Harlequin Intrigue September 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488023156
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Beth took another turn around the hotel room. “What do you think it means? A woman with strawberry blond hair?”

“Who knows? Scarlett Easton is not exactly an expert at interpretation, is she?”

“She never claimed to be.” Beth wedged her hands on her hips. “Why did you start attacking Scarlett when she was just trying to help me?”

“Help you? By dragging you into her dream state? I thought—” He raked a hand through his hair. “I was worried about you.”

Beth gave him a sidelong glance. “I thought you had a thing for her.”

“Scarlett’s not my type—too artsy, too reclusive, too…weird.” Folding his arms, he leaned against the window. “Would you care if I did have a thing for Scarlett?”

Before he’d started keeping secrets from her? Hell, yeah. Now?

She splayed her hands in front of her. “She’s a beautiful woman. I could understand the attraction.”

Rolling his shoulders, he pushed off the window. “What are you going to do with the information? What does it prove?”

Duke wasn’t going to take the bait.

“It proves—” she dropped to the bed “—that I was in a cabin here as a child, before the Kings adopted me. I plan to locate that cabin.”

“And you’re going to do that how? By running around Timberline and looking into all the cabins with red doors?”

“It’s a start.”

“Then what?”

She fell back on the bed and stared at the ceiling. “Why are you trying to discourage me? I thought you were all in. I thought you were going to help me with this.”

“That was before someone hit and killed Gary Binder, before someone started taking shots at you in the forest.”

“Gary’s death doesn’t have anything to do with me, and that shot could’ve been a hunter harassing Scarlett.”

“You’re doing it again, Beth.” The mattress sank as Duke sat on the edge of the bed. “You’re so single-mindedly focused on one goal you’re not seeing the whole picture.”

“I don’t care about the whole picture.” She puffed out a breath and a strand of hair floated above her face and settled against her lips. “I need to do this. Scarlett has given me the first real lead since I got here and I’m going to follow up on it.”

He shifted on the bed and she held her breath. If he took her in his arms right now and kissed her, she’d kiss him back and to hell with the secrets between them—his and hers.

Standing above her, he shook his head. “Stubborn woman. I’ll help you.”

Bracing her elbows against the bed, she hoisted herself up. “I’ll do it with or without you, but thanks.”

“Get some sleep.” He nudged her foot and stalked to the door, mumbling as if to himself. “What else am I going to do, let you wander around the woods on your own like Little Red Riding Hood?”

The door slammed behind him and Beth narrowed her eyes.

He could start by telling her the truth about what he was doing with the Brices.

* * *

BETH USED HER interviews the next day to discreetly ask about cabins in the area.

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