Closer This Time (Southerland Security Book 3) by Evelyn Adams

Author:Evelyn Adams [Adams, Evelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Southern romance, family saga, sexy romance, military romance, workplace romance
Publisher: Evelyn Adams
Published: 2017-05-26T18:30:00+00:00

ANDY GLANCED OVER AT THE dog curled up in the passenger seat beside her. He watched her, his dark-brown eyes glued to her face as if he was afraid if he closed them, she’d disappear. He’d been doing that since she came back with the woman with the paw print smock to spring him from jail. The woman had clipped the leash onto the dog’s collar and handed it to Andy all without stating the obvious—the dog she was walking out with was not the dog she’d come in for. This one wouldn’t guard anything but ankles and she couldn’t even be sure about that. Hell, she was going to have to make sure he stayed close to the house so she didn’t have to protect him from the coyotes.

“You can relax, you know,” she said, dividing her attention between the dog and the road. “We’re stuck with each other now.”

Keeping one hand on the wheel, she reached over to stroke the dog’s soft ear. He leaned into her touch, stitching them closer together. When she took her hand away so she could signal the turn into the parking lot at the farm supply store, he let out a whimper that tightened the bonds. She could get used to someone who wanted to be with her without needing anything other than her love in return. Someone who didn’t ask questions or care about her past or why she did what she did. Even if that someone was a short little dog who needed a boost to get into her truck and was willing to trade his affection for food. The arrangement worked for her. She’d even let him sleep with her the first night.

“You’re going to need a bath.”

She put the truck in park and glanced over to see him watching her again. She was projecting—she knew she was—but she couldn’t help but think some of the apprehension in his expression had shifted to eagerness. Leaving him in the truck while she went inside to get his food felt unnecessarily cruel, not when he’d been left before by people who were supposed to love him. His previous owners turned him in at the pound citing “life changes” as the reason, despite insisting he was good with both children and other animals.

She hoped life changes meant someone was dying and not he just became too inconvenient. Either way, she couldn’t stand the idea of the little guy being led away from an owner he probably loved and locked in the kennel without any idea what he’d done wrong or if his person was ever coming back.

“Don’t worry,” she said, dragging him across the bench seat and into her arms. She squeezed his barrel-shaped body against her, ignoring the odor of disinfectant and too many dogs that clung to his short fur. “I’m not going to leave you.”

He wiggled in her arms, getting into the spirit of things, and planting his paws on her shoulders so he could lick her face. Making

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