Christmas Homecoming Secrets by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Standing next to a shivering Jade, Bryce kept an arm around her while Dylan Fitzgerald wrote notes in his little black notebook as fast as Jade could talk. Someone settled a blanket around her shoulders, and he helped wrap it around her before tucking her up against his side again. In spite of the circumstances, he couldn’t help but note that she felt right being there. He could keep her next to him for the rest of his life and he didn’t think that would change. The thought sent chills that had nothing to do with the weather down his spine. Keep your distance, Kingsley. She deserves better than you.

Like someone with two good legs and a whole lot less emotional baggage. Someone who wanted kids and could be the kind of father they deserved. Mia reached for him. Surprised, he took the little girl from Jade and settled her against him. The feel of her slight weight in his arms had his throat closing. When she laid her head in the crook between his neck and shoulder, his heart filled with a tenderness he’d never be able to put into words. He had to look away from her while he processed the fact that someone had put her in danger tonight. Her and Jade and the entire family.

His gaze landed on Sasha, who stared at him from the front seat of his SUV, where he’d left her during all the chaos. Her displeasure at being separated from him was clear in her brown eyes. He sighed and made a mental note to slip her an extra treat a little later.

“Jade!”

The shout snapped Bryce’s gaze around to the man climbing out of his vehicle.

Jade stopped midsentence and turned. “Captain?”

If Bryce thought he was wound tight before, that was nothing compared to the new layer of tension the man’s arrival added. Frank had listed his name as a possible dirty cop, and Bryce decided his friend had been right to do so.

Captain Colson sure was keeping tabs on things. And, of course, he would to a certain extent, but to Bryce, he was overly interested. Was he worried about what Jade might uncover in her search for Frank’s killer? If that was the case, then it was very possible the man was responsible for all of the attempts on Jade’s life. Was he also responsible for protecting drug dealers who were making and selling their poison? For putting this precious family in danger? He hoped he kept his thoughts hidden from his face, but he didn’t plan to let the man out of his sight for as long as he was in close proximity to Jade. His hold tightened around Mia, and she snuggled closer with a little sigh.

“Captain Colson,” Jade said. “I’m surprised to see you here.”

He raised a brow. “Surprised? I still get out of the office occasionally. I heard the call go out over the radio. I’m glad to see you’re okay.”

“Thanks to my dad and Bryce.”

Bryce shifted Mia to the crook of his left arm and shook the captain’s outstretched hand.

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