Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 34198 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 34198 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 171(@200wpm)___ 137(@250wpm)___ 114(@300wpm)
Seamus had been on the verge of turning to leave but at the mention of Tamryn, he halted. The name Brian sounded familiar and he couldn’t remember why but he was almost certain it couldn’t be good judging from the look on Natalia’s face.
He closed the gap between them until their noses touched. “What did you do?”
Natalia raised her chin defiantly. “I set her up with someone appropriate. I’m not sure why you even care. She’s no longer your concern, right?”
“What did you do?” he roared, making her jump.
Just then they were interrupted by one of the hostesses, the small blonde Seamus had seen Tamryn with a few times. “Uh, Natalia, I just saw Brian Manning going up to one of the private rooms. I thought he was banned.”
Natalia turned on the blonde and pushed her. “Don’t concern yourself with how I run things around here. Go do your job unless you’d like to find another one.”
To her credit the blonde stood her ground, squaring her shoulders. “I am concerned because you’re supposed to provide us with a safe environment and if you’ve allowed that psycho back in here then someone is bound to get hurt.”
It suddenly clicked in Seamus’s mind why the name sounded familiar. Because Natalia handled the operation of the Devil’s Den, she was in charge of the clientele selection. She’d briefly mentioned having to ban one of the clients because he’d crossed the line with one of the girls. In fact, he’d hurt her so badly she had to be hospitalized. He was banned from the club and the poor hostess was given a hefty settlement to keep the incident under wraps.
Tamryn was in danger!
Seeing red, Seamus reached out and grasped Natalia by the throat. “You spiteful, bitch. Where are they now?”
Natalia’s color changed to a deep red to a light blue as he was determined to squeeze the life out of her. She clawed at his hands but his grip remained firm. “Fuck you,” she wheezed.
A small hand grasped his arm. “Please. If Tam is in danger, we should probably get to her now before something happens to her. I have a good idea which room they might be in.”
As tempting as it was to choke the life out of Natalia, Seamus figured he could deal with her later. He needed to get to Tamryn. When he released his hold on Natalia’s throat she collapsed on the ground.
Seamus didn’t check to see if she was all right before taking off after the blonde. All he could think about was getting to Tamryn. How could he have been so foolish to think that he could simply walk away from her? He swore to himself that if she was okay, he’d stop being a stubborn fool and tell her how he really felt.
Tamryn flashbacked to the day when Rico had attacked her and it brought out her fighting instinct. She should have left the room as soon as the guy entered even though it may have already been too late. When she’d seen Seamus tonight her pulse raced in her excitement. Though she’d tried to fight it over the past several months, she’d developed feelings for him even though she’d told herself time and time again that nothing could ever come of it.
But when the time they spent together became more about them getting to know each other than just the sex, Tam realized there was simply no fighting how she felt. Deep down, however, she knew things would eventually end between them after all, she’d been warned several times by Natalia and some of the other girls. Every time he came to the club she prepared herself for it to be the day that he would be done with their arrangement, but it never was. And then one night when she lay in his arms after a long lovemaking session, she realized that she was in love.
Tam wasn’t sure when it happened. Maybe she’d started falling for him a little the day he rescued her. Or maybe it was when he’d taken her out for hamburgers. It could have been when they’d gone to the docks the first time. Either way, her heart had become engaged.
She’d fallen in love with a man who may not have lived a righteous existence, but he was doing the best he could to distance himself from the life he was born into. Hear heart went out to the boy who felt unloved and unwanted by his parent, so much like her. Whenever he opened up to her, Tam felt honored because she knew he wasn’t the sharing type and the fact that he could tell her so much about himself surely meant something.
But the downside of these newfound feelings she’d developed was that she had to keep them to herself. It didn’t matter how much of his past Seamus had shared with her, he could have just been using her as a sounding board. Tam had to keep in mind that he’d been with lots of other women so what made her any different? Maybe she’d gotten a little too comfortable with him because when he’d walked into the club tonight she was excited to see him. But then he turned his back to her and went to Nicki, leaving Tam devastated.