Page 28 of A Billionaire Dom

“You’re attracted to him,” Kasey said. “And you enjoy having sex with him.”

I answered, even though they weren’t questions. “Yes, to both.”

“You want to figure out what happened to Heidi Titan?”

“I do.”

She shrugged. “Then don’t make it more complicated than that. Be with him when you feel like it. Keep investigating Heidi’s disappearance. Don’t let the two of them mix.”

It sounded simple, but I wasn’t naïve enough to think that it would be even close to easy in practice.

“Linsey, I know you.” Kasey reached out and took my hands. “You won’t be able to live with yourself if you ignore Heidi’s case because of Davin.”

She was right about that.

“But you deserve to be happy too. Davin makes you happy.”

I opened my mouth to argue, but a sharp look from her stopped me from saying anything.

“I’m not saying it’s true love or even that you’ll be friends with benefits, but he makes you happy in the moment, so be happy in the damn moment for once.”

She was right. It wasn’t just when he and I were having sex, either. I’d enjoyed having dinner with Davin on Wednesday. I enjoyed spending time with him, even if we weren’t fucking. I didn’t know what that meant for our future, though, not with this Heidi thing.

If there hadn’t been this case between us, I would’ve been fine with Davin and I running into each other whenever. Sometimes we’d hook up. Sometimes we wouldn’t. It’d be casual and would last as long as it was comfortable with both of us. Then we’d gradually move on to polite nods and the occasional greeting.

But that wouldn’t work now.

At some point, I’d figure out if Jude was involved or not. If Davin found out that I was investigating his grandfather at any point, he’d be pissed. And if he knew, he could blow things up for my investigation too. He could go to the cops and get me into legal trouble.

I was smart enough to cover my tracks, but I’d be burnt on the case. Any ‘anonymous tip’ that came in would automatically be suspect, which defeated the purpose of what I did.

“Don’t give up.” Kasey squeezed both of my hands. “But don’t choose either. I have complete faith that you can handle both.”

“I’m glad someone does,” I said with a laugh. “This is just crazy. I mean, what are the odds that in a city the size of Houston, I’d run into the same guy more than once, especially since we have nothing in common. Then there’s the even less probable circumstance of the guy I met having something to do with a case I chose from the numerous missing persons cases in this area, even if it’s just him being related to a person of interest.”

Kasey thought for a minute before touching my hand. “You know I’m not a religious person, but I can’t help thinking that when you look at all those ‘what are the odds’ questions, there has to be a reason. Some higher power or the universe or fate or whatever you want to call it. Something in my gut tells me that this isn’t an accident or coincidence.”

“So, you think I should carry on with my investigation and let the chips fall where they may?”

“More or less.”

“Great.” I sighed. “That’s helpful.”

She grinned so big, all her teeth were exposed. “Now, let’s order a pizza and head home. We should get there about the same time the food does.”

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