Hidden Danger by Desiree Holt

Author:Desiree Holt [Holt, Desiree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Alix tried to calculate how far from Eagle Rock they were, but she wasn’t very good at that, especially since in the three months she’d been living here she really hadn’t learned a lot about the area. She only knew she’d been riding for a long time in the back seat of an SUV, covered by a thick blanket.

Yes. Hiding under a blanket, wearing someone else’s clothes.

Both Hank and Charlie had insisted on it. They were past dusk already, with night about to lower its window shade, so spotting her in the vehicle wouldn’t be that easy. But, it was possible, hence the blanket. When she felt the vehicle slow down and make a turn then heard the distinct sound of a garage door being raised, she wanted to sing the “Hallelujah” chorus. They stopped, the engine shut off, and in a second, the back door opened and Charlie tapped her leg.

“We’re here. Come on, you can stretch your legs now.”

Stretch was right.

She followed Charlie into a tiny mudroom where he punched a code into the panel on the wall, nodding with satisfaction when the lights flashed, indicating it was armed.

“I turned it off with a remote so it wouldn’t screech when I opened the garage door and also send the wrong signals back to the office where it’s monitored. “

She followed him out of the mudroom into a kitchen that, despite the fact no one was actually living here, appeared enticing and cozy. The appliances all seemed new, wallpaper with a pattern of vegetables accented one wall, and a cozy table for two fit nicely into a little nook.

“The lights are on,” she commented. “Did someone come over here and do that?”

Charlie shook his head. “They’re on a timer. You probably figured we use this off and on for people we need to keep out of harm’s way. If it’s dark and vacant for stretches of time, it invites curiosity and questions we don’t need.”

“Smart.”

“Let me show you the rest of the house and the room you’ll use. Come on.”

Whether he did it on purpose or automatically without realizing it, Charlie took her hand as he showed her the layout. The surface of his palm was slightly roughened and warm, sending tendrils of heat shooting up her arm. There was something so solid about his presence, so reassuring, so…masculine.

No, no, no. Not masculine. Don’t let your hormones take over your brain again.

But while hiding in the back seat of the SUV on the way over here, she had come to the realization that both men she’d committed a relationship to were badly flawed. She’d just shut her mind to it. The worst part was realizing they both had the same characteristics—successful men who loved showing her off to people and showering her with gifts but had little interest in her as a person. And, in both cases, the sex that had started off as spectacular morphed into sophisticated routine.

She almost laughed at that. Sophisticated-routine sex? Well, yeah. They were very good at it but not emotionally engaged.

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