Diamond (Rare Gems Series) by Kathi S. Barton Read Free Book Online Page B

again. But this was what needed to be done, and she was sticking by her decisions. The hospital in New York was going to be a good place to begin again. If she got the job. No one knew it wasn’t a done deal and she was keeping it that way.
    “ Are you sure about this?” Jade asked. Diamond nodded. “I don’t want you to move away. This is our home, we’re family.”
    “ I know, but I need to have a job, and this one is the best.” It was also far away from Texas, which was the point she supposed. “I’m going to be working a great deal, but I promise that I’ll call all the time. Every day. You won’t even miss me.”
    She ’d made the decision after leaving the message for Thad. She had sat in her bedroom and sobbed over his shirt, and had even put it on. Stupid now when she thought of it, but she’d been so hurt by him that she’d wanted to send his things back smelling like her. But he was just a human and he’d not smell anything anyway and put it in the laundry. Then she went into her bathroom to take a long bath and smelled him in there as well. Everything, including her own clothes, smelled like him, and she decided to leave. She had dropped off his shirts and pair of pants at the dry cleaners that morning.
    It took her all night to pack up her things. Then after everyone was gone for the day she took it all out to her car and started loading it in. Her grandmother must have put out a call because, within half an hour, they were all back at the house to try and keep her from going. The only person who didn’t say anything was Blair. He just helped her carry the things down the stairs. But after they all hugged her and went into the house, he leaned against the car and looked at her.
    “ Will you ever forgive me?” She looked at him, startled by the question. “I fucked this up for you, and I’m sorrier than I’ve ever been in my life. I should have let you handle telling him in your own way.”
    “ He wasn’t going to take it well no matter how he found out.” She looked at the woods instead of Blair as she continued. “I’m not going to say that I’ll come back here, but I’d like to be welcome in the pack if I do.”
    “ You know that you will be a part of my pack for the rest of your life. And you’d better come back here. Sapphire will be pissed at me if you don’t come back when we have a baby.” The pang of her sister having a child ran deep in her heart. “Diamond, let me try to fix this, please? You know what will happen to you if you don’t at least talk to him.”
    “ I may not turn rogue, and we both know it. He didn’t do anything more than kiss me, and I helped his wounds. I’m pretty sure in a few weeks I won’t even remember what he looked like.” Neither of them believed that, and she was sure they both knew it. “Besides, you’ll be rolling in the dough once you get this product off the ground. You and Galloway Industries will be contenders.”
    “ After he left here, I contacted our attorneys and told them to dump the contract. We can’t do business with him, and I’m pretty sure he would have done the same thing once he got back to his home. Sapphire and I are going to see if we can market it to someone else in six months.” Diamond felt the tears fall. “Don’t cry, baby, it’s for the best. He’ll either come to his senses or not, but either way, we came out ahead on this. We have a product that we know will sell.”
    Diamond was just getting into her car when another car pulled into the drive. Two men got out and came toward them. She had a feeling that Galloway Industries wasn’t going to go quietly into the night.
    “ Mr. Blair Henson of Flair Marketing?” Neither of them said a word as the men looked down at their notes. “We’re here to see Blair Henson. Does he live here or not?”
    Blair stood up and let a little of his wolf go. Diamond watched the other man as he took a step back. Before either of them could move, the first man pulled a