Hot and Irresistible by Castell Dianne

Author:Castell, Dianne [Castell, Dianne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2009-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Bebe tore for Donovan. If someone was going to shoot the man, it was going to be her after he lied to her about Cleveland. Pushing stuff out of the way in the dark, she stumbled over furniture, not able to move fast enough. She heard Donovan fire off a round as he scooted out of the light. Finally she made it to his side and he pulled her hard behind him, his hand gripping her arm to the point of pain.

“Don’t move,” he ordered in a “Moses delivering the Ten Commandments” kind of voice. She wanted to say, “Don’t tell me what to do, you big oaf,” but she was so thankful he could talk and wasn’t badly hurt she didn’t say anything. Plus she didn’t have her gun, so she wasn’t in the position to offer much of an argument. After tonight she was having the darn gun surgically implanted in her side.

Scurrying sounds came from across the room, then all was quiet. Donovan put his weapon in his pocket. “He’s gone. There must be another exit somewhere or a trapdoor.”

She touched his shirt, a familiar stickiness coating her fingers. “You’re bleeding.”

“It’s not bad.”

“Bad? Anytime someone’s leaking blood it’s bad. I’ll call 911 and the police. Give me your phone.”

“Where’s yours?”

“Don’t ask.”

“No police. I’ll tell you why later. I don’t want them involved. The bullet just nicked me. We need to get out of here, the ghost explanation to guests down on the third floor goes just so far and then we’ll have company and a lot of explaining to do.” He stood, a little slower than usual. Even in the dim light she could see the bloodstain on his shirt and the dull pain in his eyes.

“You’re hit worse than you think. You got to get to the hospital.”

“Forget it. If we get any more people in on this we’ll need our own zip code.” They made their way down the steps and Donovan pushed open the third floor door a crack. She looked both ways; people were spilling out of their rooms and heading to the elevators and talking about gunfire. She whispered, “I have a plan. Pretend we like each other, okay?”

“I can do that.” He gave her a weak smile and she held on to him tight. Cuddling up to Donovan lover-style, she hid the bloody part of his shirt. “Now you can lean on me. It’ll look natural, like we’re dopey in love.”

“I wish to hell it was that easy, cupcake.” He pulled out his room card.

Before she could digest the easy part of that statement, they meandered into the hall and mixed with the others there. Rutledge was telling everyone the noise was simply thunder and a bit of plumbing work being done on the boiler. There was no cause for alarm, and everyone needed to be getting back to their rooms—with a complimentary bottle of wine, of course. That Magnolia House didn’t have a boiler got lost in the free wine offer.

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