Christmas Witness Protection by Maggie K. Black

Author:Maggie K. Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-06-25T13:00:50+00:00

EIGHT

Holly watched as Noah stepped back and took the call. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest. Had that really happened? Had she just come close to blurting out to Noah that she was attracted to him? Had she really stood there in the snow, holding his hand like they were teenagers, when there were so many more important things going on? She turned and walked a few paces, gazing toward the wintry horizon and hoping Noah would think she was just giving him privacy for his phone call.

Help me, Lord. I don’t understand my heart or my mind now. All I know is they’re tugging me toward this man I’ve just met and am only starting to get to know.

She turned back and looked at his strong, handsome form silhouetted against the sky.

He ran his gloved hand over the strong lines of his jaw. “Okay, I’ll see you there.” Noah clicked off the phone and turned back. “So, as you likely heard, that was Seth. Long story short, he thinks he might’ve figured out where Snitch5751 sent his messages to the Imposters from. But it’s raw data and he’s still processing it. He’s hoping by the time I get there he’ll have something more concrete for me.”

Relief flooded his face. He glanced to the sky and she watched as the words Thank You, God moved across his lips. Then he turned back to her. “I think we’ve got a lead, and I’m going to go check it out.”

“We’re going to check it out,” she said.

He’d already taken two steps toward the house when the sound of her voice made him stop. “No, I’m going. You’re staying here. You were in an accident and you’re still recovering from a concussion.”

“Yes, and I’ve been recovering.” She crossed her arms. “Anne said I was okay to go on short drives.”

“Around town!” His hands flew up in the air. “To get coffee! Not to go see someone in witness protection about locating a pair of cyber terrorists!”

“Who is sitting in front of a computer in a safe house!” She mimicked his gesture, as if they were both fighting an invisible enemy that had suddenly materialized between them. “Please, Noah, I’ve been stuck doing nothing for seventy-two hours. I’m the only one of us who’s seen the Imposters, so I’m the only one who will recognize them if they run into you.”

Noah’s head was shaking. She knew what he was about to say.

Couldn’t he see how much she needed to get out of the house and do something, even if it was just sitting in a truck for half an hour and listening to whatever intel Seth had dug up?

“What if the Imposters spot you and try to kidnap or kill you?” he argued.

“Then you’ll be there to have my back!” she said. “You think I’m going to be safer here without you?”

She watched as his jaw clenched and his eyes rose to the sky. The long pause that followed was punctuated only by the whistling wind and her own chattering teeth.

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