Dangerous Attraction Romantic Suspense Boxed Set (9 Novels from Bestselling Authors, plus Bonus Christmas Novella from NY Times Bestselling Author Rebecca York) by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Dangerous Attraction
Publisher: Romance Cross Promotion, LLC
Published: 2013-11-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

A couple of hours later, Axelle was propped up in bed, checking her email. A ridiculous thrill zipped along her nerves when she saw Dempsey had contacted her through her web account. There was an unfamiliar stirring of excitement; she missed him so much it was crazy. She didn’t remember feeling like this before—not even with Gideon.

She generally held people at arm’s length.

Not Gideon though.

Not Dempsey either.

Seemed some people had a way of forcing themselves into your life. And ripping you apart when they left, she reminded herself as she started to write back. She closed her email instead.

There was a noise out in the hallway—probably her grandfather. He’d aged significantly since she’d last come for a visit. There was a web of lines around his eyes, and his hair seemed almost pure white now. Still he was charming and handsome. It was no surprise the ladies still found him attractive.

She yawned but couldn’t sleep. Her body clock was out of whack and she’d been on edge since her “interview” at Heathrow. Couldn’t shake the idea she’d become entangled in something complicated and messy, when all she wanted to do was be left alone to help wildlife. She stood and went to the door. Edged it open and saw someone going out the front door. Her grandfather?

It was no business of hers where he went, but she pulled on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and shoved her bare feet into trainers. She was in the hallway when the door opened again.

“Oh, excellent, you’re awake. I was putting my suitcase in the car. I have a meeting with the builders at the cottage in the morning. Can’t delay else the roof will fall in before they actually start work. I’ll be back tomorrow night? We’ll go out to dinner?”

She paused.

“Or…come with me. There’s a railway station in the village if you need to come back and face your father.” He smiled, knowing her weakness where her father was concerned.

Still she hesitated. She wanted to talk to Dempsey but she hadn’t been to her grandfather’s cottage since she was a teenager, and the hankering to see it again, to revisit some of the photographs of her mother as a child, was strong. Generally, she tried not to remember her mother because it hurt too much, but now… Now she wanted to honor her memory.

“You can sleep in the car on the drive down.”

“Okay.”

He grinned. “Grab your stuff. I’ll meet you downstairs in five minutes.”

* * *

Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan, July 1979

Dmitri’s steps dragged as he walked back to where the men lay bleeding on the ground. “Cut his bonds.”

The blond cherub’s lips curled in a show of bloody condescension. Dmitri knew he’d made a dangerous enemy.

“What’s going on, Jonathon?” the brown-haired man asked. He twisted onto his side and stared into Dmitri’s eyes. “You realized you made a mistake, didn’t you? You checked our permits?” The brown eyes were earnest. Dmitri went with the easy explanation.

“Yes, comrade. I need to apologize for my attack on your caravan.

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