Lost and Found_Masters and Mercenaries by Lexi Blake

Author:Lexi Blake [Blake, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lexi Blake, masters and mercenaries, Romantic Suspense, McKay-Taggart, Contemporary
Publisher: DLZ Entertainment, LLC
Published: 2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00

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Owen stared down at her, her head in his lap as he sat back against a tree in Clarence Square Park. They’d found a bit of shade, but there was a chill in the air so she was wearing his leather jacket.

“You’re sure you don’t want to find something better than hot dogs.” He’d taken her from a gorgeous, upscale café and they’d driven all around Toronto. They’d stopped in Yonge-Dundas Square and eaten from a street vendor, sitting underneath the red umbrellas, the city rising around them.

“I liked it,” she said with a sigh. “And I like it here. It’s pretty.”

What she seemed to like most were the dogs. There were plenty of them here. She’d stopped and petted a couple, talking to the owners in an open, friendly way.

He put a hand on her head and smoothed her hair back. He loved this intimacy with her. Anyone who walked by would see nothing at all out of the ordinary. They would see a couple spending a lazy Sunday together, enjoying the lovely weather.

Why couldn’t they be exactly that? What would the world be like if he hadn’t made that single mistake? If he’d been able to meet her as the old Owen Shaw? Would he have fallen for her quirky beauty and brought her home to meet his mum and sister?

Or would he have been the bastard who couldn’t see through her cardigans and glasses and intellect to the raw woman beneath, the one who seemed to somehow complete him, bring him some semblance of peace?

“I like it here, too.” But he had to remind himself over and over again that he had nothing to offer her. He would be in her life for a few weeks and then if everything went perfectly, he would disappear. He could leave her with an explanation, that his job was going to take him back to the States or even Europe, and sure they might talk sometime, but he wouldn’t see her again.

He’d enjoyed the afternoon with her far too much for his peace of mind. There had been a few moments when he’d worried she was going to sit back down at that table with her date, but otherwise the day had been perfect.

Except that he knew what was happening back at her place. Ezra and Robert were going through her apartment. They were invading her privacy, stealing her secrets, and he was the one making it happen.

Guilt gnawed at him when her eyes opened and she looked up at him, completely trusting. “I thought we were playing it cool, Shaw.”

That brought about a genuine smile. “Never believe a man who wants to get under your skirt, love. He’ll tell you anything you want to hear. I never wanted to play it cool. I see something I want and I do what I need to make it mine.”

“That is very caveman like of you,” she said with a smile.

“I never said I was much of a modern man.

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