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“We were out of the country,” Killian said. “Bram’s been looking for Addie, but she’d left her apartment, and her phone was disconnected.”
The words echoed in her head. Bram had been looking for her? That couldn’t be right.
She focused on Killian Hawke. He was dressed in an expensive, dark-blue suit but still managed to look dangerous. She’d met her friend Saskia Hawke’s brother a couple of times before. Saskia had been one of the country’s best ballerinas, but she’d recently retired to start her own school.
Saskia and Addie had become friends in the worst of circumstances—when a wealthy Russian businessman had become obsessed with Saskia and had her abducted. Of course, Addie had been in the wrong place at the wrong time, and gotten snatched as well. It had been terrifying. Her throat tightened.
Thankfully, Killian loved his sister and had used his resources to rescue her, Addie, and the other women who’d been kept by Yaroslav Mikhailov. To be honest, Killian scared Addie. She knew he was ex-CIA, and now owned a private security company, Sentinel Security. That was where Bram worked.
She assumed the beautiful redhead worked at Sentinel Security, too. She wore stylish wide-legged dark-green pants and a fitted black shirt tucked into them. Addie couldn’t tuck her shirts in anymore, and the woman suddenly made her feel very dowdy. The way the redhead and Bram had looked at each other…it was clear they were close.
Addie’s stomach took an unhappy nosedive. Was this woman his girlfriend?
Suddenly Bram, who was glaring at Paddy, slid a huge palm over her belly. She gasped at the sensation. Her body remembered just how those big, scarred hands had touched her.
When she’d first found out she was pregnant, she’d dreamed of Bram touching her belly, talking to their baby. Those dreams had withered and died.
“I’m the father of the baby,” Bram said.
At this, Paddy’s face darkened. The older man was not afraid of letting his temper loose. “Then why the fuck was she alone in the first place?”
Addie held out a hand. “Paddy—”
“She was bloody desperate when she came in here. No money for rent. No one to help her.”
Another wave of dizziness hit her, and she slumped back against Bram’s chest.
He made a growling sound and pulled her closer. “She needs a doctor.” He lifted her into his arms again, without a single sign of strain, then shouldered toward the door.
“Bram, I’ll be fine.” She didn’t want to go with him. Being around him hurt too much.
A muscle in his jaw flexed. “I’m going to make sure you’re okay.” His gaze flicked to her belly, an unreadable look in his green eyes.
“We have an excellent doctor on staff,” Killian said to Paddy. “We’ll take good care of her.”
Paddy frowned, finally taking a good look at Killian. “You’re Killian Hawke.”
“I am. Bram works for me.”
The bar owner sniffed. “Then I couldn’t stop you taking her if I tried.”
Killian’s sharp face was cool and composed. “We have Adaline’s best interests at heart.”
Addie just closed her eyes. Bram had wanted nothing to do with her and the baby. He’d made that obvious.
But when she told him she’d left him messages, he’d looked so confused.
She squeezed her eyes closed harder. Her brain was too foggy to think right now.
Bram walked out of the room, holding her tight.
“I’m going to take care of you, I promise,” he said.
She wanted that to be true, but her heart was too broken to believe him.
CHAPTERTWO
Bram sat and watched as the Sentinel Security doctor, Dr. Daniel Chu, checked Addie over.
