Page 74 of Billionaire Undeceived - Devon

“If they hurt her, I’ll hurt both of them,” I said to Kaleb in a low voice that my mother couldn’t hear.

He nodded. “We all will.”

“Is there anything I can do to help,” Hannah asked as she waddled into the kitchen.

She was getting close to her due date, and she was starting to look a little uncomfortable.

“You can go into the living room and put your feet up,” Mom scolded. “Your feet have been swelling lately.”

“The doctor said I’m fine,” Hannah argued.

“She’s right,” Tanner said as he entered behind her with Anna directly behind him.

I watched as Tanner put his arm around Hannah and a protective hand on his wife’s abdomen.

Tanner probably had the calmest demeanor of all of us brothers, but he was looking a little frazzled lately.

He was obviously worried about his wife and her upcoming delivery.

I couldn’t blame him.

It had to be hell to know that your wife was about to go through a lot of pain to bring your kid into the world.

“Where’s Reese?” Lauren asked as she walked into the room.

My mother explained to her that she’d lost her phone, and that Reese had gone to retrieve it.

I glanced up at the kitchen clock.

It had been a while since she’d left.

The pine tree was a short hike, but she should be getting back by now. She was a fast walker, and she’d be hurrying in case Mom needed her help.

“Maybe I should go meet her,” I said out loud.

Kaleb slapped me on the back. “Relax. She hasn’t been gone that long, and I don’t think anything is going to happen to her here.”

I pulled my phone from the pocket of my jeans and sent her a short text, simply asking if she was getting close to the house.

Reese was always good about answering my texts quickly because she knew I would be worried if she didn’t.

Everyone around me looked at me like I was being a little overprotective, but I didn’t give a shit.

There was someone out there in the world who wanted the woman I loved dead, and that made me slightly edgy almost all of the time.

Ralph had told me a few days ago that it had been a while since they’d gotten a location on Kline.

It had also been weeks since he’d sent a threatening message to Reese on her old digital devices.

He’d also said that he wondered if Burke Kline had decided to commit suicide and was dead somewhere and no one had found him yet.

In my mind, that asshole offing himself would be the best-case scenario, but I wished someone would find his dead body so this could be over for Reese.

My family kept chatting as a minute ticked by.

And then two.

And then three.

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