Free Daisy's Choice (A Tale of Three Hearts) by Sienna Mynx

with actions. It was different with Daisy. I went all in, and it took me a long time to recover. I guess I fear it because I got that feeling again, the one that makes me weak. Does that make sense?"
     
    She nodded.
     
    He pressed his lips to hers until he felt her soften and come up against him for more. Her sweet plush lips parted and her warm tongue came out in greeting. Pete drew it into his mouth, still holding her. Wanting to just express his love, he decided tonight he would. She was beautiful, his Nina, inside and out. What they had was different from his first love. He understood that now.
     
    His mouth parted from hers and he looked in her eyes when he spoke. “Tonight is all yours. Call out. Put that dress back on. We’re going to Louisville.”
     
    “ But you have to work in the morning too.”
     
    “ Hey. Soon I’ll be my own boss, right? Besides, when was the last time we did anything for us?”
     
    She smiled. “You sure?”
     
    “ Yeah, Nina. I’m really sure.”
     
    She hugged him tight and hurried over to the nightstand to call Bea. Pete wiped the tingle from his lips where her kiss remained. How good she felt. He eyed the closet where the ring was hidden. Tonight would be Nina’s night, in ways she couldn’t imagine.
     
    Walking out, a nagging persistent part of his consciousness tossed Daisy up again. But he forced himself to admit another truth. Daisy was gone. Her choice. If she didn’t come home for her father’s funeral, she’d never return. It was apparent that Aiden Keane couldn’t find her either. Aiden said he was happy that Pete didn’t have her. Well make that the same for Pete. He could take some solace in knowing the dirty bastard couldn’t reach her.
     
     
     
    ***
     
     
    “ Telephone, Mr. Keane,” the leggy blonde said. She flashed him a smile and a little cleavage, reaching to hand him the phone. He nodded and she lingered a moment longer, hoping for a mile-high invite. Aiden dismissed her with a look.
     
    “ What do you have, Donovan?”
     
    “ Not much yet. Our people are working on it. I have a man at the spa, but I got word you've called in Mathew Sterling? Who is he?"
     
    Aiden trusted Donovan. However, after a few years into his search for Daisy, he got the feeling that his friend only tolerated his obsession. Mathew Sterling was on his private payroll.
     
    "Aiden? Who is he?"
     
    “ Doesn't matter. The spa is called Jahi? Hmm. Pull back your people and let Sterling handle it.”
     
    “ Why? My man can tail her.”
     
    “ She’s too smart for that. I won’t have you fucking this up! Pull him back now.”
     
    “ I found her for you, Aiden," Donovan sighed. "You think Sterling can get what you need?”
     
    Aiden smiled. “This Salon she's visiting, you say it’s a girl’s dream? That Andria liked it?”
     
    “ Yes.”
     
    “ Full body treatment, toes, nails the works?”
     
    “ Yes.”
     
    Aiden chuckled. “It’s hers. She's not a customer. She’s the owner.”
     
    “ Of Jahi? I doubt it. The place is renowned.”
     
    “ Trust me. I always knew it’s where I’d find her. Pull your men back and start digging into Jahi. Everything you can find out about it.”
     
    “ Aiden, my guy says—”
     
    “ It doesn't matter. She can’t suspect that I’m on to her; not until I’m ready for her to know. Give her space. I want the information ready for me when I land.” He ended the call. A cold wave of satisfaction moved through him. No, he hadn’t thought it out, not fully until now. He didn’t build an empire from nothing to be some pussy whipped chump running to her door and falling to his knees. He’d walk into her life on his terms. After all, he had his fucking pride.
     
    His smile faded, as did his nostalgia. If Daisy had gone to such lengths and avoided the burial of her father, she had changed. The Daisy he knew in Vegas he could handle; naïve, trusting, wanting to please him, Daisy. He remembered the starry eyed