Looking for Justice: Christian Contemporary Romance with Suspense (Dangerous Series Book 4) by Rodante Linda K

Author:Rodante, Linda K. [Rodante, Linda K.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Christian Contemporary Romance Suspense
Publisher: Lone Mesa Publishing
Published: 2015-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

If he didn’t want to get involved, why had he asked her over this week? At dinner, she mentioned that she’d love to be around when he let Max loose. And since he had no other birthday gift to give her, he’d invited her. That was the reason. The only reason.

Yeah.

Right.

And the moon was made of pepper-jack cheese.

Chapter 9

She stepped into the foyer as he closed the door behind her. "Thank you for letting me come."

"I didn't think I could keep you away." He gave her a slow smile.

Alexis smiled back, feeling that strange warmth that his smile brought some times. "He's been boxed up for so long, I just wanted to see him take off when you let him out."

"Well, he’s been in the corral a couple of times this week, but I understand what you mean." He looked down at her feet. "Real boots."

"I had to unpack the rest of my boxes to find them. These were my favorites. I never thought I’d wear them again."

"Well, riding is great exercise. You should start again."

"If it's such good exercise, what’s with the exercise room down the hall?” When he said nothing, she wondered if she’d overstepped some invisible line. “I saw it the first night I was here."

"I set up all the equipment when I first moved in, but I don’t use it much. There’s enough to be done around here to keep fit."

She nodded and tried not to look toward his chest. He wore a T-shirt with an unbuttoned long-sleeve flannel shirt over it. He looked good, workouts or not. And since when had she cared about a guy's physique?

Her eyes met his, and the heat rose in her face.

"What about you?" He asked, leaving her to wonder if he’d noticed her glance. "What do you do for exercise since you don’t ride?"

"I used to work out most work-day evenings. I had to get rid of the tension after court or working on a case. It helped my thinking, too. But lately, I haven’t done much." She glanced out the kitchen window. "And you’re right, I remember that working around a place like this can keep you in shape. Not just riding, but lifting bales of hay and fifty pound bags of feed, climbing fences, all that kind of stuff."

"Unless you’re the type of person that thrives on gym-toned, bulked-up bodies, this type of exercise is fine."

His voice carried an undertone it hadn’t before. She studied his face, wondering. After a moment, she said, "Why don't you use the room for something else then?"

He ran a hand through his hair. "Good idea. I thought I needed it when I moved here. Teresa would have insisted." His eyes focused on the kitchen window.

"Teresa?"

"My ex."

"Oh." She wasn't sure what to say. He’d been married before. "No children?"

"No. She didn't want to mess up her body. She got very body-conscious sometime while I was overseas."

"Oh."

"And the war didn't help."

Alexis had heard that tone from witnesses before. He was trying to tell her something without actually saying it, which meant the clues were there.

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