Avenging Angel by Tara Janzen

Author:Tara Janzen [Janzen, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense
Publisher: Tara Janzen
Published: 2012-01-04T13:00:00+00:00

Ten

Out of the corner of his eye, Dylan saw the shine of wetness on her cheeks. Wary, he turned his head to see her more fully. He’d always known there were certain levels of the female psyche he was unfamiliar with, but the depth of his ignorance hit him anew.

What was she crying about? he wondered. They hadn’t blown up. She now believed he wasn’t a complete reprobate. So much of the worst was over for her. Wasn’t it?

Her soft sob and quick inhalation told him otherwise. He had an uneasy feeling the crying business was only beginning. When she sniffled, he knew it.

He let out a heavy sigh and glanced around the parking lot. He knew how to fight with her, and God knows he’d dreamed enough about making love with her, but tears were beyond his coping abilities.

Maybe she’d just figured out that she’d made a big mistake by not giving him away to the police. He glanced over at her again.

No, he decided. She was too smart not to realize she’d done the best thing for herself as well as for him.

“The Bureau gave Dane Erickson a record,” he said, turning halfway toward her and addressing what he thought might be part of the problem. He’d heard enough of her phone conversation to know Henry Wayland hadn’t wasted any time in checking Dane Erickson’s “references,” as it were. He’d also surmised that the FBI had chosen to retain his cover—typical of the type of support he’d been getting for the last few months. “Your lawyer friend probably found out about it.”

“He did.” She discreetly wiped at her cheek with the heel of her palm, but he saw the gesture and it pulled at him in places he hadn’t known he’d possessed.

“The drug thing was also set up by the FBI,” he reassured her. “On the whole I’m a pretty law-abiding citizen.”

Johanna slanted him a disbelieving look through her tears.

“You always impressed me as a woman with good instincts,” he continued. “I guess I just want you to know that you can trust what they’ve told you about me.”

His audacity amazed her.

“What in the world makes you think that might be to your advantage?” she asked, her disbelief rising along with her eyebrows.

He shrugged and reached under the steering column. “You’re here, aren’t you?”

The wires he twisted in his fingers sparked the engine to life, thankfully overriding the necessity for her to answer. Because of course he was right. Again.

With dismay, she dropped her head back on the seat and closed her eyes. Her actions had spoken for themselves. They didn’t need her big mouth confirming everything he was thinking.

Dylan eased the gray sedan out of the parking lot, carefully watching the traffic. Maybe he’d stated his case too bluntly. He’d obviously made her angry—again—a particular talent of his, he realized. But she’d stopped crying, and for that he was truly grateful. He was too far down the line to be discovering personal weaknesses like Johanna Lane’s tears.

Miles

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