Broken: (McIntyre Security Bodyguard Series - Book 3) by April Wilson

Author:April Wilson [Wilson, April]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wilson Publishing
Published: 2016-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Beth and I walk the three blocks to our favorite little coffee shop just off N. Michigan Avenue.

“Sam’s gay, isn’t he?” I say.

She smiles and nods. “He’s not real open about it, so don’t tell anyone. But yeah, he is. The whole ask-don’t-tell thing was still in effect when he was in the military.”

“I never picked up on it before today. But he definitely set my gaydar off back there.”

Beth chuckles. “I think it just means he feels comfortable around you now. He trusts you.”

We reach our destination, a local coffee and sandwich shop owned by Gina Capelli, the younger sister of Peter Capelli. Much younger sister, that is. While Peter’s pushing forty, Gina’s in her late twenties. I guess the hospitality biz runs in the family. Gina’s coffee shop could give Starbucks a run for its money with all their fancy coffee drinks, plus they serve great food and they have a kick-ass bakery. Plus, Gina’s really cool, even if she is one of those high-brow Capellis.

We claim an available table in the corner of the shop near a window overlooking the crowded sidewalk. The atmosphere is welcoming and cozy, and the tables are filling up quickly with both tourists and locals taking their lunch breaks. It’s easy to tell the tourists apart from the locals. The wide-eyed tourists gaze out the windows at the bustling cityscape, trying to take it all in, while the locals have their noses buried in their phones and tablets. The whole place has a vintage feel to it, with the dark wood floors burnished to a warm glow. The dark wood tables are antiques with mismatched wooden chairs, and the windows are covered with lacey white curtains.

Almost as soon as we’re seated, Gina stops by with glasses of ice water. “Hi, Beth. Hi, Lia,” she says, smiling as she hands us menus. She looks at me. “Peter said you were at Renaldo’s last night with Makayla Hendricks and Jonah Locke. Are you really bodyguarding for Jonah Locke?”

I nod, taking one of the menus from her. “Yeah. Someone has to do it.”

She shakes her head. “That guy is drop-dead gorgeous. Do you two know what you want, or do you need a moment?”

We each end up ordering the special, half a sandwich and a bowl of soup, along with an iced coffee drink. It’s early fall now, so pumpkin spice is all the rage.

“She sure doesn’t act like an heiress to a huge ass fortune,” I say, as Gina walks away to place our orders.

Gina and her brother each inherited an ungodly amount of money from their paternal grandmother a few years ago, but you’d never know it by looking at Gina. She’s dressed in jeans and a cream lace peasant top, and her shoulder-length chestnut hair is up in a ponytail. She could be hobnobbing with the rich and famous anywhere in the freaking world, but instead she chooses to run a quaint little coffee shop downtown Chicago.

Beth fiddles nervously with

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