Angus's Lost Lady by Ferrarella Marie

Author:Ferrarella, Marie [Ferrarella, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-09-21T11:29:09+00:00

“Would you mind if I came along today?”

Angus stopped riffling through the papers scattered on the coffee table and looked up at Rebecca. Somewhere amid this mess made up of the Sunday paper and miscellaneous other things was an address he needed.

Her question had caught him completely off guard. Sunday had been spent cautiously regaining ground that had been sacrificed in the aftermath of the few unguarded moments they’d shared before they’d each retreated to their separate corners—their separate worlds—the night before. By the time Sunday was over, they were back to where they’d been, somewhere between P.I. and client and two people on the cusp of what could be a budding friendship.

With the advent of Monday, things promised to return to the regular routine—with one notable exception. Vikki was going to school and he was going to work. He’d figured that Rebecca, the new, temporary ingredient in this mixture, would just remain here.

“Where?” he asked cautiously.

Her shoulders rose, then fell. She had no specific answer. “Wherever you’re going.”

She probably thought he was going to continue looking for clues to her identity. Much as, for her sake, he would have liked to devote himself to that exclusively, there were other things that demanded his attention.

“I’ve got other cases pending, Becky. I need to devote some time to them.” He didn’t want her thinking he was abandoning her. “That doesn’t mean I’m not going to try to find out who you are, but—”

She placed her fingertips on his lips. The contact, their first since Saturday night, momentarily shifted her focus. Realizing the effect it was having—on her if not him—Rebecca dropped her hand again.

“You don’t have to apologize,” she said quickly. “Especially since I can’t pay you yet. You’ve got a living to make, I understand that. I’m grateful for everything you’ve done so far.” She searched for the right words, her brain still a little addled. Touching him had just underscored the unanswered desire that hummed within her. “I just thought that maybe I could help in some way, you know, in lieu of paying you right now.”

Not being beholden to him seemed to be important to her. Was she independent to a fault, too, the way Jane had been? “And what way would that be?”

Again, specifics eluded her. “I don’t know.” She thought for a second. “Maybe you need your office straightened out.” From what she remembered seeing of it, even in her disoriented condition, the place had been in semichaos.

“It’s an organized mess,” he qualified. And he liked it that way. “Besides, I’m not going to the office until later this afternoon. After I check in with Al, I’ll be tied up doing surveillance work.”

The thought intrigued her. “What kind of surveillance?”

Still rummaging, Angus finally found what he was looking for—the address he was going to, after stopping at the station. Folding the paper, he put it into his pocket.

“Mrs. Angela Clarence Madison wants to get the goods on her gigolo of a husband so she doesn’t get stuck with paying him a hefty alimony.

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