Endangered Heiress by Barb Han

Author:Barb Han [Han, Barb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-09T14:32:09+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“I know your mind is made up and I respect that but leaving now would be a mistake you’ll regret,” Hudson said as soon as Madelyn stepped out and closed the door to his truck. They’d made it home in record time and he’d been lost in his thoughts about Misty.

“What do you care about my choices?” she shot back as she spun around to walk toward the front door.

He shouldn’t want a reporter to stay with him. Her questions were already mounting and she’d need answers soon. If she dug around in his background, she could kick up a whole storm that he wasn’t ready to talk about. His chief had taken pity on him when he’d come clean about the pregnancy and relationship, keeping his name out of the papers. If anyone really wanted to snoop around, a connection could be easily made.

Hudson caught Madelyn’s arm to stop her from walking away. She needed to hear what he had to say. Then if she decided to leave, so be it. He would’ve done his part and his conscience would be clear. He almost laughed out loud at that one. If Madelyn left he was sure he’d get even less sleep than he did now.

“I do care that you seem determined to get yourself hurt or killed.” Madelyn and Misty couldn’t have been more different. There was more of a comradery between him and Misty than the frissons of heat between him and Madelyn. He and Misty had been coworkers with enough sexual chemistry to make going to bed enjoyable. Had there been sizzle? Spark? Not really. His relationship with Misty had been comfortable. She was funny, hot and had kept an emotional distance. Could there have been more between them? Maybe. He figured that no one could get close enough to her to develop real feelings. And that had shocked him even more when she’d become pregnant, because she was on birth control. At least, that was what she’d said.

Sure, they’d spent time together and they’d made love. But their interludes had had more to do with the fact that they worked the night shift when everyone else slept, and had the same time off.

And then she’d admitted to seeing another guy when she thought things might be getting too intense.

Their relationship had developed out of convenience more so than can’t-live-without feelings. He cared about her deeply. Misty had been the last person he’d seriously dated and even that had been more like a friends-with-benefits fling. The fact that his feelings didn’t run deeper than friendship didn’t stop the pain when she’d been killed; losing her and the baby had left a huge gaping hole in his chest. The only way he knew how to close it was to shut down. And that was exactly what he’d done. Quit his job. Moved to Cattle Barge. Shut himself off to the world.

Madelyn stood there, staring at him with a questioning look on her face. He’d slipped into the past and she seemed to know he’d mentally disappeared.

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