HOT Angel: Hostile Operations Team - Book 12 by Lynn Raye Harris

Author:Lynn Raye Harris
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941002315
Publisher: H.O.T. Publishing

Chapter 14

Brooke felt like she hardly breathed for the entire trip through DC and into Maryland. She kept glancing at Cade, knowing that if someone was tailing them again, he would know. But nothing happened and no cars seemed to be following them.

It took over an hour to reach the motel Hacker had booked for them. It was a small strip motel on the outskirts of some small town along the route. Brooke eyed it dubiously as they turned into the parking lot. Cade drove around the rear and backed into a slot.

They got their things and Max and went to check in. The night manager eyed the dog, groused about a pet deposit, which Cade paid in cash, and then handed them the key.

“Room 136. Upstairs, last room at the end.”

“Thanks.”

They left the motel office and headed for the stairs that would lead them up.

“You stand here and I’ll take Max into the grass,” Cade told her when they reached the bottom of the steps.

She would have protested, but she was too tired. “Okay. Thanks.”

Max sniffed around a bit but did his business when Cade firmly told him to pee. Then they returned, and Cade lifted his gear while handing her Max’s leash.

She went upstairs first and Cade followed. He inserted the key in the lock and swung the door open while Brooke braced herself for a disaster.

But the room was clean, if dated, and it smelled like lemon oil and pine. Those were the scents of her childhood, the way she’d known that Mom had been cleaning all day and everything was fresh. Add lavender to the linens and the picture would be complete.

Cade stowed their bags against the wall. There was a dresser, a queen-size bed, a bathroom, and a small couch against one wall. Max immediately bounded up on the couch while Brooke told him to get down. He looked at her with such a sad face she frowned.

“Let him be,” Cade said. “Neither one of us will fit on it anyway.”

She swallowed as she realized the implications of that declaration.

“Relax, angel,” he told her, and she knew her face must have shown her thoughts. “We can sleep in the same bed without touching.”

Her skin flamed. “How do you always know what I’m thinking?”

“Because I know you,” he said simply, and her heart squeezed. If she hadn’t called him to pick her up from the hospital, he wouldn’t be here right now. Then again, she might not be here either. And that could be a whole lot worse for her.

“I’ve gotten you into a mess you didn’t bargain for, but I’m so glad I called you to come get me, Cade.”

“I live my life getting into messes—and getting back out again. It’s fine.”

Brooke rubbed her arms. If she’d called Grace, her friend’s Secret Service protection would have extended to her while they were together. But it wouldn’t have lasted, and Brooke was fairly certain Grace’s guards wouldn’t share information with her the way Cade did.

“How long do we have to do this?” she asked.

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