Issued to the Bride_One Soldier by Cora Seton

Author:Cora Seton [Seton, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction, romance
Publisher: One Acre Press
Published: 2018-06-26T04:00:00+00:00

“Glad to see you home,” Jack told Alice when she and Wyoming finally returned. As soon as he and Emerson had seen them safely get into Alice’s truck at the motel, he’d gunned the engine and driven home as fast as he could, so that now it would look like he’d been there all along. He was still fuming about the way Landon had spoken to Alice. He’d known guys like that—men who used psychological tricks to manipulate women. He’d been ready to storm the motel door, but Alice had rallied. He’d nearly cheered when she’d walked out on Landon.

But she was still trying to get the contract. He was sure that was a mistake.

“Glad to be here.” She looked over her shoulder at Wyoming. “Thank you so much for coming along. You were a lifesaver.”

“Any time.” Wyoming had lectured her all the way home about never being alone with Landon. Alice assured her she had no intention of ever doing such a thing.

“Why was she a lifesaver?” Jack asked. As if he didn’t know.

“None of your business,” she said tartly. “Even though you seem to think it is.”

“All I want is to keep you safe.”

“From Landon? He couldn’t hurt a fly.” Alice waved off that idea.

“Yes, he could.” Jack wasn’t going to let her get away with that. “He could hurt you if he wanted to.”

“But that’s not what he wants.” Alice looked away. “He’s been hitting on me, okay? That’s why I brought Wyoming with me.”

Wyoming raised an eyebrow at Jack, as if daring him to admit he’d asked her to go. Jack wasn’t going to do that, though.

“Next time you should bring me.”

Alice narrowed her eyes. “Next time? How did you know there’d be a next time? You haven’t even asked me if I landed the contract. Because you know I didn’t. You were listening again, weren’t you?” Alice pulled open her handbag, searched inside it and pulled out one of his bugs. She dropped it on the floor and squashed it. Jack winced. Those were expensive. “You’re as bad as the General, you know that?” she added, heading for the stairs. A moment later they heard her door slam.

“If she’d spotted my wire, do you think she would have crushed me like a bug, too?” Wye asked Jack.

“I’m not going to apologize, if that’s what you want. I heard how he was talking to Alice.”

“You’re right,” Wye said, becoming serious. “I’m glad I was there. If I hadn’t been, he would have applied a lot more pressure to get her into bed with him.”

“Thanks for everything you did.”

“Any time. I’m going to go get changed.” Halfway to the door, she paused. “These Reed women. They’re so strong and so… hurt… at the same time. A person looking to do damage can really get to them.”

“I don’t want to hurt Alice,” Jack said. That’s what she was asking, wasn’t it?

“Just make sure you don’t do it accidentally.”

She went upstairs, too, leaving Jack to think over her words. Hours later, when Jack went to bed, he lay awake and listened for a knock that never came.

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