Close Quarters With the Bodyguard by Lisa Childs

Author:Lisa Childs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2021-04-22T15:31:33+00:00

Even as upset as Jocelyn was, she was still aware of Landon, still attracted to him. She even felt bad that she’d worried him. But she didn’t want to talk about that call she’d taken—not yet. She needed confirmation before she could believe it.

But she felt a sick churning in her stomach that it was true. So she didn’t even notice the trip from River City to the Payne Protection Agency safe house near the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Landon didn’t press her for information during the drive. He’d seemed more focused on the rearview mirror, and making sure they weren’t followed, than on her—except for a few worried glances he’d cast across the console at her.

She’d wanted to reassure him. He was probably thinking the worst. And for him, this wasn’t the worst. For her, though...

Landon made one last turn off the street, through the opening door of a garage on the main level of a town-house condo. Once the door closed behind them, he opened his and hurried around to her side of the SUV. But she’d already opened her door before he could. She doubted she was in any danger in the garage.

No. The danger was upstairs, where Landon led her to meet with the witness. He released an audible breath, obviously relieved that his friend and Rosie Mendez appeared unharmed. But something was going on between them.

The minute Rosie saw Jocelyn, she turned toward Clint and implored him, “Please, can you give us a minute alone?”

Clint glanced over at Jocelyn, and his green eyes were narrowed with suspicion.

And that sick feeling roiled in her stomach. Apparently everybody had suspected that she worked for Luther. The thought made her physically ill.

Clint shook his head. “That’s not possible.”

“I’m not leaving either,” Landon said.

Jocelyn grimaced. She would have preferred to speak privately with Rosie; she figured it might be her only way to get through to the frightened young woman. “Bodyguards don’t understand that sometimes we need to be alone,” she said with a pointed look at Landon, hoping he’d take the hint.

She probably should have told him about the call. But she’d been too focused on the argument she needed to present to Rosie to talk at all. She focused on the woman now, and Rosie shivered. She knew that Jocelyn knew. So she dropped all pretenses.

“What the hell were you thinking?” Jocelyn asked. But she directed the question at Clint Quarters. “Why would you bring her to the jail?” She didn’t wait for his response, though, before she turned on Rosie. “And what the hell were you thinking? You might have jeopardized the whole case!”

“What?” Landon asked, his dark eyes wide with shock.

She should have clued him in after she’d taken the call. But she did so now. “She went to see Luther Mills.” She pointed a shaking finger at Clint. “And he brought her!”

Landon turned to Clint, his brow furrowed with confusion. “What was the deal? Did you have her wear a wire?”

“Like Luther Mills would have said anything incriminating!” Jocelyn exclaimed.

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