Curvy for Him_The Librarian and the Cop by Annabelle Winters

Author:Annabelle Winters [Winters, Annabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rainshine
Published: 2019-07-21T04:00:00+00:00

8

BRICK

At least we’re together, I think as I look around the laundry room in the unfinished basement. It’s basically a fucking storage closet, with no windows. The walls are exposed stone, part of the original foundation. I’m not punching my way out of here.

Satisfied that we’re safe for now at least, I turn my attention to Bea. She’s standing in the middle of the cramped space, staring up at a solitary lightbulb that’s swinging from a wire.

“It’s dead,” she says, a shiver in her voice like she’s trying to control herself. She reaches up and pulls at the string that operates the switch. Just a click and nothing else. “They must have left it on when they went on vacation. Idiots. How do you not turn off the lights before you leave the house?!”

I take a breath as I watch her reach up above her head again. That gray skirt is riding up her solid thighs, and I almost groan out loud when I see her perfectly formed ass and legs flex and tighten as she goes up on her toes and tries to reach for the bulb. Finally I step up and reach above her head for her, twisting the bulb in case it was just loose. Nope. It’s dead.

“There’s enough light,” I say softly, glancing at the frosted glass window above the locked door. Light from the rest of the basement is casting a dim glow over the laundry room. There’s also some sunlight somehow making its way in from the stairway and passage. “We’ll be fine, Bea. Those guys aren’t going to mess with us. It’ll be over in a few hours.”

“In a few hours the sun will be gone and it’ll be dark,” Bea says. “And what if the lights in the basement go out?”

I frown again as I look at the fear on her pretty face. “Wait,” I say slowly, rubbing my chin. “Are you . . . are you afraid of the dark?”

She turns to me, her red lips pursed tight, her fists clenched like she’s about to lose her shit. “Yes!” she says, her voice peaked. “Yes, OK? Laugh all you want, but I can’t help it! I had a bad experience as a kid, and I . . . you know what, never mind. We need to get out of her, Brick! I can’t be in here! Break this door down! Do something!”

“No,” I say, shaking my head and taking another step toward her. “I can’t risk a fight. There’s too many people in this house. No way I’m fighting my way out without someone getting hurt. And I can’t risk that. I won’t risk that. I may be dumb, but I’m not that dumb.”

Bea blinks at my last sentence, calming down almost instantly as her focus turns to me. Her face softens as she looks up at me. “You’ve said that a couple of times—that you’re dumb. But you’re not. I saw how you dealt with those men up there, Brick.

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