Devious Intentions (Carson Cove Scandals 3)

thing drastic.

I wish he would have rotted in that fucking cell.

“Mr. Sinn, you have a visitor.” Farrah poked her head into my office.

“A visitor?” I raised an eyebrow and looked past Farrah to see Jenny standing outside my door. “Send her in…”

“Right away sir.” Farrah nodded.

“Hey!” Jenny smiled as she walked into my office.

“Aren’t you supposed to be in school?” I leaned back in my chair and glared at her.

“It’s senior skip day.” She sat down across from me and spun her chair around.

“You’re not a senior…” I narrowed my eyes.

“Everyone skips school on senior skip day. It’s tradition.” She stopped spinning her chair once she was facing me and shrugged.

“It wasn’t tradition when I was in school—except for the seniors.” I folded my arms across my chest.

“Things change. We don’t live in the stone ages anymore.” She laughed under her breath and grinned.

“Well, if you’re skipping school, shouldn’t you be hanging out with your friends?” I tilted my head inquisitively.

“I’m meeting them in a little bit. I just wanted to stop by and see you for a few minutes. We don’t get to hang out much anymore—which is the exact opposite of what I expected when I moved in with you.” Jenny leaned her chair back.

“I’m a busy man.” I shrugged. “I always made time for you when you needed to get away from Sinn Manor. The situation is different now.”

“Yeah.” She looked around my office. “You have a girlfriend now. Am I ever going to get to meet her?”

“Eventually.” I nodded. “When the time is right.”

“I need to figure out if she’s good enough for my big brother before you fall in love with her, you know.” Jenny narrowed her eyes. “She’s got some big shoes to fill.”

“No.” I shook my head back and forth. “Caroline’s shoes don’t need to be filled.”

“I’m just saying. It’s going to be hard to find another woman like her.” Jenny shrugged again.

“I hope you keep those thoughts to yourself when you finally do meet the woman I’m seeing.” I shook my head and sighed.

“I’ll play nice. I always do.” She leaned forward and started to stand. “Okay, I’m going to go meet my friends.”

“You came all this way for a two minute visit?” I raised my eyebrows in confusion.

“No, I just wanted you to know I was skipping school in case they called.” She winked at me. “I updated my information so that they would call you instead of our parents.”

“Crafty—but how?” My head snapped back in surprise.

“I know the people who can do that sort of thing.” She waved and walked to the door.

I guess I should be happy she told me…

I spent the rest of the day after Jenny’s visit staring at the clock until it was time for Leigh to get off work. As soon as I confirmed she had left the hotel, I headed to the villa that I had rented for the rest of the summer. I was still rather worried about what Leigh had overheard. It could be nothing, or it could be something rather serious. Either way, it would give me another opportunity to remind her that she needed to be careful. I believed she knew that, but it was tearing me up inside every time I thought about her living with my father. I would have moved fucking mountains to get her out of there, but the one mountain I couldn’t move was Leigh’s mother. My father had already poisoned her mind with lies about me. Leigh was the only one that she would possibly listen to, but we needed something solid to go on.

“Hey, I’m here.” Leigh pushed the front door open a few minutes after I arrived.

“Welcome home.” I walked up and put my hands on her waist. “I hope I get to say that to you for real one day.”