In Walked Trouble (Under Covers) by Christina Elle

Author:Christina Elle [Elle, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Under Covers, DEA, Romantic Suspense, Select Suspense, Mystery, law enforcement, Romance, Christina Elle, Entangled, fling, hidden identity, Suspense
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-07-30T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Cackling sounded on the other side of the door. It made Luke’s stomach do a weird flutter. Cass had been in there with his pseudo-family while he and Ash shoveled snow, and she was laughing with them. He couldn’t make out what they were talking about; who knew with that bunch. Could be crap about knitting or…hell, Estelle could be discussing her leaky bladder.

Not that the topic mattered. It was her. It was the way she’d fit into his world so easily. And each time she came back, he wanted her in it more. Not because he felt alone, but because he enjoyed her company.

She was the first woman he wanted his friends to get to know. The first one he wanted to know, on a deeper level than just dinner and some fun times. Despite what he’d told Ash, Cass was definitely more than information. He’d been happy—too happy—that she’d been stuck here at Maybel’s with him.

“What the hell are you waiting for?” Ash stood next to Luke on the front porch with his hands in his thick winter jacket. “Are we going in at some point? Or are we waiting for our balls to shrivel up and fall off?”

“Yeah, sorry.” Luke shook his head to clear his thoughts and reached for the handle. He swung the door open and took a steadying breath.

Another boisterous laugh.

“Sounds like they’re having fun,” Ash observed.

Luke followed his best friend into the entryway and through the living area to the dining room where obnoxiously loud female voices carried.

The men stopped, crossed their arms, and took in the sight of Maybel, Estelle, Celia, Sam, and Rose sitting around Maybel’s dining room table. Cass rounded out the bunch, appearing to fit right in with the crazy broads. Each had a cigar in her mouth and a shot glass of amber liquid in front of her. One liquor bottle was already empty and they were doing their damnedest to finish off the other half of the second.

Great, while Luke and Ash were out shoveling their asses off, the rest of the gang had been getting shit-faced playing cards.

Sam jumped from her chair and threw herself into Ash’s arms, wrapping her legs around his waist and kissing all over his face. Cheek, chin, nose, other cheek. “Glad you’re back.”

Laughing, he said, “It’s only been a few hours.”

“I don’t care.” The mess of blonde hair on top of Sam’s head bounced as she continued to kiss him.

“How’d it go?” Estelle asked, examining her cards like they were filled with quantum physics problems.

“Not bad,” Luke said since Ash’s mouth was too busy to talk. He pulled his wool hat off and stuffed it in the pocket of his jacket. “Got most of it up. We’ll go back out in a few hours for the next round.”

“Thank you for your help, gentlemen,” Maybel said, tossing a few nickels into the center of the table.

When Cassandra craned her neck to look at Luke, and their gazes connected, she showed him everything he’d been waiting to see.

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