Dangerous Obsession by Jessica R. Patch

Author:Jessica R. Patch [Patch, Jessica R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-03-07T16:36:19+00:00

SEVEN

Cosette awoke disoriented, the clean scent of soap and something distinctly masculine muddying her thoughts. She blinked as she adjusted to the darkness.

Cottony sheets. A fluffy comforter. Walnut furniture.

She was in Wilder’s bed. Raising up, she glanced at his clock. He still used an alarm clock? It was nearly 2:00 a.m. She’d slept hard and deep for almost four hours. Pulling the covers up around her, she inhaled deeply and her pulse spiked. Mercy, they smelled good. Like Wilder, minus the signature scent of spearmint from the gum he chewed, like a smoker trying to quit.

She could get lost in this giant bed. The downy comforter. Fluffy pillows. She could imagine sleeping late. Eating breakfast and sipping coffee here.

But the reality was this wasn’t her bed. Would never be. And Kariss Elroy was dead. Jeffrey Levitts might have killed her. He’d probably killed Beau Chauvert.

A burst of color caught her eye from the window across the room. Slipping out of bed, she hurried to it, squinted into the night.

Heart lurching into her throat, she screamed for Wilder.

The stable was on fire.

“Wilder!” She raced into the living room. The couch was empty. Nothing but a pillow and blanket. Where was he? She continued screaming for him and dashing through the apartment while she dialed 911 for the fire department.

Exiting his apartment, she tried the control room. TV monitors showed the property, including the stable. Faint, almost undetectable, it appeared there was someone in the stable. Ice settled in the pit of her stomach and she flew barefoot out the door, down the porch stairs and across the yard toward the flames, the alarm she’d set off screeching.

She squinted due to the brilliance of the flames on the back walls and licking up the roof. Inside the stable, Wilder lay facedown. No time to waste or wait for the fire department. He might already be dead from injuries or smoke inhalation.

Smoke billowed from the building. Cosette covered her mouth and nose with her T-shirt and swallowed down fear. Wilder was in trouble. Hunching her shoulders, she entered the burning stable, the heat searing her skin, breaking her out in a sweat.

Four of the back stalls were ablaze. It wouldn’t be long before the entire place was ash. “Wilder!” She coughed, eyes burning. Making her way to him, she grunted as she rolled his massive frame over. A trickle of blood ran down his temple, but he was breathing. Barely.

Her heart raced at a frantic speed. She couldn’t let him die, but she couldn’t lift well over two hundred pounds of muscle on a six-foot-three frame. Grabbing his arms, she used all her might and pulled.

God, help me get him out of here. Give me strength. Hopefully, He’d show her—and Wilder—mercy. She wasn’t doing much of what God asked lately.

Struggling, she dragged Wilder a few inches, her muscles pulling taut and shaking from exertion.

Must. Get. Him. Out.

She felt a muscle pull in her back and she cried out. Sweat dripped down her cheeks.

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