Caught Up by Rya Stone

Author:Rya Stone [Stone, Rya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Amara, Military, oil fields, Texas, suspense, roughneck, opposites attract, fling, protector, tattoos
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Kyle scooted into one of the hard yellow booths, unable to contain himself any longer. “Soooo…”

“Soooo what?” she asked, opening a bag of jalapeño potato chips. To preserve her jiggle.

Kyle cocked an all too dramatic eyebrow. “Your car wasn’t at the motel this morning.”

Actually, it had been—long enough to shower and change before picking up the signed and notarized Peterson lease at the law offices of Kramer and Calhoun. Her belly had fluttered when she’d walked in, remembering Jase’s lease was there also. She didn’t know what had changed, but she knew, in some way, that she’d been a part of it. The rest of her morning had consisted of dodging smirks from her coworkers and making some follow-up calls regarding the few leases she still had out. “I asked you to lunch so I can ask you some title questions, not account for my whereabouts between the hours of—”

“Evading the question?”

“You made a statement.”

Kyle cleared his throat. “Semantics.”

“I fell asleep on his couch.” And awoke to a note and a hot pot of coffee.

Got called out to the rig. Dropped an extra key in your purse. Lock up when you leave.

See you tonight.

Jase

Kyle chuckled. “And I’m supposed to believe that?”

“It was kind of a rough night.” She filled him in on Clint’s little visit and the ensuing brawl while she unwrapped her sub.

“Holy shit. Those two fighting?”

“It wasn’t sexy.” Though she had to suppress a shudder at the memory of Jase’s big, wet body afterward.

“Uh-uh.”

“Seriously, Kyle, the stuff they were saying… I think Jase burned that house down.”

“Well.” He swallowed a bite. “There’s only one way to find out…”

“No. Hell, no. Besides, going out there won’t really explain anything.”

Kyle spoke over her shoulder. “Damn, I’d kill for that face.”

Cassie turned. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Were none of Marian’s dining establishments safe?

“I’m serious, she’s really pretty.”

Of course she was. Daphne looked fresh as the dawn walking into Subway with one of her girls. And Kyle was acting like he’d just spotted a celebrity. Fighting back what felt like betrayal at his unabashed fascination, Cassie took a long sip of tea before bursting her best friend’s Awed Smurf bubble. “That’s Jase’s ex.”

“Oh, shit, which one?”

“The pretty one, dumb-ass.”

Kyle about choked on a chip and hastily reached for his drink.

Daphne’s girl was pretty, too. She just didn’t glow. The larger of the two from the other night, she wore a lot less makeup and looked worlds better without it. She wasn’t all that hefty, either, Cassie noticed; she just looked big next to Daphne. Hell, anyone would. Images of Jase and Daphne sprang to her mind—images of him towering over her, a protector, of him sprawled atop her, a lover. Cassie threw her half-eaten sandwich down and brushed her hands together.

“Jealous?” Kyle asked.

She gave him a look that could only be described as glowering. She also couldn’t help sneaking a few glances at the sandwich line, hoping Zen Daphne was simply out for a pleasant lunch with one of her girls.

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