Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense August 2016, Box Set 1 of 2 by Shirlee McCoy

Author:Shirlee McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488022326
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Zach drew back the curtain on his second story apartment. The news crews were still outside as they had been for the last three days. When he’d been released in Syria and come back stateside, he’d done a news conference outside his sister’s house thinking that would placate the press’s hunger, but it had only made them want more juicy details. As though the trauma of his life was a movie.

This time he wasn’t going take the bait. He had no statement to make about why he’d stepped in to save Tyler or why he’d come to Montana under a different name. They could not begin to understand. They didn’t want to understand. They wanted salacious details and flashy headlines.

His phone beeped, indicating he had a text. He picked it up. Elizabeth. They hadn’t spoken of the kiss when they left the cabin together. He knew he’d been out of line the second she’d pulled away. He’d been thinking about what he wanted, not what she needed. She’d been so understanding about his deception. It had only increased the bond he felt for her.

He read her text.

I’m here to help you escape the press because you did that for me. I’ll be in the alley in five minutes. Only one reporter is camped out at the back of the building. I did my recon.

He shook his head. She was a good friend. Maybe this was her way of making things less awkward between them. He hurried down the stairs and spotted the reporter right away. He pressed against the wall and waited for the man to turn his back before he sprinted into the alley.

Elizabeth sat in her little compact car. The engine was still running when he jumped into the passenger seat.

“You made it.” She gave him a look he couldn’t quite decode. She was smiling but there was something behind her eyes. Fear maybe. Uncertainty?

How could he ever get to the place where she felt safe around him again? He’d destroyed so much with one kiss.

“Where are we going?”

She hit her blinker as she turned out onto the street. “Are you hungry? You probably haven’t been able to go to the store.”

“I’ve been living on energy drinks and canned goods.”

“Ick. Let’s go get you some decent food,” she said.

“I can’t go out in public.”

“I have food at my house.”

He caught of flash of motion in the side view mirror. “There’s always one sharp reporter in the bunch. Looks like we’re being followed.”

“I hope it’s a reporter.” Her voice trembled.

He felt like a heel for having forgotten for a moment that her terror was driven by something much worse than a rabid journalist. Her stalker was still out there.

She lifted her chin, regaining her composure. “Whoever he is, I can lose him.” She pressed on the accelerator and did a sharp right turn onto a side street. “It’s funny, the shoe being on the other foot. I’ll never again hound someone for a story. If they don’t want to talk, they don’t have to talk.

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