Love Inspired Suspense April 2021--Box Set 2 of 2 by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott [Scott, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Darkness had settled well over two hours ago. The brilliant whistle trick had worked and brought guides to shuffle them out of the maze. The sheriff’s office, his team and the medics had been called. Colt had been grazed and needed about four stitches, but ibuprofen had helped with the pain.

Georgia, however, hadn’t said more than two words after she found out he was okay and it was only a flesh wound. Right now, he sat at her farm table, thrumming his fingers while she pulled yet another apple pie from the oven. She’d been baking for half the evening. He thought swinging her by to check on her dogs would help her, and it had, but the minute she walked in the door, she went straight to the kitchen and shut down emotionally. She’d been so brave since her earlier attacks, but this one had put the nail in the coffin. What about it was different?

He’d been wounded.

“Georgia. I don’t know how many more times I can say it, but I’m fine. I’m going to be okay.”

She removed her oven mitts and shook her head. “You don’t know that. You go into the line of fire every day. You can’t say you’ll be okay when you don’t know the future.” She laid the mitts on the counter and leaned over the kitchen sink.

He rose from the table and casually entered her personal space, laying his hands on her shoulders. “Georgia, I know the risks involved. I’m trained. I can protect you. And I promise you I won’t stop fighting for you, to keep you safe and get you back to a normal life again.”

“I wish for a normal life, Colt. But mine is a far cry from that.”

He carefully turned her toward him, hurting with her. He framed her face. “I guess we can’t define normal, can we?”

“No,” she murmured. She slipped her arms around his waist, burrowing into him. Her fruity shampoo scent wafted into his nostrils as the cap of her hair tickled his neck. The way she leaned into him for support tempted him to stay on past his six weeks if necessary, and he only hoped Atlanta would wait until this last case was closed.

But Georgia...she wasn’t a case to be closed. She was much more than an assignment. More than a task. God, help me. I’m barely holding on to my resolve—to what I know is the safest path to keep my heart protected.

Georgia pulled back, and her eyes were watery. “I was going to tell you earlier before we got caught in the corn maze. I lied to you,” she whispered on shaky breath.

Lied? “About what?”

“When we broke up. You asked me if I ever loved you at all. I said I didn’t know. I lied. I loved you. I loved you with everything in me.” A tear slipped down her cheek, and every logical reason blew out the door of his mind like a gale of wind.

He brushed away a hair stuck to her tearstained cheek and met her lips with delicate anticipation.

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