KCPD Protector by Julie Miller

Author:Julie Miller [Miller, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary romantic suspense, Harlequin Intrigue, Fiction
ISBN: 9781460337264
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-06-30T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Answer me!”

“Elise?” She squealed at the sharp rap against the bathroom door and gave up her blind search for the phone in her purse. The door opened and a broad figure was silhouetted in the dim light. “Are you in here?”

“George?” Relief was so intense, it made her light-headed. “Watch out. There’s someone—”

The beam of a small flashlight swung into the room and bounced off the mirror, temporarily blinding her. She turned away.

“Elise!” His familiar grip closed around hers, pulling her to the door. “Let’s go. It’s Crazy Town out here.”

“But—”

“Now.”

Squeezing George’s hand, she held on as they jostled their way through swarming people and moving chairs. Waiters carried trays with free desserts, patrons tried to pay their checks and depart, and a few, possibly, simply departed to be chased down by the hostess and by Arturo himself.

“Quinn will cover the check,” George announced. “I want to get you out of here.”

Compared to the pitch-black bathroom, the dusky twilight out here was hard on her eyes. She squinted her lids against the growing brightness as they neared the front windows. But she couldn’t forget the smell and the sound in the restroom. She tugged against George’s forward momentum. “Where’s Mr. Titov?”

“He got a phone call. He was heading to the front door to take it when the lights blew. To be honest, I don’t know where he ended up.”

Elise planted her feet and got him to stop. “What about the man in the restroom?”

“The what?”

She raised her voice to be heard above the chaos. “There was someone in there with me. I think it may have been him.”

“Titov?”

“I don’t know. He never said anything.”

There was no need to explain why she’d be concerned about company in the restroom. George’s eyes hardened like granite and he quickly reversed course. “Come on.” When they reached the back hallway, he pushed her against the wall and bent his knees to bring his face even with hers. “Wait here. Don’t move.” Although she couldn’t read his eyes in the shadows, there was no mistaking the frustrated sigh that matched her own. Before she could even thank him for believing her implausible story, he leaned in and pressed a hard, quick kiss against her mouth and pulled away. “Right here,” he reminded her. “I’ll be back.”

Her hand had barely landed on the silk of his tie before he was pulling his jacket back, drawing his gun, leaving her. “This is the police. I’m coming in.”

Opening the door, he pushed it all the way around to the wall, ensuring no one was hiding behind it before bracing his wrists together to point his gun and flashlight in the same direction. Sweeping the light back and forth, he went inside and disappeared into the darkness.

Elise’s fingers drifted back to touch the tingling stamp of caring and promise that lingered on her lips. She held her breath, praying as hard for George to find the silent intruder as she was for him to avoid any kind of confrontation that could get him hurt.

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