Happily Ever After in Bliss by Lexi Blake

Author:Lexi Blake [Lexi_Blake_Sophie_Oak]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak, Nights in Bliss, contemporary western, romance
Publisher: DLZ Entertainment LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

She couldn’t have written that story if she’d tried.

The next morning Nell sat at her computer contemplating the problems Henry had laid out for her the night before. When he’d been with the Agency, he’d found out about a young American woman named Kayla Summers and her twin sister, who worked as a spy for her home country of China. He’d manipulated the situation so Kayla had believed her sister to be dead and had taken her place at MSS, while her husband had taken the other twin and had the best of both worlds.

He was ruthless. Or at least he used to be. She’d watched the guilt he felt play out on his face as he’d told her the story. He’d lied and manipulated and placed a young woman in a position she shouldn’t have been in, one that could have led to her horrible death.

Would he have ever seen how wrong that had been if he hadn’t come to Bliss? Would he still be out there, still pulling strings and playing games? Had this place truly changed him? Or was it one more manipulation meant to make John Bishop’s life more comfortable?

She’d managed to shove those questions aside briefly as she’d worked on the problem at hand.

“So Kayla is now the bodyguard for Joshua Hunt. I can’t say I like his movies. The romantic comedies are good, but I don’t love action. It’s filled with white male rage.” She wasn’t sure what they had to rage about, but they did it a lot.

“It’s not my favorite either. They often get things wrong, and that’s not how gun fights normally go. It’s way more boring. It’s better to snipe your opponent.” Henry looked up from his laptop. “Sorry.”

It was actually kind of nice for him to be honest. “I take it you’ve sniped a lot of people?”

His eyes went back to his screen. “Probably more than my fair share.”

She didn’t want to find him fascinating. The night before she’d sat and drank her tea while they’d eaten black bean soup and he’d told her the whole story of Kayla Summers going from college student to CIA double agent. Now the young woman was with a security firm, but Henry believed she was still doing side work for the Agency. She was currently the bodyguard for a Hollywood star who had connections to a drug lord.

Henry thought the star had no idea he was dealing with a drug lord. Or the Agency. He feared that someone was using his former protégée in a way that could get her killed.

“I’ve thought a lot about this. I think you should go and deal with it.”

He looked up, frowning. “I’m not sure how I would deal with it. I can’t walk in and announce I used to be with the Agency and I think you’re in danger. Oh, and your bodyguard is also Agency and I’m definitely worried she’s in danger, and hey, she thinks I’m dead and so does her boss. Could you keep that secret?”

Put like that it did sound silly.

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