worth a shot. I know how much that painting meant to you.”
“ Beth, thank you. That means the world to me. I will pay him anything to restore it. Keep me posted.”
“I will inform the staff about Becca. That’s a shame. I thought she would be around here for awhile.”
“Me too, Beth,” Alex stated as he headed upstairs into his office.
He placed the laptop back on his desk and tried to straighten up his surroundings. He sat down and sighed. He heard his cell phone ring and smiled.
“Hello Ms. Matthews.”
“Has anyone ever told you that you have a sexy voice?”
Alex laughed. “A few times but it’s always nice to hear.”
“How is everything going?” she asked.
“There are a few things I would like to discuss with you. Can I stop over for a short time?”
“Of course, I’m just sitting here on the patio.”
“I will see you shortly.” Alex hung up and grabbed his laptop again. He placed it into his bag and headed back downstairs and into the exhibit room. He noticed his employees as they cleaned the rugs and made sure the catering tables were properly set up. He briefly chatted with Beth and headed out the door to see Eve.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Alex knocked on her hotel room a short time later and heard he r feet cross the hardwood floor. He smiled when she opened the door. “Why hello there, Alex,” Eve said as she allowed him into the room.
“Hello, how are you?”
“I’m doing better now,” she said as she moved over to him and lightly kissed his lips.
Alex sighed as he closed his eyes and melted against her. His hand moved into her hair and held her lips against his.
Eve looked up at him. “Did you want some wine on the patio? I was just about to have a glass.”
Alex nodded. “That would be great. I have a couple of things to discuss with you.”
Eve smiled as she poured their glasses. “What’s going on?”
Alex grabbed his glass from her and placed it on the small patio table . He removed his suit jacket, tie and placed them on the chair behind him. He ran his hands through his hair and sighed. “Becca was the cause of all my problems. She was so upset when she caught us kissing last night that she went back to the gallery, disabled the alarm and started her mission of hurting our relationship.”
Eve pouted as she listened to him. “ What exactly did she do?”
Alex reached into his bag and pulled out his laptop. He slid it across the table and watched her. “Just open it up and the photos will start to play.”
Eve looked worried as she did what he asked her to do. He watched as her eyes scan the screen and she gasped. “Alex!”
He didn’t say anything right away. “I only saw a few of them.”
“These were taken with my ex-boyfriend. Most of them are with the rock star one. I had no idea that some of these existed. I thought I had found the majority of them and had them destroyed but that scummy ass dick wad had more of them and leaked them to the tabloid sites.”
“Becca thought she could show these to me and I would run screaming for the hills.”
Eve looked up from the screen horrified at the images in front of her. “You’re not?”
Alex shook his head and waved at the screen. “This was before me. We all make stupid mistakes. You trusted him and obviously he took advantage of it.”
Eve started to cry. She shut his computer and covered her face with her hands. “I’m so embarrassed right now, Alex. ”
He stood up and went around the table and pulled her into his arms. “Don’t be embarrassed. I told you that I really don’t care about them but if you are worried that there are more pictures out there, I will hire someone to find them.”
Eve looked up into his eyes. “You would do that for me?”
“Yes. I like you, Eve. I really want to continue to see you and if that happens, I need to know that I’m the only person looking at that beautiful body of yours.”
Eve lightly kissed his lips. “You are too
“ Beth, thank you. That means the world to me. I will pay him anything to restore it. Keep me posted.”
“I will inform the staff about Becca. That’s a shame. I thought she would be around here for awhile.”
“Me too, Beth,” Alex stated as he headed upstairs into his office.
He placed the laptop back on his desk and tried to straighten up his surroundings. He sat down and sighed. He heard his cell phone ring and smiled.
“Hello Ms. Matthews.”
“Has anyone ever told you that you have a sexy voice?”
Alex laughed. “A few times but it’s always nice to hear.”
“How is everything going?” she asked.
“There are a few things I would like to discuss with you. Can I stop over for a short time?”
“Of course, I’m just sitting here on the patio.”
“I will see you shortly.” Alex hung up and grabbed his laptop again. He placed it into his bag and headed back downstairs and into the exhibit room. He noticed his employees as they cleaned the rugs and made sure the catering tables were properly set up. He briefly chatted with Beth and headed out the door to see Eve.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Alex knocked on her hotel room a short time later and heard he r feet cross the hardwood floor. He smiled when she opened the door. “Why hello there, Alex,” Eve said as she allowed him into the room.
“Hello, how are you?”
“I’m doing better now,” she said as she moved over to him and lightly kissed his lips.
Alex sighed as he closed his eyes and melted against her. His hand moved into her hair and held her lips against his.
Eve looked up at him. “Did you want some wine on the patio? I was just about to have a glass.”
Alex nodded. “That would be great. I have a couple of things to discuss with you.”
Eve smiled as she poured their glasses. “What’s going on?”
Alex grabbed his glass from her and placed it on the small patio table . He removed his suit jacket, tie and placed them on the chair behind him. He ran his hands through his hair and sighed. “Becca was the cause of all my problems. She was so upset when she caught us kissing last night that she went back to the gallery, disabled the alarm and started her mission of hurting our relationship.”
Eve pouted as she listened to him. “ What exactly did she do?”
Alex reached into his bag and pulled out his laptop. He slid it across the table and watched her. “Just open it up and the photos will start to play.”
Eve looked worried as she did what he asked her to do. He watched as her eyes scan the screen and she gasped. “Alex!”
He didn’t say anything right away. “I only saw a few of them.”
“These were taken with my ex-boyfriend. Most of them are with the rock star one. I had no idea that some of these existed. I thought I had found the majority of them and had them destroyed but that scummy ass dick wad had more of them and leaked them to the tabloid sites.”
“Becca thought she could show these to me and I would run screaming for the hills.”
Eve looked up from the screen horrified at the images in front of her. “You’re not?”
Alex shook his head and waved at the screen. “This was before me. We all make stupid mistakes. You trusted him and obviously he took advantage of it.”
Eve started to cry. She shut his computer and covered her face with her hands. “I’m so embarrassed right now, Alex. ”
He stood up and went around the table and pulled her into his arms. “Don’t be embarrassed. I told you that I really don’t care about them but if you are worried that there are more pictures out there, I will hire someone to find them.”
Eve looked up into his eyes. “You would do that for me?”
“Yes. I like you, Eve. I really want to continue to see you and if that happens, I need to know that I’m the only person looking at that beautiful body of yours.”
Eve lightly kissed his lips. “You are too
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