Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson

Author:Denise Swanson [Swanson, Denise]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, C429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9781101576953
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Jake sat in his truck watching as the dime store’s door closed behind Devereaux and wished she was still beside him. Better yet, still in his arms. Why was he allowing her to affect him this way? He whacked his head against the back of the seat and stared at the ceiling.

Things were going way too fast, and his life seemed to be careening out of control. How had he gone from deciding not to tell Devereaux about his ex-wife to asking her out on a date? What happened to letting her think he was a two-timing jerk so she’d keep him at a distance? Had he completely lost his mind?

When he’d stopped by the store to talk to Devereaux yesterday afternoon, she’d given him an out for their interrupted lovemaking Tuesday night. But had he accepted her rationalization and let the matter drop? No. Instead he’d accused her of being a snob. She had voiced his feelings exactly—emotions only mess people up. So why didn’t he agree with her and pretend nothing had happened between them?

That would have been the smart thing to do. Instead he’d kissed her, and would have continued kissing her if she hadn’t chosen that moment to tell him about Woods harassing her. Jake whacked his head against the back of the seat again. Was he going crazy?

Maybe so. A sane man wouldn’t have a burning desire to go back to the restaurant, find Underwood, and beat him to within an inch of his life for making Devereaux cry. A sane man wouldn’t allow a woman he barely knew to crowd his every thought. A sane man would be able to control himself, and stop thinking about laying her down and tasting her sweetness.

Jake pounded the steering wheel. He was leaving town as soon as he was healed. He repeated what he’d told himself the previoius day: Relationships didn’t work for him and it wouldn’t be fair to Devereaux to hook up with her for just a few nights of wild sex.

Despite having just told himself all of the good reasons to cool things between them, Jake closed his eyes and savored the memory of her soft warmth in his arms. A long shudder traveled over him and he felt something deep in his chest. It wasn’t an itch that could easily be scratched and forgotten, but more an all-consuming craving. A wanting beyond anything he’d ever felt before.

This was not good. Frowning at his own weakness, he scrubbed his face with his fists. He couldn’t allow this feeling to override his common sense. The safest course would be to avoid Devereaux—at least until he had himself under better control.

Instead of meeting up with her and her friends that night as he’d promised, he would call and cancel. He’d claim an emergency on the ranch, and report his findings from this afternoon’s interviews via the telephone.

Jake took a deep breath and pulled himself upright. It was time to go to work. He checked the

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