Angelo: A Second Chance Navy SEAL Romance by Carlisle Lisa

Author:Carlisle, Lisa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lisa Carlisle
Published: 2020-04-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Catherine

The next morning, Angelo made coffee and blueberry pancakes.

“You’re spoiling me.” After she took a sip of the delicious hazelnut brew, she asked, “What do you have planned today?”

“The usual. Hang out with my family. Maybe get a workout in with my brothers. Then, if you’re up for it, come back here to spoil you with my cooking and sexual prowess.”

She laughed. He had been spoiling her with both indeed. “That sounds like a great idea to me.”

They each ate some more pancakes.

“What about you,” Angelo asked. “What’s going on at work today?”

“Good question. Let me check my schedule.” She pulled out her phone to check her calendar. The usual project meetings with her team. She flipped to her email app to make sure nothing else had come up.

One was addressed from a sender reading “brain research.” She couldn’t resist an inquiry like that. She opened it and regret swamped her.

It was from Trent.

He likely created another throwaway email account since the other one had been blocked by IT.

I’m getting impatient…

That’s all it read.

Why? A dark shiver ran along her spine.

“Cate? What’s wrong?” Angelo asked.

She shook her head. “Oh, it’s nothing. Work stuff.”

“You turned white and froze. You look terrified.”

Shit. She’d never play against him in poker. He’d read everything on her face.

He dropped his fork and leaned back in his chair. “Is someone bothering you?”

Cate squirmed under the scrutiny. “Not exactly.”

“Well, what exactly?”

“It is—sort of—a nuisance.”

“What is?”

She took a deep breath. “A man has contacted me a few times.”

Angelo straightened, his expression turned grave. “What man? And how?”

“It’s just some guy who has been contacting my team to warn us about our research for the government.”

“Warning you how? Is he threatening you?” His voice lowered with a dangerous edge, as if she’d woken up the warrior and set him on full alert.

He wouldn’t relent until he knew all the answers, would he? “No. He is warning researchers who work on government contracts. He said they have messed with his memory. Most of what he writes doesn’t make sense. Words strung together without much meaning. He needs help.” She paused, gauging what else to reveal. “He addressed his letters to me as Miss Catherine Boudreaux in tiny, capitalized letters. Not doctor and not Ms., which is odd—like he knows I’m not married.” Once she started talking about this situation she’d tried to minimize, her worries spilled out.

“That’s why I had that idea the night of the wedding,” she continued. “He contacted me on social media, and it was fresh in my mind. It rattled me—and when you didn’t recognize me—well, I guess I carried it over to make you uncomfortable as well.” She gave him a sheepish expression. “It wasn’t my best moment.”

Angelo leaned back in the chair, keeping his posture straight. He eyed Cate for a long moment and then asked, “Have you reported this to anyone?”

“Yes. I told the security team at the university.”

“What have they done?” Suspicion rose in his tone.

Her jaw twitched. “They said they’ll look into it.

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