Hot in the City by Samantha Hunter

Author:Samantha Hunter [Hunter, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-06-02T23:00:00+00:00

8

GABE WAS LOSING IT—out in the quiet of the hall, he tried to think straight. Della had followed him, and now stood beside him, waiting quietly. She didn’t push or prod, just waited.

“I’m sorry for ruining the fun,” he said with a sigh. “I don’t know why that came out just then, that way.”

But he did know why.

It was because a part of him wanted her to know—that was the problem, what he had really wanted to say was that he’d only had one real relationship before now.

Before Della.

Thinking back to his feelings about Janet, as much as he’d thought he loved her, he couldn’t remember ever being this crazy about someone, so much so that he was willing to chuck everything he believed in to be with her. Gabe had never completely lost objectivity until Della.

Worse, he was still tangled up in lies—big ones, and they were only getting bigger.

He’d lied, of course, to Bart, about being able to handle the situation with Della. He was lying to Della about an assortment of things—including that he had been following her that evening.

When she’d begged off of dinner with him, making vague excuses, he’d become suspicious. He’d planted a small tracking device in her bag and her coat when they were together last, so he could monitor her movements. He hadn’t put surveillance in her home yet. He hadn’t had the nerve.

Another problem.

After updating Bart on the fact that she’d been approached by her dance instructor, and that someone might have tried to assault her in her office, they both agreed that Gabe needed to stay as close as possible. That was the easy part. Getting too close was the danger, but Gabe had already crossed that line.

He’d watched her duck into several strip clubs, which didn’t seem like her style, but how much did he really know about her? Maybe it was misdirection, or maybe it was a meet of some sort.

Then she was so open about it, that it was research for the bachelorette party, he’d been ashamed of his own suspicions. He thought he felt something more than sexual attraction for Della, but could he be suspicious of her yet lie to her at the same time when he thought he had serious feelings for her? Was that screwed up, or what?

Then his phone had rang, and it was Della. Asking him to meet her.

He had to make an excuse, stall, though he agreed—it wasn’t like he could tell her he was right across the street.

Now, they stood quietly together in the hall, his words hanging between them. She put a hand on his arm, a comforting, supportive gesture.

“It came up because you needed to say it, and I’m willing to listen, if you need to talk about it.”

Another fork in the road.

Telling her about Janet meant something. It changed the game. And he had a job to do. Above all, was it fair to Della to drag her along, to make her feel like

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