Don't Break This Kiss (Top Shelf Romance Book 5) by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-04T18:30:00+00:00

“I know you’ve got questions.”

What an understatement. We’re upstairs in one of the many bedrooms inside the sprawling old ranch house. It’s somewhere in the wilds of one of the canyons, at a guess. No neighbors are in sight. Apart from Fox, the unconscious Spider, and a man working at a serious array of computers in the great room, the place seems empty. There’s basic furniture only. No pictures or keepsakes. Nothing to indicate it’s a home.

And it’s all so surreal. I want to keep pinching myself, but I hurt enough already. Which reminds me: “Was anyone else harmed in the explosion?”

“No.”

“It was meant to kill?”

“As best we can figure, the bomb malfunctioned. Went off early.”

“Someone actually tried to blow us up. I wonder…I went into your office looking for tape. I don’t usually go in there.”

His nostrils flare. “That could have been it.”

“So there’s a leak in your organization and someone wants to kill you,” I say, voice shaking. “Or you and me both?”

“You were paying attention back there.”

“I’m not as stupid as you think I am.” I almost laugh. Or cry. One or the other. “At least, I hope I’m not.”

“Babe—”

“Do not babe me.”

He takes a deep breath, pushing a hand through his hair. The past few months, he’s been so busy it’s longer than normal. Way overdue for a cut. “I never thought you were stupid, Betty.”

“No. Just desperate.”

He says nothing. Confirmation enough. Not that I needed it.

“Well?” I ask.

“Until we can identify who’s passing off information, we won’t know if the target is just me. It would, however, make the most sense.”

“Unless they wanted to kill me to hurt you. Though it wouldn’t hurt you, would it?”

His lips thin ever so slightly. “Given I cold-cocked the last person who harmed you, I think we can assume I care at least a little.”

“A little. That’s big of you.” I sit on the side of the king-size bed, trying to ease the nerves, tiredness, and pain. What I wouldn’t give for Tylenol or something stronger. A bottle of medicinal vodka, maybe. “What happens now?”

“Now we wait to see what the searches Badger’s doing on the computers dig up. We’re safe here for the moment.”

“Badger.” I snort. “Is there an Otter?”

“Not that I’m aware of.”

“You and your friends are a regular fucking zoo.”

The following silence is thick and heavy. Not comfortable at all. And to think I’d planned to spend my life with this man. This stranger.

“She referred to me and our life together as your cover. Does that make you a spy or a government agent or what?”

“Something like that.”

“Oh my God, are you a traitor?”

“No, Betty. The ones I work for…they’re an international group dedicated to keeping things as unfucked as possible. That’s really all I can say.”

“And these people, you kill for them?”

There’s the slightest of pauses before he answers. “When it’s necessary. There are some dangerous people out there. But other times I just gather information. Each job is different.”

“They usually involve you pretending to be someone you’re not, though, right? Lying to people?”

“Yes.

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