Dangerous Witness by Katie Reus

Author:Katie Reus [Reus, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KR Press, LLC
Published: 2018-01-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

—I’m more confused than a chameleon in a bag of Skittles.—

Brooks practically jackknifed up when a slender form stepped into the guest bedroom doorway, then he immediately settled down. “Everything okay?” At two in the morning, there was no reason for Darcy to be here. Unless she wanted sex, and he was pretty sure that was off the table. For now, anyway.

He was still reeling from the way she’d come apart in his arms earlier, the feel of her muscles tightening around his fingers as she came for him.

She hovered in the entrance, still wearing the yoga pants and T-shirt from before. “Yeah.” Moonlight from the hallway illuminated her enough that he could see every tense line of her body. A body he’d seen naked too many times to count. Too many and not enough. Because they should be tangled together right now.

“Want to come in?”

“Yeah.” But she still didn’t move.

He tugged the covers down on the side opposite him. “I won’t bite.” Unless she asked.

Laughing under her breath, she stepped inside, slowly and tentatively. “I’m… I can’t sleep. I keep thinking about your meeting tomorrow with that agent and wondering what it means for…well, me and my sister and Peter. And then I feel selfish for having those thoughts when there might be a bomb somewhere even as I’m saying this.”

“Come on.” He motioned toward the bed and, to his surprise, she slid right in next to him and laid her head on his shoulder. He closed his arms around her tightly.

It was surreal to be holding her like this. Surreal and as perfect as he remembered.

“I’m sorry you can’t sleep,” he said quietly. “Your worries are normal.” Hell, she wouldn’t be human if she wasn’t concerned.

“I know. Doesn’t help me any.”

They were both quiet for a long time, something he didn’t mind. He’d spent years in the Marine Corps, and many of those he’d been alone or with his spotter, out wherever they’d been sent behind enemy lines. The quiet soothed him. So did having Darcy pressed against him.

“When did you start sleeping with clothes on?” Darcy murmured, taking him off guard. Curled up against him, she smelled like sunshine and strawberries.

“Why? Hoping to get a peek of the goods?”

She just snorted and pinched his side.

He’d worn a shirt and boxers since he was here to keep her safe. If her house was infiltrated, he didn’t want to get into hand-to-hand combat with his dick hanging out. “I didn’t want to disrespect you,” was all he said. When she didn’t say anything else, he continued, “I had a weird conversation with my dad yesterday.”

“Yeah?”

Of all people, she knew about his strained relationship with his father. Her relationship with hers was a lot worse. Try nonexistent. “Yeah. It was…strange. I feel like he wants to be friends now. Or maybe not friends, but make up for lost time or something. He even started talking about my…mom.”

“Wow. How do you feel about all that?”

He wasn’t used to talking about his emotions.

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