Green Beret Bodyguard by Carol Ericson

Author:Carol Ericson [Ericson, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780373746477
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

JACK ADJUSTED THE CUFFS on the black dress shirt he'd borrowed from Gabe's closet and tugged at the waistband of the slacks. The pants hit a little high on his ankle, but the outfit beat any of the clothes he'd picked up at the Frankfurt Airport or any of the native garb he'd hauled back from Afghanistan.

He'd surprised himself when he'd blurted out his invitation to dinner. But Rosa's sympathy over Lola's missing her vacation in the Bahamas had sent a shaft of guilt through his body. Even though he knew Lola had canceled her vacation plans before he came onto the scene, he'd dragged her into a mess.

Or had he?

Was his presence in Miami responsible for the escalating threats against Lola, or would someone be coming after her regardless of his proximity to her? He could find out easily enough by leaving her.

His gut churned at the thought. If the danger to Lola had nothing to do with him, he wanted to be here to protect her. That instinct ran deep and true within him.

A light tap at the door coaxed him out of his reverie. "Yeah, I'm decent."

More decent than he'd been in the shower, anyway.

Lola pushed open the door and hovered at the threshold. Long, black lashes framed a pair of green eyes, the color amplified by Lola's emerald-green dress. Leave it to Lola to provide a bold splash of color.

To stop gawking at her legs, Jack held out his arms and turned in a circle. "Is this okay? Your brother's a little shorter than I am."

"And a little narrower through the chest and shoulders." She took two steps into the room, her head tilted to one side.

"Is it ill-fitting?"

"No." She took another step. "Turn around."

He obeyed because her perfume so intoxicated him he couldn't think on his own. If she commanded him to stand on his head, he wouldn't be able to refuse her. A second later, he felt the palms of her hands smoothing the material of the shirt across his shoulders. He tensed his muscles to freeze the lust pounding through his veins.

"That's worse." She nudged his shoulder with the heel of her hand. "I'm trying to smooth down the shirt but it doesn't help when you go all Incredible Hulk on me."

He chuckled. "Me? The Incredible Hulk? No, that's Buzz."

Lola gasped behind him and dug her nails into his back. "Buzz? You recalled that name yesterday."

Spinning around, he grabbed her waist as a thrill of excitement zapped his nerves. "That just came to me. You mentioned the Incredible Hulk, and Buzz's name flowed from my brain to my lips in a seamless progression."

"And no headache to go with the memory?" She brushed her knuckles against his temples.

Lola's green eyes darkened, and Jack dropped his gaze from their murky depths to her slightly parted lips. Just one celebratory kiss. He touched her full bottom lip with the tip of his finger and felt the throb of her pulse.

He pressed his mouth against hers with the intent of a friendly kiss, a thank-you, a reassurance.

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