Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Chapter 20

Carter

I rested my elbows on the counter and leaned over as Amber scowled.

“So her documents hold up?” I asked.

“They do,“–Amber agreed-“However,” she said, holding up the paper she had signed. She

had swapped her first and middle names, according to her ID and other documents Amber had

copied.

“Not a word of this, Amber, I’m still trying to figure this out; she’s my current assignment.” I

let her know and she nodded. If that didn’t stop the gossip, nothing would. His word was law

around here. She’d watch her tongue.

“She smells…”

“I know, and that’s not all there is to it,” I let her know without going into details. Amber

stared at the door Briar had disappeared out of, with a sad expression.

“You don’t think Jake…”

“I don’t know, Amber, this one’s gonna take some time,” I said, pushing off the counter and

heading to the door.

“Don’t be too hard on her, Carter,” she warned.

“Trust me, Amber, I have no intentions of going that route, this assignment is different–she

is different,” was how I left the conversation as I walked out the door.

Briar’s heart rate had been going a mile a minute the entire time she was inside. Instead of

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Chapter 24

walking to the driver’s seat, I opened the passenger’s door. She looked over at me, her head

rested back against the headrest, struggling to take full deep breaths. No doubt her ribs were

giving her some problems with that.

“You sure I can’t take you to the hospital to get looked at?” I asked, afraid to touch her and

make the panic attack worse. She shook her head no.

“What are you afraid of, Briar?” I asked. A tear ran down her cheek and I kicked myself

internally.

She let a long slow breath out before she answered. “Any piece of documentation, is one more

lead for him to find me, I don’t think I’m safe anywhere,” she confided. Her eyes glazed over,

and she looked away from me as she stared blankly out the windshield. The doom she felt was

palpable. I didn’t consciously make the move, but my hand cupped her cheek gently and

turned her face to me.

“Not on my watch,” her pretty lips trembled, and she blinked, confused, a few more tears

falling down her cheeks. She nodded, if only trying to convince herself she was safe, her heart

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