Copy That by Helenkay Dimon

Author:Helenkay Dimon [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781459235267
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Meredith worried Garrett had careened right over the edge. The veins in his arms popped from the force of holding Joel against the wall.

Jeremy must have had the same concern because he tried to intervene. “Garrett, man. Ease up.”

When his brother’s concentration remained focused, Jeremy just stood there with slumped shoulders and a mouth turned down in a frown. Desperate to lessen the unease she felt radiating off him, she leaned in and slipped her fingers through his.

She half expected Jeremy to shake her off and grab Garrett. Not that she would blame Jeremy or even be surprised. Testosterone thumped through the air. He might have to rush in and stop a fight at any minute. It would be rational if he dropped her hand and went after Garrett again. The move would sting and rub against her pride a bit, but she’d get it.

Which was why, when he grabbed on as if she were his lifeline, something burst free in her stomach. She didn’t know she was nervous until he held on.

All that running, all those fears, and it turned out the one type of man she’d always vowed to avoid made her heart shudder. Life never ceased to amaze her.

“What happened?” Pax glanced at Davis then back to Garrett. “I don’t get this.”

With a second shove, Garrett pushed Joel’s back against the wall again. “Everyone stay out of this. This is between me and him.”

“It’s too late for that. We’re in it. All of us.” Davis went from lounging against a beam to stepping right between Garrett and Joel. With his hand on top of Garrett’s, Davis tried to pull the two men apart. “And last I checked we were on the same side.”

Despite Davis’s size and obvious strength, Garrett didn’t move. He braced his legs and pushed even harder against Joel’s chest. “Are we?”

Joel’s eyes narrowed. “What’s wrong with you?”

It was the same question playing in Meredith’s mind. Probably in all of their minds. She’d seen Garrett distracted as he rushed out the door on assignments and relaxed when he nursed a beer on the porch after his return. This out of control, ready to pounce and shred a man apart with his bare hands Garrett scared her.

She glanced at Sara, expecting the other woman to be curled in a ball or crying in a corner. The judgment probably wasn’t fair, but Sara didn’t strike Meredith as much of a fighter. She hid and froze when she needed to run and fight. The reaction was likely what a sane person who’d never seen violence would do in similar situations, but Meredith couldn’t fight off the nagging disappointment.

Lounging on her couch at night, she’d imagined the woman Garrett might find attractive. Built a model in her mind, and Sara wasn’t it. She was pretty, really pretty, and had that tiny fragile frame men seemed to love. But she lacked fire. There was no heat to her.

Except right now. Sara inched closer to Garrett. Without blinking, her gaze switched from Garrett to Joel.

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