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  Courage

  Billionaire Secrets Series, Volume 3

  Lexy Timms

  Published by Dark Shadow Publishing, 2018.

  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

  COURAGE

  First edition. April 10, 2018.

  Copyright © 2018 Lexy Timms.

  ISBN: 978-1386603757

  Written by Lexy Timms.

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  Courage Blurb

  BY USA TODAY BESTSELLING Author, Lexy Timms.

  The SECRET of happiness is FREEDOM. The secret of freedom is COURAGE.

  The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past as better than what is was and the present worse than it actually is.

  SIMON DIESEL, billionaire extraordinaire, is being played: Either by the woman he’s hopelessly in love with, or by someone he trusts.

  That narrows the list down significantly. There’s only a handful of people Simon trusts, so it shouldn’t be that hard to find the perpetrator. However, how much is he willing to risk for his company? For his heart?

  Will falling in love with Heather a second time be a second chance, or payback for the heartbreak he caused her years ago?

  “The harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing.”

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  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

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  Chapter 1

  The sound of screeching tires made Heather Hall race to her front door. On the way she peered out the window in the living room, trying to see what the hell was going on outside. When she spotted Simon’s car pulling up her driveway, her anxiety gave way to raw anger.

  She flung the door open and rushed out. It didn’t matter that she was barefoot. Simon Diesel was the last person she wanted to see right now. “What on earth are you doing?”

  Simon stepped out of his car. All six-foot-something of his large frame made her momentarily stop in her tracks. Even in her anger, his sex appeal took her breath away. He had that mix of confident intellect and effortless masculinity that made her heart race. And those smoldering blue eyes didn’t hurt either.

  Right now he was focusing his turbulent gaze on her, a storm gathering in those extraordinary eyes. “Heather, listen to me—”

  “No, you listen,” she snapped, getting in his face. “Who do you think you are? I know it’s not as fancy as the neighborhood you live in, but people live here. Kids live here. You can’t come racing your car through here like some maniac.”

  He held his hands up, his brow furrowing. “I’m sorry.”

  His apology did nothing to cool her temper. After the way he had left things between them at her Dover office mere hours ago, she was in no mood for his attempt at an apology. “Glad you got that out of the way. You can leave now.”

  “I’m sorry I accused you,” he said. “I had no right to accuse you without evidence.”

  “Oh, but you seemed to think you had plenty of evidence,” she shot back. “I’m a liar after all. I started our working relationship with a lie, so why wouldn’t I be a spy and a hacker on top of it? I’m pathetic and untrustworthy, remember?”

  “Will you just listen to me?” He started to walk up and down her driveway, pacing with a determined stride. Damn, his legs were so long, and from experience she knew how muscular they were from all the swimming that he did to stay in shape.

  Ugh. Not even half a day had gone by since he’d insulted her in her own office, yet here she was, practically drooling over him. The hold that he had over her was so excruciatingly delicious she felt like she was in high school all over again. Pining over the high school golden boy who had become one of the richest men in the country.

  “What do you want?” she demanded.

  “You’re not the only person who knows about the servers in my apartment building.” He didn’t stop his pacing. It should have annoyed her, but it was a habit of his when the gears of his mind started going. That pacing was the price of his genius, but the way his pants hugged his ass when he walked away from her didn’t exactly feel a heavy price at all.

  She swallowed hard. If she had any hope of surviving this mess she absolutely, positively could not let Simon have such a hold on her. Letting him go completely was her only option.

  “If you want me to leave I’ll go, but I really think you need to hear this,” he continued.

  Curiosity was overriding her caution. “Who else knows about the servers?”

  When he was just inches away from her, he stopped his pacing. Stopped and stared down at her. The last time he had looked down his nose at her like this had been hours ago in her office. His stare had been much harder then. Much more arrogant.

  “The electricians who came to upgrade my apartment last week,” he said. “And the building super who let them in.”

  She blinked. Of course. The electricians had gotten access to the entire luxury apartment building, which meant she was no longer the only person who knew that Simon kept his servers in the place. Heather had been so stunned at Simon’s accusations that she hadn’t been able to think clearly enough to remember about the electricians.

  “Have you talked to the electricians or your super yet?” she asked.

  “Not yet,” he responded. “I came down here as soon as I realized they had access to the building.”

  “You mean you came down as soon as you realized you accused me unfairly,” she pointed out.

  Frustration flickered in his eyes. He probably wasn’t used to subordinates standing up to him like this, but when he’d first hired her he had assured her that he was the kind of man who listened to his employees.

  Plus, after she had given him a piece of her mind and stormed out of Dover, she doubted that she was even still his employee. Never mind the fact that she was innocent of spying and hacking. The things she had said to him would have landed her in hot water even if Simon realized his mistake.

  “This isn’t easy for me,” he said.

  “You think it’s easy for me?” she asked. “To be accused of such horrible things? How can I show my face at Dover if that’s what you and the rest of the staff think of me?” She didn’t even want to remind him of the harsh things he had said to her. His accusations had cut deep enough, but he had mocked her feelings for him. Had flung her insecurities about her doomed marriage right back at her. She had shared her fears about her relationship with her ex-husband with him and he had used that knowledge a
gainst her. It didn’t matter if he had believed she had betrayed him. Their bond should have been enough for him to trust her. Enough for him to know that his words had all but destroyed her.

  Now he was trying to ease his own guilt and she wasn’t going to stand for it.

  “No, I don’t think this is easy for you,” he said. “I’ve put you in this impossible position. I’ve questioned your integrity and you have every right to be angry. But don’t let this affect your career. Don’t let your rightful anger ruin what you’ve worked so hard to build.”

  “Everett already suspects me,” she reminded him. Everett Eastman was a senior board member, and if he thought she was guilty it was likely that the rest of the board would also think she was guilty. “Do you really think I’ll be able to go back to work if the board thinks I hacked into your home computer system and spied on you for a rival company?”

  “Not if you give up,” he said. “Don’t quit. Let them be the ones to let you go. Make them force you out—don’t make it easy for them. You can show your face at Dover because there’s a chance that you’re innocent.”

  “A chance?” Her eyes narrowed. “I am innocent.”

  “Deep down I know that,” he said. “But I don’t have definitive proof that exonerates you. I suspect my building super and the electricians, but you’re still on the list of suspects.”

  “So you think I did this?” Anger made her body go rigid.

  “No,” he forced out. “I don’t. But the board is going to need solid evidence. So I have to prove who the real spy is.”

  “You just want to ease your guilt. You don’t actually want to help me. It’s obvious that you think I’m so pathetic that your pity made you come here.” She hated pity. It made her feel small and helpless. She’d rather he believed she was a spy, because at least he had seen her as capable. Now he was back to thinking of her as merely pathetic and useless. Heather bristled at the thought.