LOVE ME TENDER: Ryker Falls Series by Vella Wendy

Author:Vella, Wendy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vella Ink
Published: 2019-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Jack knocked on Rory’s front door the morning after she’d rescued the cat. He’d brought her briefcase back and that was the only reason he was here, he told himself, not because he wanted to see her and make sure she was doing okay after that fall yesterday.

“Rory, open up!” He banged a fist on the front door. It wasn’t early in his book. Nine was midmorning for Trainers.

He waited, stomping his feet to keep them warm. It’d snowed last night. Enough to make driving a hazard, and the mountains picturesque.

Exhaling a loud puff of white air, he looked around while he waited for her to answer.

“Rory!” He pounded on the door again, but she didn’t open it. If she wasn’t already awake, surely he’d woken her. He tried not to think of her lovely warm body under those covers, and how good it would feel pressed to his.

He tried the handle, but it was locked, so he walked around the outside.

His feet crunched on something, and looking down he saw it was glass. He then looked up at the jagged hole in the top of the window pane.

“What the hell! Rory!”

A sudden blast of fear gripped Jack. Something was off.

“Rory!” He yelled her name but she didn’t respond. He circled the house, searching for a way in, but no windows were open for him to climb through. He dropped his shoulder into the front door, but the wood didn’t budge. After a second attempt all he had was a sore shoulder, so Jack headed to the back door.

This one looked less solid. A hard hit had it opening. He ran into the living area and through into the kitchen. She wasn’t in any of the bedrooms either. The covers were messed on the bed, but he saw no sign of Rory.

“Where the hell are you?” His heart was thumping so hard in his chest it hurt.

Walking back through each room again, he paused in the doorway of the bedroom Rory was using—and it was then he saw the edge of a blanket sticking out of the closet. Easing the door open, he found her.

She lay wrapped in a mound of blankets on her side, curled in on herself, her hands in fists pressed to her chest. The cat they’d rescued was curled behind her knees. They both slept.

Taking a deep, steadying breath, Jack dropped to his knees. Her hair was a tangled mess, so he pushed it aside softly to see her eyes. She didn’t even twitch. Rory Haldane was out to it. Sleeping deep.

Her features were relaxed; so sweet, he thought, studying the dark sweep of her lashes and soft, pale cheeks. Jack felt something deep in his chest as he looked down at her. She put on a belligerent, I-don’t-give-a-shit front, but right now she looked vulnerable and about fifteen years old.

“What forced you inside here?” he whispered. “And why do I care?”

Regaining his feet, he shut the door. For some reason he needed time before he woke her.

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