Express Male by Elizabeth Bevarly

Author:Elizabeth Bevarly [Bevarly, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Man-Woman Relationships, Love Stories, Mistaken Identity, Suspense, Spy Stories, Music Teachers
ISBN: 9781921505041
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2005-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

AS NOAH CAUGHT some sleep in her spare room, Marnie shopped for something…interesting…while shadowed by two OPUS agents she never saw. And she did her best to hold herself together, even though she felt like crumpling into a heap of something even more interesting and staying there. Just hearing Padgett’s voice again had roused all the fear that had filled her the night of their first encounter, to the point where she didn’t think she’d ever feel safe anywhere again.

Actually, that wasn’t quite true, she immediately amended as she approached her car with her purchases, which were in one teeny-tiny bag that shouldn’t have been able to hold an entire outfit. She hadn’t been quite as frightened this morning when she was talking to Padgett as she had been the night she met him. She told herself it was because he hadn’t been there in person, so he’d been less of a threat. But somehow, she knew it was really because Noah had been with her. That was why she’d been able to sleep last night, too. The knowledge of his presence in her house had made her feel more secure. And not just because he was an OPUS agent equipped to deal with any danger Padgett might present. But because he was Noah Tennant, a man she trusted.

She’d been grateful when he’d offered to stay another day and night in the face of Padgett’s promise to return, instead of assigning the job to someone else. She couldn’t see herself feeling safe with anyone else. Mainly because she didn’t trust anyone else. It was just too bad Noah couldn’t stay in her house forever. She was beginning to think that was the only way she’d ever feel safe again.

Oh, who was she kidding? she thought as she tossed her tiny bag onto the passenger seat of her car and folded herself inside. That wasn’t the only reason she was wishing Noah Tennant would hang around. He was the first man she’d met in ages who’d stirred feelings inside her she’d almost forgotten she had. Warm feelings. Woman feelings. Romantic feelings. Sexy feelings. And the fact that she was able to feel those things in light of the way her life had been turned upside down only made them that much more significant. That much stronger. That much more demanding.

Why couldn’t she have met him under other circumstances? Normal circumstances. Circumstances that would have allowed them to get to know each other better and provided them with an opportunity to see if the attraction—or whatever it was—rising between them might turn into something more.

Because there was an attraction—or something—rising between them. Marnie could sense Noah’s interest in her by the way he looked at her sometimes, and by the way he spoke to her, and she was certainly interested in him. Something had changed in the closet last night as they’d shared snippets of themselves and their lives with each other. In the kitchen that morning, before Padgett’s call, there had been…something…going on between the two of them.

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