Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense May 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Heather Woodhaven

Author:Heather Woodhaven
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

After they cleared the rooms and the area around the cabin to make sure both men had left, they both got changed and cleaned up. Grace worked with a furious intensity to get some meals ready. She chopped vegetables for roasting in tinfoil packets on the grill and for salad. She checked the cookies she had put in the oven. Dakota was outside setting up tents.

Dakota popped his head into the kitchen. “Still all clear. I don’t think they are coming back. I got my stuff done. Do you need any help?”

Her heart lurched a little when she saw him…a very old response that she had thought was long dead. The sparkle in his eyes and the welcoming softness of his features had been what first attracted her to him so many years ago. His voice had always calmed her.

“You can chop veggies. The first meal the guests will have is tuna sandwiches with salad. A total revision of what I had in mind. We’ll grill steak and veggies for dinner, so all I have to do is get some snacks done.”

Dakota walked over to the counter and picked up the knife. “You’re kind of in your element when you cook. I always thought that about you.”

The warmth she heard in his voice made her heart flutter. She had worked as a cook all through college, never realizing how much it would benefit her in her undercover work. “Thanks, Dakota.”

The sound of a car pulling up outside caused them both to stop what they were doing. She glanced at the clock on the wall. It was still half an hour before the first guest was due to arrive.

“Give me a second.” Still holding the chopping knife, Dakota slipped out of the kitchen and headed to the living room.

She grabbed a knife as well and hurried to back Dakota up. Dakota stood at the big front window. “False alarm. Early arrivals.”

The door swung open. Mr. Wilson’s son, Justin, stepped in. From the moment she’d met him, Grace thought he looked like a surfer who had gotten lost on his way to the ocean. Deeply tanned skin and long blond hair, goofy expression.

Dakota quickly set the knife on a nearby table.

Justin stepped aside so his friends could enter. The first one who came in was also tan and in good shape but with spiky brown hair bleached at the ends.

“Sorry we’re a little early,” Justin said. “Looks like we got here before Dad.”

“It’ll be a minute until I have something for you to eat.” She held up her knife. “I’m just preparing some things now.”

“No problem. We’ll just chill.” Justin’s friend was studying his surroundings in a way that indicated he’d not been here before. “This is Evan.” Justin punched his friend in the shoulder.

A third man holding a cooler entered the room. His face blanched when he saw Grace. The curly-haired kid who had picked up the pangolin. Grace knew enough to make sure her expression did not give anything away.

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