touch. Goodbye, Dad.”
Shep cursed when he heard the click on the other end and knew that even while in prison, he had to do whatever he could to protect his sons.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Shana lifted her head from looking down at the document and drew in a deep breath. Why was she feeling so nauseated? She hoped she wasn’t coming down with something else. She had finished taking the antibiotics her doctor had prescribed for her a couple of weeks ago and had been feeling just fine until this morning.
Now was not the time to start feeling under the weather. She had a lot to do today, and she’d promised Jules she would meet her for lunch at noon. Standing, she decided to grab a pack of crackers from the vending machine. She had hoped to have heard from Jace by now. She knew he would be late coming into the office after he’d had that phone conversation with his father. She couldn’t wait to find out how it went.
She left her office and rounded the corner to head toward the break room when she stopped. Standing in front of Brandy’s desk was a woman who looked to be a model from the profile she presented. Tall, with a mass of luxurious black hair flowing down her shoulders, she was the perfect shape, size and height and was wearing an outfit that appeared designed just for her body. The dress looked fabulous on her. Even her shoes were perfect for the dress, and it was evident they cost a lot. Whoever the woman was, she had money and wore “classy” as if she rightly deserved the title.
Brandy glanced Shana’s way, saw her, and with what Shana read as a relieved smile on her face, she said quickly to the woman, “Like I said, none of the Grangers have arrived yet, but I expect them soon. But here’s Ms. Bradford. She works very closely with Mr. Jace Granger, and perhaps she can tell you more than I can as to when to expect him.”
The woman turned quickly and cut Shana a sharp glance while letting her eyes roam up and down her in displeasure. “And who are you?” the woman asked as if she had every right to know.
Shana gazed back, looking into what she thought was a perfect face to go along with everything else that was perfect about this woman. The one thing Shana immediately disliked was the woman’s attitude. She recognized downright snootiness when she heard it. And she was sure the woman’s eyes had been used for intimidation more than once, but she would soon discover that, when it came to Shana, those tactics didn’t work.
Walking over toward the woman, Shana extended her hand. “I’m Shana Bradford. And you are?”
Before answering, the woman moved her gaze up and down Shana once more, and without accepting Shana’s hand, she lifted her chin, looked Shana in the eye with a smirk on her face and said, “I’m Eve Granger. Jace’s wife.”
Shana suddenly felt dizzy and thought she would fall flat on her face when a sharp, loud voice behind her reeled her in and kept her standing.
“Ex-wife!”
Shana recognized Jace’s voice and turned to see the three Granger brothers, standing tall, each looking incredibly handsome with their feet braced apart, standing side by side with fierce expressions on their faces.
“Jace, I just had to come.” The woman rushed over to Jace and threw her arms around him in a display of dramatics that Shana found astounding.
Shana watched Jace stiffen, refusing to return the embrace. In fact, his arms remained stiffly by his side. Dalton rolled his eyes, and Caden remained expressionless.
Jace pried the woman’s arms from around him and stepped back. “What are you doing here, Eve?” And from his biting tone, it was obvious he wasn’t glad to see her.
“Oh, Jace, I told you. I just had to come. I couldn’t let you go through this alone.”
“What are we? Chopped liver? Last we looked, he wasn’t alone,” Dalton snapped.
Ignoring Dalton, Eve tilted her head up to gaze into Jace’s face. “The media is reporting about those horrid people who tried to ruin your company and betray you.”
“Betrayal is something you know a lot about, isn’t it?” Jace said with a hard tone.
“Oh, Jace,” the woman moaned as tears appeared in her eyes. “How can you be so unforgiving?”
Dalton chuckled, clapped his hands together and said, “Will someone please give this woman an Oscar?”
Just as quickly as the fake tears had started,