Beauty and the Bodyguard by Lisa Childs

Author:Lisa Childs
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-08-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“The bride’s the one we want.” The words ringing in her ears, Megan ran for her life. The heavy dress hampered her movements. She tripped on the train and nearly fell, catching herself against the stone wall. The rough stone scraped her palms, but she held in a cry of pain.

The man wasn’t running after her. He probably thought she was trapped in the dead end of the hallway. The hallway was her best chance of escaping, if she could find the door to the secret passageway.

She began knocking down boxes, hopeful she would find the door and be able to get inside before the guy caught her again. Her breath shuddered out as she discovered the wooden frame. She shoved the last box aside and reached for the door handle just as a shadow blocked her already faint light.

“What the hell is that?” the man asked.

Megan sucked in the breath she’d expelled and turned to face him. “N-nothing...”

“It’s something,” the man said. “Where does the door go?”

To freedom. To help. Both of those were eluding Megan now.

He pushed her aside and shoved open the door to see for himself. Peering into the dark hole behind the door, he remarked, “It’s a tunnel. Is that where the wedding planner went?”

If only she had...

Megan nodded. “Yes. She’s getting help.”

He laughed off her bluff. “All she’s going to get is killed. The church is surrounded with our guys. Andrea thought of everything. Nobody’s getting inside this place and nobody’s leaving.”

“What do you want?” Megan asked. “Why are you doing this?”

The guy shrugged. “I don’t know, lady. I just do what I’m paid to do.”

“What are you paid to do?” she asked. “Kill? How much do you charge for that?”

He just glared at her.

“It can’t be enough,” she answered her own question. “Not enough to risk your freedom. To risk your life.”

He shook his head. “Knock it off. You’re not getting to me again.”

She had to—it was her only chance of escaping him. “I won’t have to get to you,” she said. “The police will be here soon.”

He snorted. “There’s no way you were able to contact them. Andrea jammed the cell signal.”

Of course Andrea had. Damn the bitch.

Megan offered him a condescending smile. “I heard that gunshot down here. You don’t think anyone else heard it and reported it?”

His throat moved as he swallowed. And he tilted his head, as if listening for sirens.

Megan thought she’d heard screams just a little while ago, while she’d been running. She’d thought they might have been her own. She’d wanted to scream. Now she wanted to cry.

The guy shrugged again. “If the cops are coming, then we damn well better hurry.”

“Yes,” she agreed. “Let’s you and I go out through the secret passage. Let’s get out of here!”

He snorted. “Lady, that would get me killed for sure. if I double-crossed Andrea.”

“Please, don’t do this,” she implored to his conscience, hoping that he had one. “You know if you bring me upstairs, Andrea will kill me.

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