Desire and Protect by Lori Ryan

Author:Lori Ryan [Ryan, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941149768
Published: 2018-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

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If you can find a way to be there for friends and family when they need you, even with only a word or a quiet presence, do it.

Fiona O’Malley’s Journal

It killed Shane to take Phoebe home at the end of the night, but he knew it was the right thing to do. He didn’t want to sleep with her until he was sure this was headed somewhere. If they went on a few dates and weren’t feeling as strongly about each other as they did now, they could walk away and stay friends. But Shane knew once he took Phoebe to bed, walking away and staying friends or continuing to work together probably wasn’t going to happen.

He pulled up to the curb outside her apartment. She had been lucky to rent the small studio over a garage in a quiet neighborhood not far from downtown. The houses weren’t extravagant and they were close together, but the neighborhood was well kept up.

Shane opened Phoebe’s car door and lifted her hand to tug her out. As she stepped to him, he pulled her in, loving the feel of her body in that light sundress against his. She was so soft, her breasts skimming across his chest. He threaded one hand through her hair and dipped to her mouth to taste her.

She was sweetness and spice all at once, and the combination was heady and sinful.

Shane would have liked to lose himself in her, but movement from the shadows near her steps had him breaking the kiss and moving her behind him. Shane turned to face the shadow, his blood pressure kicking up at the thought that Phoebe might be in danger.

“Get back in the car, Phoebe. Lock the doors,” he said quietly.

He heard a gruff voice before the shadowed form came forward and took shape. “Watch where you’re putting your hands, son. That’s my daughter you’re groping.”

“Dad?” As Phoebe’s voice came from behind him, Shane processed that he was facing General Brophy. Facing General Brophy with the taste and feel of the man’s daughter much too fresh in his mind. Talk about killing the mood.

“Dad!” Now Phoebe shot around Shane and leapt at the large man standing there. The large man who was somehow both grinning at her and scowling at Shane at the same time. Phoebe had her arms wrapped around her father and the General held her with one arm as if the move took no effort. Something about it struck Shane. She was truly her daddy’s girl.

It was suddenly very important to Shane that Phoebe’s dad like him.

He waited as Phoebe and the General hugged before shaking the hand he offered Shane.

“Stop scowling, dad,” Phoebe said after introducing them. “Come on, did you see how fast Shane put himself between you and me when he saw you step toward us in the dark?”

Shane almost laughed at her as she put all her energy into convincing her father of his chivalrous ways.

Her dad grumbled what seemed to be a grudging admission that he’d been impressed.

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