfolded them.

My dearest Adelaide.

If you are reading this I am no longer in the physical world with you, but rest assured I will

always be by your side. Chances are I will not get to explain the things I need to in my

lifetime as my time is running out. This letter is to set right all the coverups and lies you have

mine could heal, however she let her identity die so that she could become your mother. I

for him. As I’m writing this he still is unaware of your existence, however if you have taken

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your eyes when your emotions raged. I’m sorry I won’t be there to see you through this as my

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