Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense July 2017 Box Set 2 of 2 by Elizabeth Goddard Maggie K. Black & Jessica R. Patch

Author:Elizabeth Goddard, Maggie K. Black & Jessica R. Patch
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488019364
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“How did you find out?” Leo asked.

“Killian Lynch.” Zoe stepped back against the privacy of the overhang. “He published pictures of us on his media website tonight.” There was something off about her voice. Something odd. Almost strained. She held out her phone “They were taken today. He said they were emailed to him from an anonymous source. He’s no doubt going to be adding some sensationalist story to go with them later.”

He took the phone from her hand. His eyes scanned the screen. Heat rose to his neck. They were just hugging. Their lips hadn’t even touched and yet…yet he looked like a man holding a woman he wanted to sweep into his arms and surrender his heart to.

“So, have you filled him in on the new plan?” Alex’s voice wafted over the lawn.

Leo looked up. Zoe’s brother was walking up his front walk.

“What plan?” he asked.

“Alex and Josh think that we should take advantage of the distraction this offers us,” Zoe said. “They think I should go with you to the bachelor auction, as your date, and make sure I win the bid on you.”

“Bachelor auction? What bachelor auction?” He laughed reflexively, even though it wasn’t funny. He didn’t know which part of that sentence was more ridiculous—the idea that he’d let random women bid on a date with him, or that Ash Private Security’s solution was to take the one woman he was battling a romantic attraction to with every breath in his body, and toss her directly into his arms. “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. I still haven’t received that package I was supposed to receive this week. I still have no idea who my contact is or what they look like. Tomorrow’s auction is my last opportunity to get that intel. Now you’re telling me tomorrow’s event is actually a bachelor auction, I’m under surveillance, there are pictures of me and Zoe online, and your suggestion for how to handle all that is for Zoe to come to the auction and compete for me, like some kind of arm candy?”

“You think flitting around a boring, snobby event, bidding for you against other women is my idea of a good time?” Zoe said. The chill in her voice cut the laughter from his tongue. “Trust me, I have no desire to be arm candy or to fight other women for you. And while I might not be a spy, I do value my privacy and don’t like being watched or having my photos online, either. But you said this is your last opportunity to meet your contact and get the intel you need. We promised to have your back and I will do my job, whether I feel like it or not.”

He stepped back. Well, there was a blow to the ego if he’d ever had one. When she’d practically crumpled into his arms in the alleyway, he’d presumed that she was every bit as attracted to him as he was to her.

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