Right Now (The Seduced Series) by Jackie McMahon Read Free Book Online

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    “Cars !” She yelled while looking at my direction. “Why I’m I not surprised,” she giggled. Hearing Angelina’s laugh was truly a gift. “Let’s see, you got a Lamborghini, a Porsche, a BMW, an Audi R8, an Aston Martin and two Ducati bikes,” she said. “I’m impressed,” she added a little sarcasm. I laughed, pleased with her knowledge of automobiles. She walked over to the Martin as I quietly followed. “It’s a Vanquish,” she said softly while touching the hood. “I didn’t notice this one.” Now I was shocked. When I gazed at her she looked slightly emotional to the sight of this car. What did this car mean to her? She must have seen the confusion in my face. “It was my first boyfriend’s favorite car. He absolutely adored it,” she smiled but her smile didn’t touch her eyes, it looked like she was in pain.
    “Was?” I noted the past tense.
    “He died a couple of years ago. Cancer,” she added clearing her throat. Yet again I found myself fighting the need to reach out and hold her and comfort her.
    “I’m sorry,” I said. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, they were peaceful.
    “He used to tell me that he would one day take me for a ride when he got one. If he was here, he would have freaked out,” she drew her hand back from the car. I then realized we both shared a similar type of pain.
    “Well, I’m not your ex man,” I said grabbing the keys to the Martin. “But I can surely take you on a ride,” I said as I opened the passenger door for her, gesturing for her to get in.
    “I would love to!” She said getting in the car. I closed her door and walk over to drivers’ side. I pressed the automatic starter button that’s on the key and the car purred to life. Once I got into the car I opened the garage door with the door opener that was built into the dash and slowly backed out till we reached the driveway. She watched me closely as I peeled out and sped down the estates’ driveway onto the road heading towards the city. “Where are you taking me?”
    “To the city, I’m going to show you New York like you’ve never seen it before. You’re not going to run on me, are you?” I teased while smiling at her.
    “Would it make a difference if I did?” I shot a quick glance in her direction.”No, I’m not. I promised to stay and that’s what I’ll do.” For some reason her statement brought me a little happiness. We talked and laughed as we went through New York’s most famous sites. I wanted to get to know her more and I wanted her to allow me to do that, without doing a background check on her.
    “You’re not from here, are you?” I asked slowly easing into it.
    “No, I’ m from a small town in Virginia. I moved here a couple of years ago,” she replied quietly. This girl had secrets and I want to know all of them but not for the reason that I have to protect her. I want to know for myself, because there’s something about her that I find irresistible.
    “Does your family live there?” I asked. I figured to start with simple easy questions, one’s I already knew the answer to but I wanted to hear them from her mouth.
    “Yeah, my mom and my older sister and some of my other relatives.”
    “So you live in New York alone?” I asked. I didn’t understand why she would want to be alone in such a big city like New York. “Why did you leave when you’re whole family is out there?” I asked and she shrugged.
    “It’s a long story,” she said trying to avoid my question but I wasn’t going to let her off that easy.
    “I’ve got time,” I said as I grinned toward her direction. She looked at me questionably, figuring I spilled my guts, well a portion of them at least…then she should as well.
    “I took my ex’s death pretty hard,” she sighed heavily. “For some time I’ve thought that maybe if I didn’t meet him that he would still be alive today,” she said sadly lowering her head. “It was hard