An Agent for Anna by Amelia C. Adams

Author:Amelia C. Adams [Adams, Amelia C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

As a young man, Liam had read Dante’s Inferno. He found much of it difficult to understand, but certain bits of imagery had stuck with him, and he had been both intrigued and repulsed by the description of the nine circles of hell. As he sat waiting for Anna and Veronica to finish their shopping, he couldn’t help but compare his current experience in a women’s shop to at least one of those circles.

He turned the page in his newspaper, using it as a foil to hide the fact that he was keeping an eye on everyone else in the store as they milled about. They were mostly women, and that allowed him to lower his guard a bit, knowing he was on the lookout for a man. He wasn’t about to become too lackadaisical, however—a sloppy agent was an agent who put his client in danger.

Just what was it that made Veronica a target—was it her father’s wealth, or was the kidnapper infatuated with her? If he could narrow down the motive, that would help him ascertain whether she would have been followed all this way. There were other wealthy families in Denver, and if money was the motive, Liam felt that the perpetrator would have let her go and moved on to someone else. Chasing her across the country wouldn’t be worth it.

However, if the man had a pathological obsession with her, that would make it more likely that he’d follow her. Men with that particular mental disorder found it difficult to let go once they formed a bond with someone. But wouldn’t Veronica be aware of someone who felt that strongly about her?

Again, he was back to the same question—was Veronica protecting her kidnapper? Did she truly not know who had made the attempt?

As many times as Liam had cycled through this, he always arrived at the same conclusion—she did not know her attacker, and he had not followed them out of Denver. It may have been exactly as she said—a random encounter with a man who’d had a bit too much to drink and was feeling a little overly confident about his ability to sweep her off her feet. But even with that decided once again, Liam still couldn’t let down his guard just in case.

And it was exhausting.

He watched Anna as she and Veronica examined a display of gloves. Anna’s hair was pinned up in the back, but loosely, and some tendrils had fallen down to drift around her face. She was lovely—absolutely lovely—and his heart warmed when he remembered waking up that morning and finding her curled up next to him. He’d been so tired, and he was grateful that she hadn’t made a fuss over sharing the bed. He would have slept on the floor if necessary, but he’d slept well with a proper bed, and it was nice that there was no argument about it. All he’d wanted was sleep, and she’d understood that. Bless her for caring about him.

Her eyes lit up as she picked up one pair of gloves in particular.

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