Romance: Young Adult Romance: The Perfect Game (A Highschool Football Romance) (Bad Boy Nerd New Adult Romance) by Stella White Read Free Book Online

it?''
    ''Not that well, there were some parked cars between me and the incident.''
    Colten felt responsible. He'd sent her to town and all because of a bikini. His thoughts turned to his sister who had been raped in a park in LA. She'd also just nipped out to do something trivial. The rapist was sentenced to just six years, but Colten made sure his life inside was unbearable. He couldn't believe how cheap it was to have someone's legs broken, although having the man raped in the showers had cost considerably more.
    The doctor came out of intensive care and looked at Colten and Robert. ''She's concussed, but we can't find any lasting damage. We'll keep her in for observation for two nights and after that, she can go home. But she'll need to rest. A could of weeks off work should do it.''
    ''Alright doctor. Thank you,'' Colten said.
    ''I believe you are to thank for saving her,'' the doctor said looking at Robert.
    ''I gave her mouth to mouth if that's what you mean.''
    ''Yes. Well, you did it very well. She's got a lot to thank you for . Does she have any relatives we need to inform?'' the doctor asked.
    Robert didn't have a clue and looked at Colten. ''No, she's alone in the world,'' Colten said. ''Can we see her?''
    ''When we get her onto the ward, in an hour or so.''
    It was two hours before Avaline was on the ward by which time Robert was snoring in a waiting room arm chair, and Colten was checking his bank accounts on his cell phone. A nurse came and fetched them. Avaline was sitting up in bed with a bandage on her head. The first thing Colten noticed was how pale she looked.
    ''So you didn't want to come back to the Endless Sinner?'' Colten asked jokingly.
    ''No I decided to get myself bashed over the head instead,'' she replied. ''I'm sorry.''
    ''What for . It wasn't your fault. You'll be back in the saddle in a couple of weeks. You need some rest,'' Colten said. ''You're coming to stay with me.'' Robert flashed him and glance and mentally questioned Colten's motives.
    ''No. I'll be fine at the apartment. Penny can look after me.''
    ''I'm not taking no for an answer. I won't have you sitting in some tatty apartment while you're ill. There's all you need at my house. You can swim, sun yourself, go for a sauna and walk in the grounds. It's very relaxing.''
    ''Thank you, Robert,'' she said. ''I heard you saved me.''
    ''It's nothing miss, I'm glad I was there. My army training came in useful for once. If you'll excuse me, I'll leave you two to talk.'' Robert left the room, and Colten pulled a chair up to the bed. 
    ''You've got one hell of a bump on your head,'' he said.
    ''A hell of a bikini bump you could say. I'm not coming to your house to recover. It's not right. I'm one of your employees, not your wife.''
    ''I don't give a monkey's toss. You're coming back to mine, and that's the end of it. This happened when you were working for me, and I'll look after you. You've got nobody else except that porn star.''
    ''How do you know about Penny?'' Avaline hadn't told anyone about Penny's occupation.
    ''I know everything. You are my PA, and you will be handling very sensitive information, did you think I'd employ you without doing some checks on you?''
    ''Jesus. I'd never given it any thought.''
    ''I also know you're alone in the world. I know you were left in a hospital baby hatch and brought up in three foster families.'' He looked at her and saw how amazed she was that he knew her most intimate secrets. ''I know you did okay in high school and well at secretarial college. I also know you're way to intelligent to work as a PA. But you underachieved at school because you found boys more interesting than Pythagoras or Shakespeare.''
    Avaline felt as if she was naked. Was there anything he didn't know about her? ''Do you know my bra size as well?'' she asked.
    ''No that's still a secret I haven't got to the bottom of.''
    ''And you never will. I work for you.''
    ''That never stopped me before. You know you're very beautiful . I