Damaged by Webb Debra

Author:Webb, Debra [Webb, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2011-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

5:05 p.m.

Lucky had waited long enough for answers. Garrett had spent the past few hours alternately speaking to someone on his cell and studying its screen. He’d ignored her every question, putting her off each time she attempted to interrupt. She wasn’t going to stand for this a minute more.

She stalked across the kitchen, arms folded over her chest, and stared up at him. He was tall, even leaning against the counter the way he was. She disregarded the hint of uncertainty that whispered through her veins. He made her feel even more vulnerable, needy—the kind of need that only a woman understood. No man, certainly not a stranger, had ever succeeded in making her feel that way. “What’s happening? We’ve been here for hours and you’ve told me nothing.”

Several seconds elapsed before he looked up from his phone. When he did, her breath hitched. He frowned. “I’ll brief you on the details you need to know when it’s time.” He shifted his attention back to the screen of his high-tech smart phone.

Outrage rumbled inside her, vaporizing those silly, softer feelings. Okay. Lucky had been patient long enough. She was fed up with being treated as though she was not as deeply involved in this as her self-professed savior was.

“I’m only a personal assistant,” she snapped, another shot of anger blasting through her, “and I’m new to the agency, but I’m not a child or an idiot. If whatever you’re planning has anything to do with my boss or me, I am a part of it. So start talking, Mr. Garrett.”

He leveled his gaze on hers, his brown eyes assessing her long enough to undermine her bravado. “What do you want to know? Specifically.”

She blinked. “Why are we still waiting here? Why aren’t we doing something?” That was a good start.

He placed his cell on the counter and folded his arms over his broad chest. She didn’t know if he was matching her body language or mocking it and that annoyed the heck out of her. What frustrated her even more was that she couldn’t help but notice the width of his shoulders. Or how he smelled like sweet fresh air. She’d definitely lost it.

Then he leaned toward her and placed his hands on the counter, one hand on either side of her. “We can’t move for several hours yet—”

“Hours?” She held her breath to prevent inhaling more of that appealing scent of his. This close she couldn’t help studying every lean detail of his face. Focus, Lucky! He’d said hours. Was he out of his mind? Surely Mr. Camp wasn’t in agreement with this plan. Mrs. Colby-Camp had been taken hours ago—far too many hours ago. Before she could calm herself Lucky said as much.

Garrett cocked his head, stared at her lips a moment then gave her a curious look. “Do you want answers or not?”

Exasperation replaced the burst of anger. “Keep going.” She trembled inside as much from being trapped by his body as from her frustration…maybe more.

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