Boxed Set: Traitorous Heart Volumes 1-6 (The Traitorous Heart Series) by Breena Wilde Read Free Book Online Page B

my appearance he was too much of a gentleman to show it.
    “I’m fine.” I swallowed. “How are you?” Sweat beaded along my hairline and under the frames of my glasses. They started to slip and I pushed them back into place. I wanted to disappear. 
    “Good.” He reached out and took my hand. “But how are you really?” His stormy eyes searched mine. I noticed they were lined with a yellow ring. In the soft light they seemed to glow. It surprised me that he could read my emotions so easily. Was I that much of an open book? It also shocked me that he took the time. If the talk I’d heard about him held any truth, he was a man out to bed women, not make small talk…not give a shit about their personal lives.
    I shrugged.
    How was I, really? That was the two million dollar question.
    Not happy, that was for sure. I felt foolish because I’d allowed myself to love someone I hadn’t really known. Sad, too. Reid and I had spent years together. Up until a couple of weeks ago I believed he and I would spend our lives together. My whole life had been planned out and Reid was in it. I’d intended to have children with that man.
    I was also angry—furious, actually—that he’d played me. I’d gone to school to become a lawyer. I was supposed to be able to read people, and I’d totally misread Reid.
    Griffin lifted my hand, interrupting my thoughts. “Katie?”
    “I….” I shook my head. Griffin’s thumb stroked the inner part of my wrist. Electric currents shot up my arm, making it hard to think. “I’ve had better days.”
    “Griffin.” A man’s voice barked from the doorway.
    I followed the sound and noticed an extremely handsome older man shooting daggers at Griffin.
    “Who’s that?” I asked. Griffin’s mischievous gleam was gone.
    He dropped my hand. “My father.” He took a step, then turned back. “Nice talking to you.”
    I watched Griffin walk over to his dad. It was strange; they looked a lot alike, but there was no warmth between the two of them. I couldn’t help but wonder what the story was between those two.

 
     
     
    CHAPTER 3
    Griffin
     
     
     
    “What wer e you doing with that girl? Another nasty groupie?”
    “She’s a friend,” I said, following after him and the hostess. I knew my father was referring to the way Katie had been dressed. I actually found her outfit sexy, incredibly hot. I wanted to take her hair from its messy bun and rip that red sweater from her body, kiss a trail down her chest to her stomach and slide those old jeans over her milky ass. I wanted to smell her skin. It reminded me of a flower-infused breeze and I wanted to explore every inch. Those thoughts made my cock jerk to attention. I wanted her. God, what was wrong with me?
    Once my dad and I were seated my gaze wandered over to where Katie had been sitting. Her table was empty.
    Fuck.
    She’d been on my mind a lot over the last two weeks. It surprised me how much. I had her number but hadn’t used it. She had mine, although I doubted she realized it. I’d pulled up the text with her number on it several times. Even added her name to my contact list. It was a fucking shock. Calling her was out of the question.
    My drummer had hooked up with her roommate. He’d told me about Reid and the scene in their apartment. And I was torn. I didn’t want to get her hopes up. Or mine. The plan for my band, for my life didn’t include a girlfriend.
    “Griffin, did you hear me?”
    I picked up my napkin and smiled. “I’ll have whatever you’re having. I’m not that hungry.”
    My father glared. “Excellent.”
    He gave our order to the waitress. He was the epitome of a gentleman, laying it on so thick it made me want to puke. As soon as she walked away the anger that had been a permanent fixture on my father’s face when it came to me was back.
    “So tell me about your band? Any headway?” His smirk was laced with sarcasm.
    There had been some headway. A scout from a prominent record label had