A Reclusive Heart (Hollywood Hearts #2)(69)

“That’s fine, Mr. Quinn, but please realize that this video may have to be viewed by other officers at a later time,” the detective explained as he gestured for the officers to leave the room.

“That’s fine, but I don’t think they need to be here this time,” Nick said with a nod of thanks as he sat back down and put his arm around her.

Once the door was shut the movie began to play again.

“Why are we down here?” the recorded version of her asked as Nick double checked the lock.

“Are you going to tell me what’s wrong?” Nick asked as he moved towards the pool and she felt the air in her lungs freeze as the camera moved with the action.

Someone had been in the pool room with them last night. Thanks to the dimly lit area, changing rooms and equipment there apparently had been plenty of places to hide.

“Nothing’s wrong!”

“Do you by chance have your cell phone on you at the moment?” Nick asked as he walked towards the deep end of the pool.

“No, why?” she asked, sounding confused.

“No special reason,” he said before he tossed her into the pool.

Knowing exactly what was coming, Jamie dropped her face into her hands and listened as the entire event that occurred in the pool area played out.

When it was done she almost fell out of her chair in relief. That is until Nick practically jumped to his feet and started flipping out. Wondering what had him mad, well besides the obvious, she looked up and nearly cried as she read the words on the screen.

You’ll be dead within the month, but before that happens I thought the world should know that the famous J.L. Lewis is nothing but a whore.

By 10:00 AM this video and the lovely audio I recorded of your bedroom activities will have already hit the internet.

Enjoy your fifteen minutes of fame, Bitch.

“Play the audio tape,” Nick said tightly as he reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Without a word the detective carefully switched out the DVD and within seconds an audio recording of what happened once they reached their room last night began to play.

“You’re not tired, huh?” Nick’s voice asked teasingly.

“Not for you, Nick,” she heard herself answer in a husky voice that surprised her.

“What if I told you that I wanted to finish what we started this morning, hmm? Would you get back on your hands and knees for me, Jamie?”

When Nick’s deep chuckle echoed throughout the office she squeezed her eyes shut and pressed her face against Nick’s chest, dreading what came next.

“That easy, huh? Tell me, baby, are you wet for me?”

“Why don’t you come check?”

“Any way we can skip to the end to see if whoever the hell did this left another message?” Nick suddenly asked, thankfully cutting off what came next.

A moment of silence followed before the sound of grunting and cries of pleasure echoed throughout the room. She felt her cheeks burn as it played out.

Once it was done she nearly sagged with relief. It didn’t take long before she realized that there was no message.

“Can we check to see if they’ve been released online yet?” Nick asked, giving her a comforting squeeze.

“Sure,” she heard the Detective say, but refused to leave the safety of Nick’s chest and face the man. That would pretty much be impossible now that he’d watched a video of her having sex.

“Son of a bitch,” Nick bit out.

“It’s on the internet, isn’t it?” she asked, biting her bottom lip anxiously.

“Yes.”

A video and audio file of her ha**ng s*x with Nick was now on the internet.

People all over the world could watch and listen to her ha**ng s*x and there was nothing she could do to stop it. She knew the police could try and have the files pulled off, but they’d just pop up somewhere else. Worst yet, whoever did this had followed through with the threat, which meant that they probably had every intention of following through with the second threat.

Within a month someone was going to try to kill her, she realized with something close to panic. The thought absolutely terrified her, but surprisingly she wasn’t worried about herself, she realized. She was worried about Nick. If he was around he could get caught in the crossfire and she didn’t want to see him hurt. It would destroy her if anything happened to him because of her.

She wanted him safe and the only way to guarantee that was to keep as far away from him as possible. There was only one way she knew how to do that and it would have the added benefit of taking her out of the limelight and giving her a chance to figure out who she’d upset so much that they were willing to kill her over it.

“Nick?” she said, pulling back just far enough to look up at him.

“Yes?” he said, looking down at her with so much tenderness that she almost cried.

“I’m done with the tour,” she announced, knowing that it meant they were over, but not caring one bit. Well, she did, but she was more concerned about getting him to safety and that meant taking away every reason he had for being near her.

“That goes without saying, Jamie,” he said on a sigh as he leaned down and pressed a kiss to forehead as she tried to hold back her hurt feelings.

That was it? Seriously? After all they went through he was going to let her walk away that easily? Then again there did appear to be a psycho on her tail so maybe it was for the best that he was giving her up so easily.