Night Heat by Laura Griffin

Author:Laura Griffin [Griffin, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488094965
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2012-03-14T22:00:00+00:00

Cebu Island, The Philippines

One week later

Jane lay on the hot white sand, letting the waves and the rum soothe away her aches and pains. Her cheeks stung from the sun, but she didn’t care. In fact, she felt grateful. A touch of sunburn only confirmed that she was alive, when just days ago she’d almost lost her life. Twice. Make that three times, if she counted being crushed by two-hundred-pounds of hardened Navy SEAL, as Mike Dietz had fallen on top of her to shield her from the blast. The weight of him on her and his hands on her face, her neck, her body, making sure she was okay—it was a memory that had helped her through her hospital stay. She had a feeling it was a memory that would help her through more rough moments for years to come.

Jane reached for her drink and took a long gulp. The fruity sweetness cooled her throat as she thought about Mike. Didn’t it figure that after years of constant work and no personal life, she’d meet a man who was just as much of a globe-trotting adrenaline junkie as she was? They didn’t have a chance together, which was why, when she’d collected her personal items at the hospital and discovered a number programmed into her cell phone alongside the words Call Mike, she’d smiled at the irony—just before pressing Delete. And then she’d blinked back a tear of regret, because her granddad was right and crying was for girls.

Jane’s skin cooled abruptly as a shadow fell over her. She opened her eyes to see an enormous man blocking out the sun. She shoved her sunglasses to the top of her head and gazed up at him.

“Hey,” she said.

“Hey.”

“What are you doing here?”

“Heard they have good mai tais.”

He sat down beside her in the sand, and she turned to look at him. He wore a T-shirt, board shorts and flip-flops, and he looked like a carefree young American kicking around the islands, just as she did.

His gaze skimmed over her bruised-up body and settled on the bandage wrapped around her thigh.

“Can you get it wet?” he asked, and she noticed his eyes were the same color as the sea behind him.

“Not yet. But I can wade up to my knees.”

His attention moved over her body again, and she started to get self-conscious.

“I look like hell, I know.”

He met her gaze. “That’s not what I was thinking.”

She smiled and sat up, resting her arms on her knees.

“I’ve got some leave,” he said casually, looking out at the water. “Thought I’d try and meet a beautiful woman.” He turned to face her and held out a hand. “I’m Petty Officer Mike Dietz, U.S. Navy.”

She hesitated a second before taking his hand. She didn’t do this very often. “Special Agent Jane Hollister, CIA.”

“Jane, huh?”

“Yep.”

He pulled her hand closer and kissed the back of her knuckles, where she had a nasty scrape. She smiled as something warm and happy flooded through her.

“And you’re CIA?”

“Yep.”

He smiled back at her.

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