Heated Moments by Phyllis Bourne

Author:Phyllis Bourne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-04-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

A woman with one toe in a jail cell should have better sense than to lust after a man with the power to make her next fashion statement a neon-orange jumpsuit.

Lola’s eyes ignored the admonishment from her common sense and continued to ogle his firm backside as he bent over to inspect something on the ground. The fact that he wasn’t a stripper should have squashed the urge to want to smack it again.

It didn’t.

“Get ahold of yourself,” she whispered, finally peeling her eyeballs off his behind. Her current reputation should be enough to make her not even think about hitting anything or anybody. Not to mention the longer she was hung up in this town, on what really amounted to a huge misunderstanding, the further she was from sitting in the guest-host seat on America Live!

Lola experienced a twinge of panic at the thought of blowing one of the best opportunities to come her way since she became the face of Espresso at sixteen years old. The best way to get her anxiety in check was by taking action, she thought, and sitting in this truck becoming all hot and bothered over a small town cop wasn’t putting her any closer to her goal.

After jumping out of the vehicle, she walked over to Dylan. He was standing a few feet from the police cruiser Wilson had been driving before he passed out, taking photos of the road with his phone.

“Didn’t I tell you to stay in the truck?” He didn’t look up from his task.

“Seeing as though I’m the one with her future and possibly her freedom on the line, I need to do all I can to help.”

Dylan blew out a breath, and Lola steeled herself, expecting him to give her a hard time.

“Okay, but stand back and don’t touch anything.” He faced her, but his expression was once again an unreadable mask, and his voice held the same brusque edge it had when he’d left the truck. “You shouldn’t even be out here. The last thing I need is your compromising the scene.”

“I won’t,” Lola promised, as she wondered what had prompted the abrupt change in him. It was as if she’d imagined the easy camaraderie they’d shared moments earlier inside the truck.

She looked on as he resumed taking pictures of the road. “Why are you taking photos of the ground?”

“This is dried blood,” he replied. Then he pointed out two black, side-by-side streaks forming a U shape. “I believe this is the rubber from the heels of Wilson’s shoes as you dragged him around to the passenger seat of your car.”

Dylan paused and gave her a once-over. “How did you manage that, anyway? Wilson is on the lanky side, but you have a slight frame.”

“Pilates classes.” Lola patted the flat abs she achieved through six-days-a-week classes and replacing the majority of her meals with a vitamin-enhanced protein shake. “All power radiates from the core.”

Dylan nodded, apparently satisfied with her answer. He followed the blood-and-rubber-streaked trail to the graveled side of the road.

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