Hold On Tight by Cynthia Eden

Author:Cynthia Eden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Hocus Pocus Publishing, Inc.

Chapter Twelve

He drove them to a condo building, one of those new, high-rises that was being built right near the Gulf of Mexico. But this place—it wasn’t scheduled to open until the spring. There were “No Trespassing” signs posted everywhere.

Jett still trespassed. He revved his motorcycle right into the parking garage. A garage that should have been totally closed and locked down. But when he approached, Jett just leaned near a control panel. He typed in a quick code, and the gate lifted.

He drove them up three levels, and he braked the bike next to an elevator. The engine still vibrated, and her legs felt a little tingly. She was also still holding on to him for dear life.

He killed the engine. Glanced back at her. “You’re safe.”

She didn’t feel safe. “How did you know the code?”

His lips thinned. “Let’s go inside. We can talk there.” He shoved down the kickstand.

She scrambled off the bike. Shoved the helmet at him.

He took it. Stared at it a moment. Then glanced up at her. “You want the gun?”

“I don’t like guns, okay? Considering that the image I get any time someone says gun to me is the image of my father’s bloody head.” The words flew out of her mouth. “I’m not planning to shoot you in the head. So, I don’t think a gun is going to help me much.”

He put down the helmet. Took out the gun. “If your life was on the line, I’d want you to shoot. Shoot whoever the fuck is threatening you.” And his gaze slid down her body.

Lingered on her stomach.

Oh, no. Oh, hell, no. “You are such a liar.”

She whirled away from him. But really, where was she going?

He moved with her and pressed the button for the elevator.

“The building isn’t even supposed to be open,” she huffed. “How is this happening? How’d you get access?”

“Some ex-Lazarus friends of mine know how important you are. We secured this place to help protect you.” A pause. “This is just a temporary safe house. A resting point until you can be convinced that you need to leave town with me.”

He thought she’d rush away with him? Ha!

The elevator doors opened. She hurried inside. He came at a much slower, stalker-like pace. He pushed a button for the top floor. And the elevator doors slid closed without a sound.

“Leave town?” she managed to ask. “And go where?”

He hesitated.

Crap.

“We may need to leave the country. Depends on just who is after you and how much of Lazarus is left.”

“Look, I’m not some super spy or something, all right? I’m just—”

He moved toward her. His hands lifted, and he caged her between his body and the back wall of the elevator. “You are extraordinary. I knew it from the first moment we met.”

“When I was tied to the chair?”

“When you were brave as all hell and you never flinched. When you tried to save my ass on the staircase, never even realizing that I could take those bullets and keep going.

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