Her Protector by Nina Quinn

Author:Nina Quinn [Quinn, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Emily

I woke up with Katie snuggled up next to me. Her breaths little puffs of air that tickled my neck. I glanced at my watch and saw it was six-fifteen. My internal alarm clock always ensured I was up early. This morning, I badly needed coffee.

I slipped out of bed without rousing Katie. I froze when I noticed Archer on the couch. A full two feet of his more than six-foot frame hung off the arm of the sofa. An afghan covered him. Part of him anyway. Shame on me, but I couldn’t help but notice the man had huge feet.

I knew there were a handful of studies that completely disproved any correlation between a man’s foot size and his dangly bits. But I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d just stumbled onto an anomaly.

I felt my face flush and I made my way past Archer without waking him and made my way to the kitchen. I hoped the kitchen had a supply of coffee or I might have to throw myself a pity party.

I found some sort of fancy blend in a mason jar by the sink and got the coffee maker fired up. I poured two cups, in case Archer wanted one, and headed back upstairs. If Katie woke in yet another strange place, she was liable to have a meltdown.

I set the steaming mug down on the floor near Archer’s head and opened the French doors to the balcony. The shrill screech of an alarm scarred me half to death and my coffee mug went flying.

Archer flew off the couch. The afghan fell to the floor revealing his bare chest.

Holy hell.

That was one magnificent chest. Broad. Ripped with muscle. An eight pack of abs that were remarkable. I’d never seen an eight pack in person before. That should really be on every gal’s bucket list.

But what really did me in was the happy trail of dark hair from his belly button to the wonderland below the waistband of his black cargo pants.

It suddenly felt like it was a hundred degrees in the room. If Katie hadn’t called for me, I’m not sure I would have ever stopped staring.

Archer realized what I’d done and killed the alarm with the keyfob he produced from his pants pocket.

“Mom. You always do that,” Katie said. She fisted her hands and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She was right. I’d managed to set off every alarm I’d ever encountered. “This doesn’t look like Archer’s house. Are we running again?”

Well, that was the million dollar question wasn’t it? Archer answered the question for me. “No, peanut. We’re just taking time out for some fun.” Archer put on his t-shirt and explained to Katie where we were and that he had a few surprises for her. Her eyes lit up with excitement.

He unzipped his duffle bag and produced George.

She squealed and said, “You found him!” She bounded out of bed and ran straight for Archer. He swung her up in his arms and kissed her forehead.

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