Page 12 of His Virgin Angel

“Jack’s businesses don’t allow him to be on the cover of a magazine.”

“You have to admit he’d look hot though,” she said.

He burst out laughing. “Totally. My boss would look hot.”

She looked to him, and smiled.

Drake was a nice guy. Jack was a nice guy. She couldn’t help but wonder if that was the truth. Something told her she was missing something.

You’ve seen the way people react to them.

Even at the restaurant they commanded a respect she’d never seen before.

Pushing it to the back of her mind, she settled into the seat, wondering what she was going to do about her brother.

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“That was close,” Marshall said, hearing Ronald enter the classroom.

“He didn’t see me.”

“How do you know?” Marshall turned to look at his boss, and his brother. Marshall had tried many times to get Ronald out of his life, but like always, Ronald wasn’t above blackmailing his brother to get what he wanted.

“I wouldn’t be standing, talking to you now, would I?”

Marshall shrugged. “Is she the one?”

Ronald smiled. In years of wanting to take Jack Sosa down, he’d never found a single clue that would do it. Then out of nowhere a little rumor, a smidge of gossip, and Ronald had been trying to find the person responsible.

The rumor. Four years ago Jack Sosa helped a young girl escape her abusive mother. The girl and her brother lived, and her mother disappeared without a trace. Then, every single man her mother was attached to, turned up dead.

After brushing off the rumor for so long, Ronald decided to investigate, which brought him to Piper Johnson. A young woman, pretty, chubby, with a smile that truly did melt people. He’d stared into her eyes, and saw what Jack was attracted to. There was an innocence there, and when Ronald finally had her all to himself, he was going to watch that innocence dim day by day, little by little.

“We both know she’s the one.”

Marshall didn’t say anything. “Why do you need to have her?”

“Are you getting a little soft?” Ronald asked. “I’ve heard she’s got the smile of an angel and the soul of someone higher than us.”

Marshall shook his head. “She’s completely innocent. Jack’s simply helping her.”

“You like her,” Ronald said.

He’d put Marshall in the college in order to get closer to her. This was the only weakness he’d ever seen in Jack, and he knew the key to bringing him down was through that woman.

Some would consider it the cowardly way, but he considered it the brilliant way.

“She has a brilliant mind. I also know she’s completely oblivious to what Jack does, and how he operates.”

Ronald shrugged. “I don’t really care if she knows or not. All girls should learn to be careful around strange men, and believe me, Jack is a strange man.”

Marshall sat in his chair, running fingers through his hair. “What do you want me to do?”

“Fail her at her latest assignment. In fact do it in a string of assignments, and offer to tutor her. Late nights, I’ll be here, and in time, I’ll get what I want, but I’m not going do that until I know for sure she’s the right woman.”

“Will you kill her?” Marshall asked.

“After I’ve played a little with her first.” Ronald was going to enjoy taking everything from Jack Sosa, starting with the little morsel he’d tried to hide.

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