Red Rock Rises; Sexy Romantic Suspense; Book 1: The Red Rock Series (The Red Rock Seies) (36 page)

Dameon began hunting through the crowd in earnest looking for a glimpse of the astonishing dress that Jesse was wearing. There was no way he could miss her. No one but Jesse would dare pair a gauzy purple and white orchid print dress with her astonishing bright red hair. That it not only worked but was unforgettable was a credit to Jesse’s unerring sense of style.

Dameon grinned, knowing that for him and only him, the “unforgetableness” of the gown was supplemented by having watched the wearer slip into it. Only Jesse could make putting on clothes as sexy as taking them off. Stepping naked before him, she had teasingly put her finger to her lips deciding between a white lace concoction of a bra and a bright purple one. She chose the virginal white lace, then added a matching lacy thong. Turning her glorious backside to him she’d tugged the satin strip securely between her curvy ass cheeks. With a raised eyebrow and a teasing wink, she’d twitched her bottom from side to side. “You like?”

His low groan was confirmation enough as he’d reached for her. With a delighted peal of laughter she’d darted away from his eager hands.

“Uh uh, Chief Macarios. No touching. Besides, I need to put on these silk stockings and these sexy shoes that my secret lover gave me. If you’re very good, I’ll let you watch.”

“Hmm, what kind of a lover would give you shoes that make your already stunning legs even more enticing?”

She’d given him a wicked grin. “The kind of lover who likes to rub it in every man’s face that I am
his
woman and strictly off limits.”

Dameon had grunted then let a smile steal through his mock scowl.

“You’ve outed me, tiger. I’m an overbearing, jealous son of a bitch, and you’re right. It does my fragile male ego good to know that every asshole out there leering at you doesn’t have a chance.”

Jesse had scoffed. “Fragile male ego, my ass. You are the cockiest man alive with a mile-wide ego who knows that
this
woman and her body are
yours
and yours alone!”

~~~

Not seeing Jesse anywhere, Dameon turned his attention to the sprite of girl darting toward him. His daughter Zoey was a force of nature and had captured almost as much attention at the party as the gubernatorial candidate. At the moment, her lovely face was twisted with frustration.

“Daddy, my flowers fell out of my hair again and Trey can’t fix them.” She threw an annoyed glance at the gangly teenager at her elbow who was looking beseechingly at Dameon.

“Coach, I’m sorry, but she keeps running and jumping around, it’s no wonder her flowers keep falling out. I tried to pin them back in but before I can finish she decides to run off and out they come.”

Dameon laughed. Zoey had already dashed off leaving Trey holding a crumbled handful of white orchids.

“Now you see what I put up with on a daily basis, Trey. But I asked you to keep an eye on Zoey, not to be her maid. Unfortunately I don’t know much about how to keep flowers in the sprite’s hair. We need to find your mom, Trey. She’ll know what to do.”

He put his arm around Trey as he scanned the crowd.

“Have you seen her, Trey? I’ve been looking for a while and can’t find her anywhere. ”

Trey frowned and shrugged.

“The last time I saw her she was talking with one of Mr. Morales’s friends. She looked like she was having a serious conversation so I didn’t interrupt her.”

Dameon forced down a grunt. ‘Mr. Morales’s friends,’ indeed. Probably yet another ‘colleague’ Raoul was referring to Jesse. Christ, Dameon didn’t know who was a bigger thorn in his side, the golden boy candidate Ethan Stockton, or the cartel-leaning bad boy Raoul Morales, his longtime friend and nemesis… and Jesse’s premier client.

Just then, as if on cue, Dameon saw the devilishly handsome Latino heading toward him.

It was only when Raoul closed in on him that Dameon saw his expression. Gone was Raoul’s ubiquitous grin and sparkling laughter-filled eyes. In their place was a look so grim that it stole Dameon’s breath.

The unease that he’d been feeling for the last twenty minutes surged to ice cold terror. He knew. Without Raoul saying a word, Dameon knew.

He didn’t recognize his own voice. It came from a hideous place in his soul.

“Jesse?”

Raoul’s anguish compounded Dameon’s fear.

“They’ve got her, Wolf. They’ve got Jesse.”

Jerking his phone from his pocket, Raoul flashed up a picture.

Gazing at the hideous sight, the world as Dameon knew it came to a crashing halt. In that brief instant Dameon knew that his life had changed irreparably and would never be the same again.

Afterword

Thank you for reading
Red Rock Rises
,
Book 1
in
The Red Rock Series
, my new Sexy Romantic Suspense Series. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much I enjoyed writing it. Jesse has been tugging at my heart strings for months. It was only when the right man appeared that I was able to write her story. Thank goodness for Dameon, the man who was tough enough to mess with Red Rock! Coming October 2013:
Red Rock’s Revenge,
Book 2
in
The Red Rock Romantic Suspense Series

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