Easton's Claim (Colebrook Siblings Trilogy Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

following me?”
    Ah, hell. “Go somewhere public and wait for me there. I’ll meet you. I’m leaving now.” He just wanted to get to her, make sure she really was okay. And if Greg or some other asshole had followed her, Easton would take care of it.
    “Okay.” She named a gas station just off the highway.
    “I’ll be there in fifteen minutes. Don’t move from there, okay?”
    “All right.” She let out a shaky sigh. “I’m sorry about this.”
    “Nothing to be sorry for.” Damn you, Greg. “Just hang tight. I’m getting into my truck.” The door alarm chimed as he climbed into the cab. “Want to stay on the line with me until I get there?”
    “No, it’s okay. Think I’ll just park and get myself together before you get here.”
    “No need, sweetness.” He didn’t want her to have to compose herself before seeing him. He wanted her to feel comfortable with him no matter what was happening. “Call me if you want in the meantime, okay?”
    “I will.” A pause. “Thanks, Easton.”
    “No worries.” He was halfway down his long driveway when he ended the call. By the time he’d reached the gas station, he was livid. He couldn’t believe that lowlife asshole would drag Piper into whatever shit he’d gotten himself into this time. Wasn’t Greg supposed to be in another rehab program out of state right now?
    He spotted her little red car next to the service station building and pulled into the parking lot. She climbed out of her car as he parked beside her, her expression sheepish.
    And mother of Christ, she looked sexy as hell in that deep blue dress, her golden blond hair all shiny and spilling down her back in soft waves.
    “Hey. Thanks for coming,” she said as he got out of his truck.
    He didn’t want her thanking him for that. “You all right?” he asked, placing both hands on her shoulders, her skin warm and smooth under his palms.
    She nodded, staring at the middle of his chest where his shirt gaped open. He wished it was because she wanted to look at his naked chest, and not because she was embarrassed. “I’m fine. This was just…a shock.”
    Easton settled his hands on her back and drew her into a gentle hug instead of crushing her to him the way he wanted to. His girl was shaken and afraid and he’d do anything he could to protect her and make it better.
    His heart beat faster when her arms encircled his waist and she leaned her cheek on his shoulder. Her soft floral scent teased him, her warm curves nestled against the hard planes of his torso. She felt amazing and he had to force himself to drop his arms and release her before she noticed the erection growing in his jeans. “The cops call back yet?”
    “No. I’m sure he would’ve left when I did. Maybe they’re out searching for him.”
    Maybe. “Can I do anything?” God he hated seeing her sad and worried.
    She shook her head, lowered her gaze to the pavement between them. “This is more than enough.”
    Not by a long shot, but his plan for the evening was all shot to shit now, so his campaign to woo her was going to have to wait. “Come into my truck and tell me what happened.”
    When she climbed in, he noticed the thin gold chain wrapped around her ankle. “You still have the anklet?”
    She glanced down. “Yeah. I always wear it. It reminds me of you. You gave it to me for my birthday one year, remember?”
    “Of course I remember.” He’d been fifteen when he’d given it to her. His dad had pitched in the extra thirty bucks Easton hadn’t been able to come up with in time for her twenty-first birthday. If his old man had guessed at his true feelings for Piper back then, he hadn’t said anything. It touched him to know it still meant so much to her. “I’ll have Wyatt and Austen come pick up your car and drive it to the farm.”
    “Okay.”
    Rather than sit in the parking lot, he drove them back toward town while she filled him in on what happened. He kept checking his mirrors to make sure no one