Hot Seduction by Lisa Childs

Author:Lisa Childs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

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EVEN A COUPLE of days later and more than half the country away from her, Cody continued to be haunted by Serena’s face. He paced across the concrete floor of the old airport hangar, but all he could see was how terrified she had looked when she’d peered inside his truck. Her naturally tanned skin had been pale, her dark eyes wide with fear. She’d been worried about him in a way that Cody couldn’t remember anybody else ever having worried about him.

But she was Serena. She cared about everyone. It was just her nature. Even if she had been mad at him, she still cared. She’d even offered to drive him to the airport when he’d told her about his interview.

Had that been to help him out, though? Or because she wanted him gone now?

He couldn’t blame her. But she didn’t know what he suspected—that someone had cut his brakes. She didn’t know his suspicion that the same someone had tampered with his bathtub. He’d told her that he’d accused Stanley of hazing him. But he hadn’t told her what he believed now—that the arsonist was trying to take him out.

Of course he had no proof. So he hadn’t shared this with her, or with anyone else. Yet.

He shouldn’t have left. He should have postponed his interview until he knew what the hell was really going on in Northern Lakes. He shouldn’t have left her alone.

But his truck was old. Maybe the brake line had just rotted out. It was possible. Doubtful given the care he’d always taken with the classic Ford. But possible.

He paced the length of the airport hangar. Metal shelves, filled with parachutes and packs of tools and supplies, lined the walls. This was it: the smoke jumpers’ base in North Cascades, Washington. This was where it had all begun—where smoke jumping had started. He’d been there before, so maybe that was why he wasn’t as excited as he’d been then. He had already built up his hopes once to have them dashed when he’d been deemed not experienced enough to be a jumper.

Mack McRooney was late for their meeting. But that wasn’t why Cody paced. He paced because he was waiting for a call. He took out his phone again and glanced at the screen. He had good enough reception that he couldn’t have missed it.

Impatience churned in his stomach. How long was it taking the mechanic to get to his truck? Sure, it probably wasn’t repairable. He already suspected that much, but that wasn’t the news he waited for. The phone vibrated in his hand, and he nearly dropped it as he hurriedly pressed the button to accept the call. “Yes, what did you find out?”

“That was no accident, man.” The mechanic’s voice shook with the excitement that Cody struggled to feel. “That brake line was sliced clean. Somebody cut it on purpose.”

Cody wasn’t excited. He was pissed. And scared, not for himself, but for Serena. He’d left her alone in the house she never bothered to lock.

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