In the Bodyguard's Arms by Lisa Childs

Author:Lisa Childs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-16T18:12:10+00:00

Chapter 15

The late-morning sun barely shone through the thick trees around the ashes of Teddie’s little cabin. Her sanctuary. It was gone. Somehow the fire had spread even to the storage shed. The Jeep stood inside the bare bones of the structure, a blackened shell of metal.

There was nothing left.

Teddie felt like that Jeep, burned out and hollow, as she stared at the destruction. She’d bought this place because she had thought she would be safe here. But she had nearly died in her sanctuary.

“We shouldn’t have brought you here,” Manny said. He and Dane had both gotten out of the SUV with her, but Dane stayed back, leaning against the passenger’s side of it, his hand on his holster.

She had insisted on stopping by the cabin on their way to the private airstrip. She’d wanted to see if there was anything left of the life she’d wanted for herself. The quiet, the seclusion...

She felt none of that peace or serenity now. Instead she trembled as she remembered the fear of the night before, of nearly dying in the fire, only to be attacked later in the hospital. How had she inspired the hatred she’d seen in the eyes of the man who’d tried to kill her? She didn’t even know him. What could she have done?

Manny slid his arm around her, but that only made her want to tremble more as she shivered in reaction to his closeness. Had they made love the night before?

It seemed as if it was only a dream now. Like a fantasy that had never happened. Had she only imagined the passion? The fire between them?

The sex hadn’t lessened her attraction to him any. Her pulse quickened with his nearness. But the sex had been a mistake—one that had nearly gotten them both killed.

She had no business starting a relationship now—with anyone—until she was out of danger. And she wasn’t the type to have sex without being in a relationship. She didn’t know what had come over her the day before, why she had thrown herself at a man she barely knew.

She wished she could erase the memory as easily as the fire had erased the little cabin. But images kept replaying in her mind, images of the two of them kissing, touching...

She pulled away from him before she did something crazy again, like snuggle against his side as if they were a couple. Despite what had happened between them, they were still just a client and her bodyguard. They were not lovers. Teddie suspected she would never trust anyone enough to love him.

“You’re right,” she said. “There’s nothing here anymore.”

“The fire was set on the deck,” Manny said. “The fire chief figured some gas-soaked rags and campfire wood were used to start it.”

Anger coursed through her as she thought of the cabin being deliberately burned down. “I don’t care how it started. I care who started it.”

“You didn’t get a good look at him in the hospital last night?” Dane asked the question.

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