An Officer and a Maverick by Teresa Southwick

Author:Teresa Southwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Lani refused to give in to the yearning to turn and look at Russ driving away. She walked into the house, closed the door behind her then leaned her forehead against it. It occurred to her that he might be jealous at the idea of her going out with Brad Crawford, then she realized that was crazy and possibly a little pathetic. Darn him anyway. She swore he wouldn’t get to her, but somehow he always did. There was something about the confident way he walked, the cocky tilt of his head, that adorable smile—when he chose to use it.

Things with him changed direction so fast a girl had no idea where she stood. One minute he was kissing her senseless, the next he treated her as a suspect in his case.

“Lani?”

Her sister’s voice came from the kitchen. Lindsay must be home for the weekend. Busy with her last semester of law school before she’d study for the bar exam, she didn’t have a lot of time to spare, though she tried to get back home as often as possible. But this visit was unexpected, and Lani wondered what was up. She headed in that direction and found her sister opening a bottle of Chardonnay. There were two wineglasses sitting on the island.

“How did you know I needed this?” Lani asked.

“Mom said you were working the carnival.” There was a “duh” in her sister’s voice as she poured the wine. “And I couldn’t help noticing that the very hot and sexy Detective Campbell dropped you off. Again.”

Lani didn’t want to talk about that. She just took the glass her sister handed over and said, “You know me too well, sis. Thanks.”

“And you know me.” She held her wineglass up. “Let’s drink to sisters before men.”

“Right on.” They clinked glasses and sipped. Lani thought her sister looked troubled. “Everything okay?”

“Oh, you know how it is. Men suck.”

“Barry didn’t meet your expectations?”

Lindsay’s expression was wry. “I have an expectation of fidelity when a man suggests we be exclusive. Apparently, his interpretation of being faithful was different.” She sighed, and the miserable look was back. “I caught him with his secretary. On the desk.”

“Ouch.” Lani winced. “But seriously, could that be any more clichéd?”

“I know, right? Absolutely no creativity.” Her sister toyed with the end of her ponytail. There was a frown in her blue eyes. “Except that what they were doing on that desk showed quite a bit of imagination—and passion that I never experienced with him.”

Lani’s heart hurt for her sister. She gave her a quick, hard hug. “You know, I could tell you he’s not worth crying over. There’s someone out there for you who’s ten times the man Barry is. That he’ll get what’s coming to him. But I’m not going to.”

“Really?” Lindsay’s eyebrows rose.

“Nope. Not going to go there,” she confirmed. “Instead, I say we get Anderson, Travis and Caleb to pay him a visit.”

“That’s like putting out a hit on him. If I’m going to be a lawyer and an officer of the court, I can’t condone that kind of behavior.

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