My Hero
The Billionaire Salvation Series, Book 4
By Bella Love-Wins
Out January 12th, 2015
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Synopsis
Kate Samuel
and billionaire Lieutenant Matt Lewis enjoyed a welcome escape from the
criminals that want to see Kate dead.With their holiday cut short by more
threats, Kate decides to face the music. Will she go against her billionaire
boyfriend, and betray the one person who holds her dear to find her own peace
of mind? Is Matt's protection enough to save her?
Find out by reading MY HERO, Book 4 of The Billionaire Salvation Series.
Note: This is the conclusion of the four-part
serial. Stay tuned for more standalone and serial stories featuring Matt and
Kate.
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Excerpt
There was so
little noise outside, it was almost peaceful. No car horns. Barely any city
traffic. No screaming people. Just the rustling of a slight winter breeze that
wove its way around the tall buildings nearby. I closed my eyes and briefly
took in the quiet. As great as it was sitting in the safety of Matt’s
comforting warmth, it wasn’t long before my mind wandered back to George and
Richard. They were out there somewhere.
“I’m going
up to have a shower, okay?” I told Matt.
“Sure.
You’re worried about them, aren’t you?”
“Yeah,” I
answered. I pulled out of his embrace and stood up to go back inside.
“You go
ahead,” he said. He looked at his watch. “I’ll wait until after dinner.”
I leaned
down and kissed him, then went inside and up to my room. I heard the elevator
chime just before I closed my door. It meant Matt would be busy, so I had some
time. I took out the phone Matt gave me, and the piece of paper I had used to
scribble down the phone number. I knew that eventually, Matt would find out
what I was about to do. I looked at the two items in my hand, and briefly
wondered how much of Matt’s trust I was about to strip away.
I thought
that he’d just have to understand that I had no choice but to do this. I opened
the text application of the phone and keyed in the number. I sent the simple
text message.
This is Kate
Samuel. What exactly do you want from me? Do you have George and Richard
Wilkinson? If you do, please let them go.
I looked at
the message and hesitated for a short time. I quickly hit the send button and
hoped I wasn’t making things worse. There was no reply right away, so I tucked
the phone and piece of paper into my purse and went to the next room to find
some clothes to change into after my shower. I picked out a simple, two-piece
cotton pajama pant set, and a sweater and jeans to wear the next day. I took
the things back to my room and undressed in the room before going into the
shower.
*********************
I left the
bathroom and wore my towel to get dressed in the bedroom. Fuck, I thought
as I walked into the room. I really fucked up now. Matt was standing
beside the bed. My purse was open on the bed and the phone he gave me was in
the hand he held up to me.
“Why did you
take out the phone?” I asked as I towel-dried my hair. I was doing my best to
be nonchalant.
“I came up
here to call you down for dinner,” he said. “The phone was ringing, so I
answered.”
“Why did you
do that?” Inside, my stress was mounting. I was in deep shit.
“I just gave
you the phone to use an hour ago, Kate. I thought it was one of my staff or my
assistant. I wasn’t going to answer at first, but it kept ringing, so I did.”
“So who was
it?” I asked, pretending to be innocent.
“You know
who it was, Kate,” he did nothing to contain any of his disappointment or
anger. “What have you done?”
“What did
they say?” I could deal with his anger another time. If they took the time to
call back, there was a chance we could bargain with them.
He could
barely look at me.
“You just
put us and your friends in more danger, Kate.” So much for diplomacy and
mincing words.
Hero
contempt.
“What do you
mean?”
“The person
on the other end said, ‘You can run but you can’t hide. You and your bitch are
dead,’ then hung up and sent us a text with a picture of an amputated finger.”
I gasped in
horror. “You don’t think it’s... ”
“I don’t
know if they hurt your friends. I called Bateman. Get dressed. He’s on his way
over. I requested that he send some officers to come and help my team keep
watch.” He sat on the bed, exasperated.
“I…I’m
sorry, Matt,” I admitted.
All my hope
was deflated. And I felt brand new waves of guilt from my most recent
transgression. I put on the sweater and jeans, knowing I would probably not be
sleeping anytime soon. I sat beside him, hoping the proximity would help him
understand why I did it.
“I thought I
could help by trying…”
“You were
wrong, Kate,” he said as he stood and began pacing the floor. “You didn’t help.
You did exactly what you promised not to do only hours ago. Now they know where
we are. And you’ve probably compromised whatever the police may have intended
to do.”
Matt’s own
phone rang and he ignored it the first time. When it rang again, he tilted it
to see who was calling. It was his security team leader. Detective
Bateman was downstairs.
Dream Cast
Kate Samuel – Shailene woodley
Matt Lewis – Chris Hemsworth
Detective Bateman – Chris Evans
George Wilkinson – Bruce Greenwood
Richard Wilkinson – Karl Urban
Chad Bridges – Chris Pine
Joy Carrington – Scarlett Johansson
Meet Bella Love-Wins
Bella is a
fairly new writer. She enjoys new adult and contemporary romance based on
her deepest fantasies.
She is
twenty-three years old and works by day as a communications analyst in a small
firm. She lives north of Toronto and dreams of moving to the small town of
Grimsby, Ontario one day. She loves pets and cannot wait to have a Shih Tzu as
a practice kid.
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