Sun Kissed (The Guardian Angel Series Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

overheard Raina telling her group of
airheaded followers that she talked Hunter into filing a statement against Eli
to the higher power.”
    “Wait. What?”
    “She said that Hunter was worried there was
something going on between you and Mr De Luca, and she convinced him to get Eli
out of the picture. Hunter then filed an inappropriate relations statement.
That’s not all. Mr Aleksandrov had taken the fall for Tay’s death, but Hunter
thought he’d do double the damage by reporting foul play between the two
guardians.”
    “Wh- why are you telling me this?”
    “Because De Luca is — was your guardian …
regardless of the short period of time he served you, there would still be some
kind of bond between you and he saved your life, many times. As for Hunter, I
just don’t like him.”
    “How do I know Raina didn’t put you up to
this? Or maybe you’re just trying to get me to back out of going to dinner with
Hunter tonight.”
    “I — You’re going to dinner with him? Ruby,
this guy is not to be trusted; he’s sabotaging people you care about. He’s
ruining their lives because if they’re around, it means he can’t have you. You’re
falling right where he wants you.”
    Rylan stood up and left me at the table
with too many questions. He crossed the hall and joined Raina. She shot me a
glance, but it was different than her old glances. It was guilty, like she felt
sorry for me. The appetite I had when I came into the dining room had
diminished. In its place was disgust and disbelief.
    “You excited for dinner?” Hunter sang as he
slid in next to me.
    My eyes met Eli’s, but as quickly as they
met, he turned back to the conversation he was having with a fellow guardian
angel.
    “Yeah … I, uh, I’m not feeling well. I’m
going to get some water.”
    I slid off my seat and went over to water
cooler to fill up a cup.
    “I’m back! Uncle was worried, but I told
him we were napping and he’s fine now,” Mila cheered happily.
    I guzzled my glass of water.
    “Can we eat? I’m starving.”
    Mila grabbed a garden salad from the
serving table and we walked over to where I was sitting. Hunter was still there.
    “Are you two excited for dinner?”
    Hunter’s toothpick went to the corner of
his mouth as he smiled.
    “Very,” I lied, forcing a fake smile.
    “See you at six.” He winked at me and left.
    Nausea radiated throughout my stomach. I
wanted to find out the truth, but I couldn’t be certain. What if this was all
part of Raina’s plan? What if she wanted me to sabotage my relationship with
Hunter? And Rylan had his own motives, he obviously saw Hunter as a threat. Thinking
it out thoroughly made it seem even more ridiculous, but I couldn’t shake Eli’s
words from earlier out of my head: ‘don’t put all your trust into him.’ Does
Eli know? Surely he would have done something about it or at least told me?
    “Are you okay?” Mila asked, breaking my
line of thought.
    “Yeah, yeah, I’m just thinking about what
we discussed earlier,” I lied.
    “Shhh,” she hushed as she glanced over her
shoulder cautiously.
    I rolled my eyes. I gave nothing away by
using that sentence. Who would hear what I said as ‘Mila loves Gabriel’?
    “Chill out. I’m obviously not going to talk
about it in a room full of people.”
    “But still … be cool.”
    I rolled my eyes at her.
     
    Once lunch was over I became increasingly
nervous. I knew I had to confront Hunter about it and I didn’t want to ruin
dinner, but I had to do it when there was no one around, making dinner my only
option.
    Students poured from the dining hall, Mila
included, but I decided to hang back to speak to Eli. I couldn’t give Mila the
right advice but I know Eli can.
    “Is everything okay?” Eli asked as we
walked out of the dining hall side by side.
    “I can’t tell you here. We need to find a
quiet place.”
    ‘Ruby, I don’t think —”
    “It’s about Mila.”
    Eli’s fingers wrapped around my forearm and
he