Justice Inked by Jaymes Olivia

Author:Jaymes, Olivia [Jaymes, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Building, Workaholic, Sheriff, Murdered, Bad Mood, Fiction, Romance, Skin Art, Safety, Killer, Teenage Sister, Bachelor, Protection, Adult, Single Woman, Cowboy Justice, Western, Forever Love, Mystery, Dead Body, Violence, Law Enforcement, Dangerous & Deadly, Thrillers, Tattoo Shop, Crime, Someone Special, Action & Adventure, Romantic Suspense, cowboy, Adversary, Contemporary, Suspense
Publisher: Blonde Ambition Press; 1 edition
Published: 2016-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

“She’s pretty,” Sophie remarked when Dare came back downstairs to grab a snack from the kitchen. He hoped Rayne could get some sleep after all she’d been through tonight and all the unanswered questions. “You should totally ask her on a date. I think she’s into you.”

With everything that had happened, he’d completely forgotten his relationship with Rayne was a secret. So it was amusing to hear his sister urge him to ask their houseguest on a date.

Popping some cubed cheddar cheese into his mouth, he chewed and swallowed before answering. “What makes you think she’s into me?”

“The way she looks at you. You know, like she doesn’t care that you’re a big old grouch who is never happy. So are you going to ask her out? Did you kiss her goodnight?”

He hadn’t and that had been a major disappointment. As he’d walked her to the guest room, he’d been able to smell the clean scent of her skin and his body reacted predictably. A sweet scented woman and a bed were a recipe for only one thing.

A raging hard-on.

His cock didn’t understand that simply because there was a comfortable horizontal surface nearby didn’t mean Rayne was willing or even able to assuage his lust. She’d been covered in bruises, after all, and limping badly because of her hip. He’d have been a real asshole to try and make a move on an injured, frightened woman.

“You’re nosy,” Dare finally shot back at his little sister. “I’m not one of your BFFs that you can giggle with and talk about boys while practicing kissing on a pillow. Rayne is a classy lady and doesn’t deserve to have anyone gossip about her.”

Sophie’s brow wrinkled in confusion. “Kissing a pillow? Who does that? Did you do that when you were a teenager?”

“Focus, Sophie,” Dare growled in a warning tone.

“That’s right. You were never a teenager. Or even a child. You popped out of the womb a grown adult with the temperament to match. What a party pooper.”

With that, his sister flounced up the stairs but at least had the good sense not to slam her bedroom door and wake Rayne. With a shake of his head he finished his snack and headed to bed, knowing tomorrow would be a long day. He’d have to put a search team in the woods behind Rayne’s shop – again – and hope the second time would be more productive than the first.

Stripping out of his clothes, he quickly brushed his teeth and crawled, exhausted, between the covers. He’d barely closed his eyes when he heard a woman’s scream that sounded a lot like Rayne, jolting him from sleep. Heart in his throat, he glanced at the bedside clock and saw that he’d actually been asleep for a little over four hours. Jumping out of bed, he ran down the hall to the guest room and didn’t bother to knock, throwing open the door.

Rayne was sitting up, her breathing labored and her body curled into a ball.

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