Ghostly Despair (A Harper Harlow Mystery Book 10) by Lily Harper Hart

Author:Lily Harper Hart [Hart, Lily Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperHart Publications
Published: 2018-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Jared woke in his favorite position. He was on his back, naked, and Harper was sleeping with her head on his chest. His arm was wrapped snugly around her slim back, and he was of the mind that nothing was better than a morning spent exactly like this.

Things only got better when Harper stirred.

“Morning.” She was something of a slow starter, always taking time to stretch and snuggle close rather than immediately hop out of bed. Jared had no complaints, because this was the most relaxed he’d felt since Quinn Jackson turned back up in their lives.

“Good morning, Heart.” Jared gave her a soft kiss. “How did you sleep?”

“Hard. How did you sleep?”

“Good.” It was the truth. Unlike the previous evening, Jared was down for the count the moment his head hit the pillow. “I felt you next to me the entire night, so it was nice.”

“Aren’t I next to you every night?”

“Yeah. I like it, though.”

“I like it, too.” Harper propped herself on an elbow and rested her hand on his bare chest as she studied him. “Are you feeling better about everything else?”

Thanks to the bright sunshine filtering through the window, Jared’s reddening cheeks were on full display. “I’m sorry about that. I shouldn’t have let it get to me.”

“You have a right to be upset. I should’ve taken your feelings into consideration. It’s just ... I love you so much. It never occurred to me that you wouldn’t magically know that.”

“I did know it. I simply needed to be reminded of it.”

“Well, consider yourself reminded.” Harper smacked a loud kiss against the corner of his mouth at the same moment his stomach elicited a rather exaggerated growl. “Wow. Someone is hungry.”

“I worked up an appetite last night.”

“Who didn’t?” Harper’s grin was bright and lazy. “How does a quick shower — together, of course — sound? I figure, by the time we’re done, Zander will have breakfast ready.”

“How do you know Zander is cooking breakfast?”

“He’ll want to make up for our fight last night.”

“You didn’t really allow him to turn it into a fight. You kind of cut him off at the knees.”

“That’s because he’s being ridiculous.”

As much as he didn’t want to fight, Jared felt the need to stand up for Zander. “He’s worried about you. Maybe not for the same reasons I am, but he’s worried all the same. He shouldn’t be penalized for that.”

Harper widened her eyes to saucer-like proportions. “Since when are you standing up for Zander?”

“Since I understand a bit of what he’s feeling. I know you want to believe Quinn because the alternative is something you simply don’t want to deal with, but I don’t know that I believe his motivations are as altruistic as he pretends.”

Instead of snapping, or offering words that would start a fight, Harper merely cocked her head. “I’m assuming you have a reason for thinking this.”

“Several.”

“Then I want to hear them.” Harper gave him another kiss before rolling away. “After we’ve showered, though. I’m hungry, too. We’ll talk about it over breakfast.

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