Never Be Her Hero by Donna McDonald

Author:Donna McDonald [McDonald, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THE PERFECT DATE, Book 5
Published: 2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00

They lapped the jogging track twice in a near run-walk before Della finally spoke to him.

“How did you know I was here?” she asked.

She’d asked the question in the business voice she used for Mariah, which only made Elliston laugh. “It wasn’t Uncle John. The way I found you is a heavily guarded geek secret.”

“Geek secret?” Della snorted. “Not winning points here, Mr. McElroy. Did you put some kind of tracker on my phone?”

“No. I would never use your technology against you. That would violate the Geek Code of Honor. I’d be excommunicated from the club. My business would fail…”

“Stop your geek babble. If you can find me so easily here, that means someone else can too. My father raised me to protect myself. So how did you do it, Geek Boy?”

Elliston shrugged. “Fine. As part of the ongoing network support being done here at this gym, someone on my team checks their computing the same time each evening. I told him if he ever saw your name on the check-in roster here to give me a call. Now I owe him a twenty.”

“Oh my god… you did actually stalk me,” Della said flatly.

“Stalk? No. I merely used my magical geek powers to find you. I swear it never occurred to me to ask my Uncle John to put a trace on your car until you mentioned it. However, I will have to remember that next time I decide to stalk someone. My uncle owes me several favors.”

“And now you admit there’s going to be a next time?” Della demanded, giggling at his idiocy.

“We’re talking about my sleep here, Della. I’m a ten-hour sleep-in-on Saturday morning type… or I used to be. Now I’m just lonely and pathetic and waking up at all hours every night wishing we were back in freaking Tennessee with Bert. Does that tell you how desperate I am?”

Della stopped walking and bent to laugh. “You’re being a nutcase about this dating stuff.”

“Well, with your advanced degree you would know about nutcases, I guess,” Elliston said, grinning at her eye roll. He resumed walking when she straightened and fell into step beside him once more.

“I’m sorry if I scared you. I just missed you. And that’s no joke, Della. Now… are you holding up okay with your work?” he asked.

Della nodded as she sobered. “Mostly. I really wish it was over.”

“It will be soon,” Elliston promised. “How are you sleeping?”

Della turned and gave him a deadly look. “I shared a small house with four sisters who never stopped talking, a complaining father, and a nagging mother. My sleeping skills are so advanced I slept through a tornado once. Does that answer your question?”

Elliston nodded. “All too well. It also explains how you could sleep five hours in my car while I listened to an audiobook thriller.”

“That was pure exhaustion on my part,” Della said.

“And that would be why I’ve been worried about you. I was afraid to come by the office. I didn’t want Mariah grilling me because I can’t lie to the woman.

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